Barry M. Goldwater Range Visit 03MAY2012

[Jay Beckman]

...and this little piggy said "Get Some!"

[Scott Youmans]

The word "awesome" is somewhat over used these days but I thinks it's appropriate here. The A-10 really looks good from this angle, especially with this nice light and tasteful post processing.

[Jay Beckman]

Danke...

[Jeff D. Welker]

Warthog Surprise...

[Matt Ottosen]

Since I'm not able to make Hawgsmoke this week (Jury Duty took up my free time), this will have to do.

Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II
47th Fighter Squadron (47 FS) "Dogpatchers"
Air Force Reserve Command Test Center

[Scott Youmans]

Very nice.  I like seeing the ground in this shot.

[Matt Ottosen]

Very nice.  I like seeing the ground in this shot.

Thanks, I do too, that's exactly why I put it there!

Yes, this photo is Photoshopped...  I took the photo I had of the A-10 just as it was about to pass the tower, and I gently placed it into a shot that I had taken of the same A-10 as he was approaching the tower.

[Scott Youmans]

I wondered why I never got a shot like that!  Good job!

[Matt Ottosen]

I wondered why I never got a shot like that!  Good job!

LOL, thank you!

[Jeff D. Welker]

Inspired by Matt's image above, I took one of my terribly backlit shots and started playing with the sliders. BTW, this is not an HDR processed image. Just my humble attempt to take an shot that I was very disappointed in and see if there is anything to find on the wild side of the line. Definitely not your traditional aviation image. Just so you know, my monitor is not having issues and I know the image has a strong purple hue. This just felt right to me this evening. Maybe the meds are stronger than I originally thought. Therefore I title it….

PURPLE HAZE

[Scott Youmans]

The title is fitting!  I like it.

"We now return control of your television set to you...."

Not too many of us will remember where that line came from.

[Jeff D. Welker]

The title is fitting!  I like it.

"We now return control of your television set to you...."

Not too many of us will remember where that line came from.

Thanks Scott. Since you and I are nearly the exact same age, I'm guessing you are referring to "The Outer Limits" scifi TV show from the early '60s. As I recall, a few of those episodes really freaked me out 

[Scott Youmans]

Jeff,

You are the winning contestant and in fact the only contestant.  Outer Limits is correct!

[Jay Beckman]

Well played gentlemen...

[Joe Copalman]

Do we need to start a "Photos edited while under the influence" thread?

If we ever run out of ideas for photo challenges, we can always use that one.