The Afterburner
by Gary Holmes
Title
The Afterburner
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 flyover with pilot Randy Ball at the Central Texas Airshow, May 2016. The MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. The MiG-17 first saw combat in 1958 over the Straits of Taiwan and was used against supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have been recognized in international photography venues. Poster sized prints of three of my photographs were recently installed in a new medical clinic building in a major Texas medical center. My photo, "Blue Norther," was selected by the nonprofit Texas Bluebird Society for its 2010 membership announcements. My most requested photo, "Rowers' Arc," was selected as an Editors' Choice on 500px, as well as a 5-star Editor's Choice designation in Camerapixo's Hot Shots photo magazine, Volume 4 (http://issuu.com/camerapixo/docs/hotshots-camerapixo-04/1). It has now been published on page 121 in a new book, Camerapixo Photography Awards, Volume 01 (http://camerapixo.com/publications/photography-awards-01).
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Comments (1)
Charles Dobbs
Great shot Gary! Congrats on this shot being featured in the "Texas" Group!
Gary Holmes replied:
Thank you very much for the comment, Charles, and for the feature in the Texas group.