Inspiring Photo: Then and Now #2854032

Then and Now

Uploaded: October 16, 2006 04:26:16

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A restored 1936 American Airlines DC-3 sits next to the more modern Boeing 767 at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth Texas. I chose to juxtapose these two aircraft to give a sense of Before & After. This image is a single frame - compressed with the lens

Canon 100 - 400L IS at 105mm. Afternoon light, ISO 250. 1/1000th @ f8.0

Comments

Linda D. Lester October 16, 2006

Awesome job...love the colors! #540681

Colette M. Metcalf October 16, 2006

Terrific image, Jeff!! #3455844

Lynne Morris October 16, 2006

Wow fabulous image Jeff, love the colours, well captured. #3455846

Agnes Fegan October 16, 2006

Very nice contrasting images! #3455856

Jack Nevitt October 16, 2006

Nice image, good idea. #3455859

Michelle R. Kovach October 16, 2006

This is so cool Jeff! What a neat image! #3455863

Carolyn M. Fletcher October 16, 2006

I love this! Excellent!!! #3455889

Allan L. Whitehead October 16, 2006

Magnificent job, Jeff, I love this type of Photograph and effect. Well done, my friend - Allan #3455969

Mary Timman October 16, 2006

Super job! This is very neat and great idea. Way to go Jeff! #3456008

Roger Bernabo October 16, 2006

Wonderful perspective and POV #3456025

Carla Metzler October 16, 2006

Wonderful job, Jeff! #3456047

Robert R. Goodman October 16, 2006

Wonderful capture Jeff,The DC-3 is a beautiful old aircraft.Well done!!!!! #3456083

Marcie A. Fowler October 16, 2006

Well at least they kept the same color scheme. Excellent work on the comp to show the contrast between then and now. Very well done. #3456094

Nadine A. Lewis October 16, 2006

This is GREAT! Love what you've done here, Jeff! Love the composition, color, and detail!

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Paul Michko October 16, 2006

Wonderfully taken, Jeff. #3456239

Adilson F. Ferreira October 16, 2006

Wonderful composition Jeff!!!
Great work!!! #3456342

Pamela Shane October 16, 2006

I do love the framing Jeff; wonderful
way to compare these two planes. :) #3456369

Wally Orlowsky October 16, 2006

Terrific perspective that makes the point beautifully, Jeff. #3456405

Karen E. Michaels October 16, 2006

GREAT juxtaposition Jeff. Keen eye to see it that way. Peace, karen #3456453

Murry Grigsby October 16, 2006

Super visual history lesson of commercial air travel Jeff!! #3456631

Virginia Leone October 16, 2006

Great find Jeff, nice contrast of old and new!! #3456944

Alisha L. Ekstrom October 16, 2006

NOW...this is AWESOME!!!! Fantastic presentation! I love the bold colors!

This IS soooo cool to see:) OUTSTANDING!!!!!! #3457131

Jenny Bosmans October 16, 2006

WOW! Excellent PoV, composition and capture, Jeff! Love this! :) #3457203

Lisa D. Greer October 16, 2006

Great image and composition! :) #3457248

Alan L. Borror October 16, 2006

Wonderful comparitive image, Jeff! Great PS work! #3457538

Tammy Scott October 16, 2006

Great compositional find. Nice shot #3457563

Melissa G. Meiselman October 16, 2006

What a coincidence..I saw the same old American Airlines plane in a Denver airport when my son and I went for a flight. I even have pics, but haven't posted them. I really like the composition of this shot, Jeff!!! #3457619

Linda L. Ruiz October 16, 2006

Great eye Jeff. Love the feeling. #3457648

Ken Smith October 16, 2006

Super eye and good job to get the right angle. Very well done!! #3458259

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna October 16, 2006

Great job, Jeff!!! Wonderful composition! ^.^ Kitty #3458540

Tamara K. Walker October 16, 2006

Great framing, wonderful composition. #3458708

David Phalen October 16, 2006

OK so the DC-3 is as old as I am. Maybe I can get a restoration. LOL Love the colors, comp and before and after idea. #3459097

Claudia Kuhn October 16, 2006

Terrific composition Jeff. Nice find and comparison of how planes have advanced. #3459291

