Air Force- One by tennesseecowgirl
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I am back, did anyone miss me? LOL I had a wonderful trip, it was reassuring to see my Dad, the thing that was the hardest was seeing the weight he had lost, his weight is now at 190 which is very low for his height of 6 feet 8 inches the saying is true he was born in Texas and everything is bigger in Texas lol, whenever I needed to find my dad in a crowd I just looked up. but seeing him now so frail broke my heart, but he had a wonderful birthday, his phone never stopped ringing and visitors showed up all day, it was great to see. He is not in the best of health but he has an amazing attitude and outlook, as does my Mom who has been taking care of him. And I have to give her high praise for that, but I think they both find humor in it all and in the support of friends, neighbors and family to pull them through. I took quite a few pictures while I was out there, my gosh I forgot just HOW beautiful California and my home town of Simi Valley could be. After I got back home I found that my computer had basically crashed, and I tried to salvage it, but finally gave into a new laptop, (my first) and a new desk top both Gateways and they are awesome, did I say they were awesome? LOL making sure. So I will make a big attempt to play catch up with you all. And wow I have missed everyone. This was taken at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library which is in the town where I grew up, my sister was rushing me LOL since we had a long list of to do things, so blame any lack of quality on her. And we did get to tour inside the plane as well, but no photos were allowed once you got to the red carpet. Great to be back.
Thank you for your recent comments and visits to my gallery. A few of you commented on the post work on my recent photo below I just added a touch of posterizing in Photoshop. To do that simply go to your FILTER tab then to the ARTISTIC tab then to poster edge and give it a slight adjust, to me to much of it takes away from the photo. If you would like help with that site mail me I would be happy to walk you through it.
Grist Mill at the Museum of Appalachia
Comments (62)
Richardphotos
beautiful plane but a shame the tax payers had to foot the bill for several new ones. excellent capture good you were able to see him while he is still alive even though he is very ill
mbz2662
welcome back :) Glad to hear you had a nice trip. Nice shot :)
lyron
Great shot!!
Minda
im glad that you have a nice trip lynell,this is excellent capture of air force one its beautiful plane...
smittan
Nice shot, like the shiny metall ;)
Steff_7
Excellent capture of this well known craft....
flora-crassella
fantastic photo!!!!!!!!!!!!
beatoangelico
Cool...!! Excellent capture....!!!!
lucindawind
fantastic !!! Happy Birthday to your father ! :)
virginiese
what an excelelnt shot ! A beautiful plane !
CavalierLady
Glad you are back, Lynell, and that you had a great time! Sorry about your Dad, best wishes. 6'8"... wow! Great shot of the plane. I saw AF1 once. But for the price of this plane, and Reagan's library gets to keep it?!?!?! Our tax dollars at work~!
debbielove
Being an Aircraft Buff, I'm very impressed by the quality of the photo! Well done. It's only a shame they had no gallery so you could get a shot of the whole of the fabulous aircraft! Well done though! Rob.
Flint_Hawk
Exciting to get to see Air Force One! I'm glad you got to visit with your father! I'll say a prayer for him!
furuta
Fantastic and beautiful POV. excellent capture!!
brycek
Fantastic capture..will be visiting museum end of month!!
pixelmeister
What a darn cool shot!
moochagoo
Quite nice museum :)
magichild2
Wow that's a really historical photoshot...Nicely done.
Miska7
Very nice shot! Well done.
3x3
lovely shot and welcome back...Glad you could visit your family and enjoyed it so much..I keep your father in my prayers x 5*
jocko500
hAppy to hear your dad is doing well and happy aboutit too. wonderful shot
junge1
Great capture Lynell. I saw Air Force One when president Reagan stopped in Phoenix. They always parked the plane on the Air national Guard side.
DMWVCS
Did you get to take the big plane out for a spin??? Dvid
bmac62
I'm playing catch up too. You sure got the shine to show up on RR's Air Force 1. I've been through an earlier version out at the Boeing Museum in Seattle...LBJ's, now that I think of it. Sorry to hear about you dad. I lost mine in Sep 2007...but he was 99 1/2. Just fell short of the century mark that he and we all hoped he's make.
kbatty
Awesome shot !!
cannonn
so much beautiful
Vik9740
cool shot!
anahata.c
I'm sorry to hear about your dad too, Lynell, and I'm really glad you were able to see him and be with him. I imagine it was both wonderful and sad, as you say. I hope he'll be alright (and you too)...I'm just catching up with you now (had another flu, just from overwork, nothing more), so I'm only now commenting since you left. This capture is a big streamlined painting of lines & contours & reflections of a plane. Quite powerful & musical. You got the reflections on the lower portion of the plane so that they add to the sweep & lines of the whole. It's almost abstract, it's very dramatic, and while I'm not one to stand & stare at a plane (I don't know much about them, and rarely travel these days), this is a stunning capture and captivated me from the start...I hope all is well, hope your computers are going strong (brand new is always good!), and it's good to see you back, even though I'm a few days late. It should be warming up now, enjoy the coming spring!
danapommet
The plane is in the library. That's a mind blower. Nice capture. Dana P
kasalin
Always a pleasure to see your works !!! 5* Welcome back :)