Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/11
16 mm
1/640
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I was standing through the open-air sunroof (aka 50 cal gun bay), looking forward. My lens hood was like an air scoop thrusting me back, almost off my feet a couple times, as I tried to anchor the camera base on the airframe. I could not open my eyes from the wind. So I took a blind shot. I had no idea what was in the frame or that my friend Erik was in the forward gun turret at the time. Sweet surprise.

7 responses to “Don’t Shoot Back!”

  1. heet_myser Avatar
    heet_myser

    The things you do for your craft.

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  2. pegleg000 Avatar
    pegleg000

    Did any of you crawl into the belly turret?-)

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  3. TomiTapio Avatar
    TomiTapio

    It’s good!

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    pegleg – no, but it was tempting… You can to get in from the outside, so once airborne, there is no way to get in and out of the bubble below.

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  5. goodeye03 (Rich) Avatar
    goodeye03 (Rich)

    Great shot, especially large. Looks like an image you friend should hang up somewhere for all to see.

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  6. pegleg000 Avatar
    pegleg000

    The original Sperry Ball Turrets could be rotated such that the hatch was accessible from inside the aircraft – they weren’t manned during takeoff and landing (normally). Still they were extremely cramped and the gunner (who had to be very trim) could sometimes be in it for up to 10 hrs. Difficult to imagine the courage of some of the Greatest Generation.

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  7. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Looking the other way… Windswept

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