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Re: He should copyright that photo, unless it's USAF property
Posted by Brad on Wed Feb 04, 2004 08:12:31 PM
In reply top He should copyright that photo, unless it's USAF property posted by JimN on Tue Feb 03, 2004 09:49:08 PM
The picture is the property of the USAF. It was cleared for public release, because it was on the front page of www.af.mil for several days. That's the official Air Force websight.
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: : I have noticed all over the internet the shot I had take
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: : of the Thunderbird crash at Mountain Home AFB, ID and th
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: : gh I am not at liberty to share the photo; it is out the
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: : . I would like to end some speculation and let you know
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: : e photo is real.
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: : I'm a Still Photographer for the USAF and I was statione
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: : at MHAFB during the air show. I was on the catwalk of th
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: : tower at Mtn Home along with another photog (video) and
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: : out seven other (military) spectators. I have shot the T
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: : it again (the sky was perfect blue). I followed Thunderb
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: : d 6 from takeoff and watched as he pulled into his maneu
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: : r. I then noticed something seemed to be wrong, his dire
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: : ion was a little off; he was pulling out and heading rig
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: : towards the tower. At this point I figured two things:
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: : He's either going to fly past this tower and we'll feel
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: : he heat or 2. This is going to be ugly... I waited for t
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: : aircraft to level and clicked the shutter, what I saw t
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: : ough the lens will never go away...
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: : At the same time as I shot I seen a flash of light and h
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: : rific sound. I was shooting on high speed continuous and
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: : he next couple frames were a ball of fire and my feet, r
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: : ht before I ran. We all ran to the other side of the tow
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: : , I tried to get everyone in along with my partner and f
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: : ally made it in myself. By the time we got inside the 16
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: : ad stopped sliding and rested about 100 ft in front of t
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: : tower. I then continued documenting the work of our bas
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: : firefighters as they put out the flames. It was an exper
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: : nce and though I can't officially make any comments to t
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: : matter, I would like to say Capt Stricklin saved lives.
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: : enough said.
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: : For those who are wondering the image is not cleared for
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: : Also for those fellow photogs I was shooting with a D1x
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: : th a 300mm, 2.8 @ 1000 and 2000
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: : Thanks,
: : SSgt Bennie J. Davis III
: : Still Photographer, USAF
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: : It's now on the official USAF-site. So it might just be
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: : http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/all.asp?week=46&idx=1
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