Cyn Valentine October 16, 2006

Awesome comp! Great eye Jeff!! #3459312

Mary L. Graham October 16, 2006

Great shot Jeff...you know I always like the older planes trains and automobiles don't you!! The newer ones just don't have it!! =) #3459488

Bill Wyatt October 16, 2006

Awesome composition and details! Love the lighting and colors too! #3459706

Marilyn K. Lincecum October 16, 2006

Fantastic composition and comparision between the old and the new. Wonderful perspective. #3459836

Paul E. Earl October 17, 2006

Fantastic shot! #3460202

Glenn E. Urquhart October 17, 2006

Fantastic pov, brilliant color, excellent lighting, VERY well composed and Very Well Done, Jeff!!! Cheers, Glenn. #3460321

Carol Sawyer October 17, 2006

Wonderful job on this capture, Jeff!!! #3460476

Jeff Robinson October 17, 2006

Thanks Everyone for all of the great comments on this image! Jeff #3461204

Lorraine A. Cook October 17, 2006

I love anything to do with history! Superb blending, Jeff!<:)) #3461797

Stan Kwasniowski October 17, 2006

Jeff, excellent #3461851

Jeff Robinson October 17, 2006

Thanks Lorraine and Stan! Jeff #3463970

Bridgette B October 18, 2006

Wonderful perspective!! It's amazing how things change over time!! :) Great capture, Jeff! #3465636

Jeff Robinson October 18, 2006

Thanks Bridgette! Jeff #3466809

Kate Jackson October 18, 2006

A very romantic and classy aircraft! WOW I love the classic lines! You did a great job with showing up the differences Jeff! #3468220

Jeff Robinson October 18, 2006

Thanks very much Kate!! Jeff #3468970

Tamera S. Phillips October 18, 2006

Great shot. Love the sky and the aircraft angles. Well seen and shot. #3469447

Jeff Robinson October 19, 2006

Thanks Tammy! Jeff #3471559

Jim Kinnunen October 19, 2006

Excellent image, Jeff...I love the colors, lines and composition!!! #3474861

Jeff Robinson October 20, 2006

Thank you Jim! Jeff #3476223

Stephanie Laird October 20, 2006

Hi Jeff!

Great angle on this wonderful shot! #3477410

Jeff Robinson October 20, 2006

Thank you very much Stephanie! Jeff #3478527

Melissa A. Mannon October 21, 2006

great image! my husband is a private pilot and he would love this! I love the contrasts and your composition #3479648

Jeff Robinson October 21, 2006

Thank You Melissa!! Jeff #3479868

Paula Dwyer October 21, 2006

Absolutely fantastic!! :) #3481028

Jeff Robinson October 22, 2006

Thanks very much Paula! Jeff #3486065

Girish Vaghela April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist! #4206290

Tamera S. Phillips April 24, 2007

So happy to see this one again Jeff! Congratulations to you. #4206495

Renee Doyle April 24, 2007

Great colours! Congratulations Jeff on this wonderful finalist!
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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Congratulations again on this outstanding finalist, Jeff!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4207269

Kristi A. Howson April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Jeff. Excellent exposure on the shiny metal! #4207516

Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007

Another cool image. Congratulations #4207673

Mike D. Perez April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your Finalist selection, Jeff! #4207676

Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007

Big Congrats, Jeff! Good Luck in the next round, My Friend!<:)) #4208314

Ross Throndson April 25, 2007

Fantastic Finalist, Jeff....Congratulations!! #4208746

Kay E. Mahoney April 25, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4209798

RD . April 25, 2007

Wow Jeff! I hadn't seen this fantastic capture before, Congratulations! #4212154

Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2007

A Big Congratulations on your Finalist Award!!! Well Deserved, Cheers, Glenn.

