# if she was only as fast...... **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128 **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive **Created:** [May 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128 "2008-05-08T18:55:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/1 "2008-05-08T18:55:08Z")
these werent taken very well… it was 900 degrees out and security forces kept driving past me wondering what i was doing… next time when i have more time ill set it up better… or at least try… im no micah ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2325.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2325.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2324.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2324.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2323.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2323.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2314.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2314.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2328.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2328.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2321.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2321.jpg) ![http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2318.jpg](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/afhockey31/IMG_2318.jpg) ---
### Author: ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/2 "2008-05-08T19:01:02Z")
thats pretty sweet :tup: ---
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/3 "2008-05-08T19:03:21Z")
> [@psphinx81](#): > > thats pretty sweet :tup: thanks… im getting lessons from the micah as we speak when i go back again with more time lol it was just so hard with the angle of the plane and where i could set the car to get decent sides for pics edit:im also up for any suggestions ---
### Author: ![Griff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/4 "2008-05-08T19:14:19Z")
:drool: Merc + SR71 = awesome can’t wait for some more ---
### Author: ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/5 "2008-05-08T19:28:40Z")
what kind of camera were you using? Don’t listen to Micah, he has no idea what he’s doing. \<3 😉 ---
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/6 "2008-05-08T19:30:08Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > what kind of camera were you using? > > Don’t listen to Micah, he has no idea what he’s doing. > > \<3 😉 lol its just a canon sd630 elph ---
### Author: ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/7 "2008-05-08T19:40:43Z")
Awesome plane. ---
### Author: ![Doc20th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Doc20th](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doc20th) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/8 "2008-05-08T20:12:16Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > Awesome plane. I second that. SR-71’s are amazing planes. I read a really good book by the former president of Lockheeds Skunkworks that designed & built it. Where is this plane btw? ---
### Author: ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/9 "2008-05-08T20:13:51Z")
mike, lesson 1, its caNon, not cannon like boom boom bang cannon ! ---
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/10 "2008-05-08T20:26:15Z")
> [@Doc20th](#): > > I second that. SR-71’s are amazing planes. I read a really good book by the former president of Lockheeds Skunkworks that designed & built it. > > Where is this plane btw? lackland here in san antonio > [@MicaH](#): > > mike, lesson 1, its caNon, not cannon like boom boom bang cannon ! what are you talking about ?:snky: ---
### Author: ![95VDUB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95vdub/32/5090_2.png) [@95VDUB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95VDUB) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/11 "2008-05-08T21:00:00Z")
Noice ---
### Author: ![Mr\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr_t/32/7454_2.png) [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/12 "2008-05-08T21:12:03Z")
nothing like a nice classy benzo :tup: ---
### Author: ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/13 "2008-05-08T21:22:32Z")
Some really nice shots there. ---
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/14 "2008-05-08T21:33:54Z")
> [@91MR2](#): > > Some really nice shots there. appreciate it… they didnt come out as good as i imagined them in my mind on my way down there… but then again, one can be their own worst critic at times ---
### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/15 "2008-05-08T21:46:06Z")
some cool things bout the blackbird if you dont know… The SR-71 remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career. From an altitude of 80,000 ft (24 km), it could survey 100,000 square miles per hour (72 square kilometers per second) of the Earth’s surface. In addition, it was accurate enough to take a picture of a car’s license plate from this altitude.[10] On 28 July 1976, an SR-71 broke the world record for its class: an absolute speed record of 1905.80993 knots (2,193.1669 mph, 3,529.56 km/h), and an “absolute altitude record” of 85,068.997 feet (25,929 m).[11][12] Several airplanes exceeded this altitude in zoom climbs but not in sustained flight.[13] When the SR-71 was retired in 1990, one was flown from its birthplace at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California to go on exhibit at what is now the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (an annex of the National Air & Space Museum) in Chantilly, Virginia. The Blackbird, piloted by Colonel Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida, set a coast-to-coast speed record at an average 2,124 mph (3,418 km/h). The entire trip was reported as 68 minutes and 17 seconds. and by far the coolest… A defensive feature of the aircraft was its high speed and operating altitude, whereby, if a surface-to-air missile launch were detected, standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. :lol: ---
### Author: ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter) #### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/16 "2008-05-08T21:51:16Z")
I never knew it was retired. ---
### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS) #### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/17 "2008-05-09T05:56:32Z")
I’m no Micah, but what I’m seeing in those pics is you took them at the wrong time of day, a white balance issue, maybe exposure issue, and the need to bump the saturation. This article should really help: [http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/camera-adjustments.htm](http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/camera-adjustments.htm) These are good too: [http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/color.htm](http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/color.htm) [http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/whitebalance.htm](http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/whitebalance.htm) [http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/modern-exposure.htm](http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/modern-exposure.htm) ---
### Author: ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue) #### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/18 "2008-05-09T05:59:29Z")
You know I dig it :tup: ---
### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry) #### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/19 "2008-05-09T06:05:32Z")
> [@AFhockey31](#): > > and by far the coolest… > > A defensive feature of the aircraft was its high speed and operating altitude, whereby, if a surface-to-air missile launch were detected, standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. > > :lol: :lol: That’s the coolest thing I’ve read in a long time. Awesome pics too. Nice to see a nice car with an impressive background, rather than the trendy nice car in a shitty place photoshoot. ---
### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry) #### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128/20 "2008-05-09T06:09:43Z")
> [@Doc20th](#): > > I second that. SR-71’s are amazing planes. I read a really good book by the former president of Lockheeds Skunkworks that designed & built it. > > Where is this plane btw? Was it this? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-she-was-only-as-fast/48128.md?page=2)