Army Air Force Star by auntietk
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More from the Flying Heritage collection.
I'm told that during WWII all of the American planes had this star, and that they were part of the Army Air Force. It didn't become the U.S. Air Force until 1947.
If it weren't for you-know-who, I wouldn't have a thing to say about this sort of shot! For me, this is an abstract composition with some filtering to focus the light where I want it. The fact that they're planes is incidental.
Comments (13)
Richardphotos
outstanding pov and subject
LivingPixels
Lovely shot!!
wysiwig
A terrific image. The composition is great. But this star is more than just an abstract. When people saw this during World War II they knew their liberation was close.
moochagoo
The last air museum i've seen was in Tucson (sept 2016). Wonderful but hot (40°C). Love your abstract composition. There is also a nice small air museum in Palm Springs. (rather hot too).
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
durleybeachbum
If ever you get to Bournemouth we have what I am told is an excellent air museum!
Krittermom
Sounds like "you know who" is dragging you out of your comfort zone. As usual you have used the light brilliantly.
T.Rex
Hmmm... a green tank car and a grey steam locomotive. Abstract. Nice job. Air Force in 1947? I'd completely forgotten the date. Keep up the good work! I really got a kick out of this. I wonder what the 2 planes are. :-)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture and fun narrative
jayfar
I'm in two camps here Tara - I like the shot for both reasons !!!
RodS Online Now!
Well ,it makes a great abstract, Tara! Only you can make an artsy abstract out of airplanes!
I've seen that star somewhere before..... (My dad was in the USAF for 20 years, and I was in for 4).
junge1
I am not surprised at your comment or the photo, that makes you unique Tara! Those symbols looked good during the Berlin Airlift and they are still looking good!
anahata.c
In a museum show, years back, someone did a plaster model of a toilet, and called it "plaster abstract". We tried to see it as pure form, and it took time, but we did. But the fact that it was a recognizable toilet added to the power of the 'abstraction'---as if to say, in an everyday toilet you have a whole cosmos of form and line. So, to me, the fact that this is a plane is significant, because it invites us to see a whole world of form and line, etc, in a wholly recognizable fighter plane (from WWII). The iconic star becomes an abstract element, the 'center' of the piece; and the wing---in your slight bokeh---is a milky, strange apparition, almost. The sheer dark surface of the fuselage, and the light across it, is a whole other layer. (And is that a National Geographic rectangle in the left bottom? What, they snuck in one night and put their logo on a fighter plane?) (That's not what that is, but it looks like it.) A full dark abstract, and it works totally as that. Fine work on all levels, including letting us see the many bolts and imperfections of this strange bulbous construction that happens to be a fighter plane from WWII...