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Kristi A. Howson April 25, 2007

Big congratulations Jeff on this awesome winner. It's just such a fantastic image in all repsects! WTG!!! #4214425

Su Sana E. P April 25, 2007

WoW!! Double Winner!! Congratulations again, Jeff on this Super Winning shot!! #4214430

Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2007

Wohoo ! Big congrats on your double win Jeff :o) #4214540

Datha Y. Thompson April 25, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN Jeff!!! WTG :0) #4214552

Janine Russell April 25, 2007

Jeff, excellent detail, exposure, clarity, DOF and lighting; congratulations on your Second Place Win! #4214614

Aimee S. McMaster April 26, 2007

...big congratulations on your Second Place Win......awesome Jeff....Aimee #4214759

Allan L. Whitehead April 26, 2007

Jeff, congratulations on this win, its richly deserved. my dear friend - Allan #4214798

Wally Orlowsky April 26, 2007

Congratulations on this nostalgic winner, Jeff! #4214956

Erin Appelbaum April 26, 2007

Another big congrats Jeff. Peter #4215146

Colette M. Metcalf April 26, 2007

Congratulations to you once more, Jeff!!! #4215164

Carla Metzler April 26, 2007

Congratulations on your win, Jeff! #4215273

Mary Timman April 26, 2007

Congratulations again! #4215304

Linda D. Lester April 26, 2007

Congratulaitons!!! #4215380

Ken Smith April 26, 2007

Wow, multiple winners! Super Jeff! #4215394

Hendrik Storme April 26, 2007

Congratulations with your wonderful winners!!!! #4215432

Agnes Fegan April 26, 2007

Congrats on your winning photos Jeff ! #4215623

Ross Throndson April 26, 2007

Many Congratulations on your Double Win today, Jeff!! #4215948

Mike D. Perez April 26, 2007

Big Congratulations on your Winner, Jeff! #4215996

Glenn E. Urquhart April 26, 2007

Congratulations on your Outstanding Win, Jeff!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4216067

eileen bedford April 26, 2007

Congratulations on your great win, Jeff.... #4216214

Holly Shao April 26, 2007

Congratulations again, another wonderful win, Jeff!!

Holly
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Cheryl E. Molennor April 26, 2007

Congratulations Jeff! #4216229

Stan Kwasniowski April 26, 2007

Jeff, Congratulations #4216275

Murry Grigsby April 26, 2007

Congrats again Jeff!! #4216310

Connie J. Bagot April 26, 2007

Congratulations Jeff! Wonderful winning image. #4216542

Larry L. Redmon April 26, 2007

Great job. Congratulations Jeff! #4216582

Rakesh Syal April 26, 2007

Once again, Congratulations on your great win, Jeff!! #4217398

Jane M April 26, 2007

Good eye Jeff. Congrats from me too! #4217469

Tarun Bose April 26, 2007

Huge congrats Jeff on your outstanding winner shot. #4217477

Guy D. Biechele April 26, 2007

Great shot, Jeff! Congrats on your win. #4217509

Renee Doyle April 26, 2007

Big congratulations once again Jeff!!!!!
#4217610

Dianna Hauf April 26, 2007

Awesome capture, Jeff! Woo-hoo, congratulations on your win!! #4217659

Emile Abbott April 26, 2007

Congratulations Jeff on another awesome winner my friend. #4217670

Cyn Valentine April 26, 2007

Congratulations again Jeff on a great winner!! #4217677

Ron Roberts April 26, 2007

CONGRATS JEFF ON YOUR WIN GREAT JOB ...RON... #4217870

Laurie Daily April 26, 2007

Congratulations on this winner, Jeff...don't know how I missed this one! #4217991

Regina L. Rickert April 26, 2007

Congratulations on your stunning winner, Jeff. I must have missed this one, too. Beautiful work! #4218078

Linda M. Walker April 26, 2007

What a great find and done so well...congratulations Jeff #4218773

Jill Flynn April 26, 2007

Great eye and concept Jeff! Way to go. A big congratulations on your WINS this month! #4218797

Kay E. Mahoney April 26, 2007

Congratulations on your second place winner. #4218856

Evy Johansen April 26, 2007

Congratulations on another very beautiful win, Jeff!! #4218915

Girish Vaghela April 27, 2007

Congratulations on your second place winner, Jeff! #4220634

Terry L. Ellis April 27, 2007

Congratulations, Jeff, on this excellent Second Place win! #4221481

Judyann Plante April 27, 2007

Congratulations again, Jeff, on this fantastic winning photo!!!

