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Puckapunyal live fire 1

Postby Nikon boy on Sat May 15, 2010 8:33 am

I attended the bi-annual live fire exercise at Puckapunyal army base thursday with various press

Abrams tanks , APC's , Javelin missile and Live bomb drops by F111's together with a static display of various vehicles and equipment made for an interesting day although the weather could have been kinder

The Abrams are beeing repainted from their delivery scheme of desert sand to more conventional local ''cant see me '' scheme

Abrams showing new paint

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Both schemes in smoke and mist

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Older scheme

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Completely missed muzzel flashes ALL DAY !!! dammit

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More to come

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Re: Puckapunyal live fire 1

Postby Raskill on Sat May 15, 2010 4:21 pm

Smoke and mist is a really moody image, the strongest of this set. Has a 'nice' battlefield feel to it. :D
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Re: Puckapunyal live fire 1

Postby zafra52 on Sat May 15, 2010 6:48 pm

I prefer the second picture.
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Re: Puckapunyal live fire 1

Postby dawesy on Tue May 18, 2010 4:55 pm

Another vote for #2. The mood achieved with the smoke really makes this one.

The other images are all good, but really just show is what was there. #2 really lets us feel like we are witnessing something dramatic.
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Re: Puckapunyal live fire 1

Postby surenj on Tue May 18, 2010 7:15 pm

#2 is the best by far. If you desaturate it a bit more, then one could be mistaken that this is an ACTUAL battle field. Great composition and angle.
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