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Queen of the Skies

Queen of the Skies! An Atlas 747 cargo flight arriving Anchorage at dusk. Olympus E-3 with 50-200 SWD lens.

Queen of the Skies

K Norton Sun, 05/16/2021 - 14:52

Antonov AN-225 Departing Anchorage

Submitted by K Norton on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 15:08

The Antonov AN-225 departing Anchorage. Photographed from Arctic Valley Road. Sony A7 II with OM Zuiko 300/4.5 and 1.4x Teleconverter. It had just started to downpour at my location when the jet was taking off. The shooting distance to the airplane is nearly 15 miles when this photograph was taken.

Converted and edited in Lightroom for artistic intent.

AN-225 Anchorage Departure

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya

Submitted by K Norton on Sat, 05/30/2020 - 04:56

Antonov An-225 Mriya taxiing for takeoff at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport (PANC), departing to Toronto. This is at 11:30 PM. Photographed with the Sony A7 II and Olympus OM Zuiko 300/4.5 lens. Additional cropping performed to correct photographer's framing error. ISO 160, F8, 1/60.

AN-225

 

Converting fuel into smoke and sound

AN-225