Judyann <>< #4221820

Ronald F. Fischer April 27, 2007

Congrats on this AWESOME WINNER, Jeff! #4222024

Darryl Wilkinson April 27, 2007

Outstanding winner, Jeff! You done good this month. WTG!! #4222780

Ken Jarvis April 28, 2007

Congratulations Jeff on this well deserved win! #4224441

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett April 29, 2007

Congratulations on This wonderful 2nd place winner, Jeff .... Steve #4227424

Jeff Robinson April 30, 2007

Thank You All very much for the nice comments! Jeff #4231743

Robert Baer May 04, 2007

jeff
I really like your choice to jextapose these two planes. Congratulations on this wonderful finalist! #4246642

Jeff Robinson May 05, 2007

Thank You Justin! Jeff #4249762

Jill Odice May 07, 2007

It's catch up day for me today Jeff :-) This is a very worthy winner...congrats on a wonderful image! #4258175

Jeff Robinson May 07, 2007

Thank you very much Jill! Jeff #4258275

Susie Peek-Swint June 22, 2007

A belated congrats on your gold Jeff ~ this is a great shot and well deserving of the award ~ AA would probably like a copy! #4425336

Jeff Robinson June 24, 2007

Thanks Very Much Susie! Jeff #4432280

Karen Slagle July 01, 2007

Wow Jeff, fantastic finalist. Big congrats. I'm behind having been out of town. This is great... #4463333

Jeff Robinson July 01, 2007

Thanks very much Karen! Jeff #4463473

Hazel H. Cromer July 18, 2007

This was a well deserved win Jeff. Congrats to you. I took flight lessons for a while...then got married and now have 15 month old....I love airplanes and I love this shot.

My computer has been down...lost all my favorite sites...glad to be able to rebookmark your gallery. What is the link to Leena's again? I always enjoy both of your gallerys. #4521891

Jeff Robinson July 18, 2007

Thanks Very Much Hazel! I really apprecaite your nice words! Jeff #4523756

Nadya Johnson August 03, 2007

Wow! VERY cool! Don't know how I missed this one --! Outstanding Jeff, and a well deserved win! #4595926

Jeff Robinson August 03, 2007

Thanks very much Nadya!! Jeff #4597427

Cristi Bastian August 06, 2007

Oooh, Jeff! I REALLY like this one! How on earth did I miss it?! A late congratulations on your well deserved win! #4610572

Jeff Robinson August 06, 2007

Thanks very much Cristi! Jeff #4610827

April Riggs August 29, 2007

This is truly a winner! Congrats! #4719661

Jeff Robinson August 29, 2007

Thank You April! Jeff #4719975

Jeff Robinson August 30, 2007

Thanks Kevin! Jeff #4725045

Inge S. Lasmana October 01, 2007

Very beautiful composition, Jeff! I love how you compare both! congratulations! #4869872

Jeff Robinson October 01, 2007

Thank You Inge! Jeff #4871112

Matt Quaid March 01, 2008

this is a great shot Jeff, wonderful capture #5579384

Jeff Robinson March 02, 2008

Thank You Matt!! Jeff #5580859

william r. griffin March 02, 2008

Have just discovered your awesome gallery here recently, hard to pick one winner out of the group, as they are all good, but this one is my fav. Congrats on some great work on this one and the rest of your gallery. #5581649

Jeff Robinson March 04, 2008

Thank You Very Much William! Jeff #5592859

March 12, 2008

As a pilot, I love photos of all type aircraft and this is a great one. Color and composition are excellent. Regards, Bob #5632421

Jeff Robinson March 12, 2008

Thanks very much Bob! Jeff #5634118

DICK SELF May 23, 2008

JEFF--FANTASTIC-"THEN & NOW"-YOU REALLY DO ENJOY PHOTOGRAPHY-GREAT GALLERY--
I WISH I HAD MORE TIME FOR IT-RETIREMENT IS CLOSE !
DICKSTER----------------------------- #5965971

Jeff Robinson May 24, 2008

Thank You Dick! Jeff #5970675

Marisol Pastor September 12, 2008

Airplanes are great to photograph (I may be biased considering my husband is an aeronautical engineer and one of my brothers is a pilot!), and I specially like the older and vintage models. They have a unique beauty about them.

