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He should copyright that photo, unless it's USAF property

Posted by JimN on Tue Feb 03, 2004 09:49:08 PM

In reply top Re: Trying to fix the image post... posted by Sander on Tue Feb 03, 2004 05:23:55 PM



But I'm assuming based on his remarks that the photo is USAF property.

Strange that a photo "not cleared for public release" has easily found its way onto the internet...






: Taken from another messageboard:
:
: Quote:
: I have noticed all over the internet the shot I had taken
: of the Thunderbird crash at Mountain Home AFB, ID and thou
: gh I am not at liberty to share the photo; it is out there
: . I would like to end some speculation and let you know th
: e photo is real.
:
: I'm a Still Photographer for the USAF and I was stationed
: at MHAFB during the air show. I was on the catwalk of the
: tower at Mtn Home along with another photog (video) and ab
: out seven other (military) spectators. I have shot the T-b
: irds from the tower before and I was pretty excited to do
: it again (the sky was perfect blue). I followed Thunderbir
: d 6 from takeoff and watched as he pulled into his maneuve
: r. I then noticed something seemed to be wrong, his direct
: ion was a little off; he was pulling out and heading right
: towards the tower. At this point I figured two things: 1.
: He's either going to fly past this tower and we'll feel t
: he heat or 2. This is going to be ugly... I waited for the
: aircraft to level and clicked the shutter, what I saw thr
: ough the lens will never go away...
:
: At the same time as I shot I seen a flash of light and hor
: rific sound. I was shooting on high speed continuous and t
: he next couple frames were a ball of fire and my feet, rig
: ht before I ran. We all ran to the other side of the tower
: , I tried to get everyone in along with my partner and fin
: ally made it in myself. By the time we got inside the 16 h
: ad stopped sliding and rested about 100 ft in front of the
: tower. I then continued documenting the work of our base
: firefighters as they put out the flames. It was an experie
: nce and though I can't officially make any comments to the
: matter, I would like to say Capt Stricklin saved lives...
: enough said.
:
: For those who are wondering the image is not cleared for p
: ublic release.
: Also for those fellow photogs I was shooting with a D1x wi
: th a 300mm, 2.8 @ 1000 and 2000
:
: Thanks,
: SSgt Bennie J. Davis III
: Still Photographer, USAF
: ----------------------------------------------------------
: ----------------------
:
: It's now on the official USAF-site. So it might just be ge
: nuine...
:
: http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/all.asp?week=46&idx=1
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