Love the composition here, and the colors. #6446633

Jeff Robinson September 12, 2008

Thank You Marisol! Jeff #6447275

Siete Meeter November 02, 2008

What a gread gallery, I love it!!! #6695140

Jeff Robinson November 02, 2008

Thank You Siete! Jeff #6697347

Laura E. Swan April 13, 2009

This is fun looking through your gallery Jeff. I take it you are part of the ground crew in Texas???

Ever heard the name, Edward Daly, who owned WORLD AIRWAYS? Mac flights all over the world out of Oakland Calif. from the 50-80's? That's where I worked for just under 10 years. :)

Love your POV here. You did a great job here! Straight into FAV'S along with the space shuttle image.

-Laura in CANADA #7400882

Jeff Robinson April 14, 2009

Thank You Laura! I am not part of a "ground crew" but I do work in aerospace! Jeff #7403171

Laura E. Swan April 14, 2009

Well, that's what I get for assuming! Ha! Sorry about that!

Well, I was never the pilot (To answer YOUR question) but I did have some really interesting jobs while I worked for the Airlines. It would take me 4 hours to tell you but I was hired to work at the ticket counter but ended up in RES because they were short handed.

I did that for a year then started a Tour Desk for them and ran that for 5 yrs. Mainly HAWAII! Then Europe. Then the DC10's got grounded. All we flew were DC10's (series 30's) so tons of folks lost their jobs. They kept me and I did OODLES of odd jobs...wherever they could use me. It was a LOT of fun! That's where the other 3 hours and 55 minutes would be. Telling you. :)

Everything from Revenue acct to a Fork Lift driver! I kid you not! Jobs I would have NEVER EVER applied for or tried to do, I -DID-! It was really cool and I was really young! Why not!?!?!?

I did spend time in the cockpits, Jeff, but going down through the trap door into the nose cone to remove rotables (sp) that needed repairs and putting in the repaired ones. HA! I was ALSO the person that drove aircraft parts all around the bay area in a van to get them fixed. That job was called a "Parts Mover". I worked in shipping and receiving as well and behind the counter in the HANGER issuing out parts...(Are you getting the wild picture???!!!)

Thanks for asking. I bet you wished you hadn't! HA!!!!

What do you do Jeff? May I ask? -Laura #7404216

Laura E. Swan April 14, 2009

OM GOSH! It was Robert Bemus that just asked me what I did at the airlines! Not you, Jeff! Now I am mortified! HA! SO SO Sorry! Yikes! (Laughing out loud here now with embarrassment and a red face!) I need to go back to bed. Oh...Laura...

(I'd still love to know what you do there!) -Laura :)

(Guess I'll copy and paste this elsewhere so Robert can read it!) Sigh! #7404230

Jeff Robinson April 14, 2009

Thanks for the info and I hope Robert gets his answer from you that he was looking for! Jeff #7405119

Peter W. Marks June 29, 2009

Any aircraft image gets my attention! I never got to ride in a Dakota but sat in the left seat a number of times while on the ground at airshows and museums and dreamed! I pictured hundreds of these from English airfields on D-day over the DZs in France although I was only six when that was happening. Later as an air Training Corps cadet I did get a flight in a Lancaster and an Anson of that era plus several other post WW2 types.
I am not in love with American Airlines Jeff. I live near St Louis, Mo. and fly back to the UK every summer to London Gatwick (I have a sister just a few miles from there so it is more convenient for her to pick us up there rather than LHR) Any way, when I first emigrated here 16 yrs ago I could get direct 8hr flights on TWA but as soon as they were aquired by AA, Lambert was no longer a hub and now I have 12-14 hr flights with the change-overs. In three days time I shall be on a Delta flight doing just that at Atlanta and muttering curses at every AA desk I pass!
Super image Jeff and you gave me a chance to vent. Pete #7690885

Jeff Robinson June 30, 2009

Thanks Peter - Glad that I could provide a place for you to vent.... My expereince is a little different with A'A. They have taken me all over the world and provided me with great service (most of the time) and I have over 300,000 Air Miles with them. After being in the Middle East in a Combat Zone for months, seeing the A'A on the tail of an aircraft after arriving in Europe was a very welcome sight for me. That aircraft was a piece of home and a symbol of the Free World. Traveling can be a big challenge for all of us and we all have a story to tell.....! Thanks again Peter for stopping by and visiting my gallery! Jeff #7692228

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