# SR71 Photos, Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837 "2016-11-13T15:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837/1 "2016-11-13T15:52:41Z")

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As promised in my IMHO thread here is the photos I took of the SR71 and other planes at Castle Air Museum, not all that I took just a selection. Despite it being entirely awesome, the SR71 is actually not that photogenic compared to the other planes there. I found the surface details and contours more interesting on the others from a photographers point of view.

For other photography geeks: Shot on Canon 7D with Canon EFS 17-55mm, f2.8 and Sigma 8-16mm f4.5. (yes 8mm, ultrawide flat lens) 3x CR2 raw files HDR, merged in Photoshop.

[[19 new items added to shared album] SR71 - Castle Air Museum, Atwater,... ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yWVQCKg7J2IhgoJzul5gNSD1Sw7byJDBEN3EZVOzJuC2Wg3fOV7i1xQ_NuD7lWBZCd18PEeJWc9W9ViOjVfinOi5lZP0PkP_x4tpx1W9GGTLWLvaUMXPklvc2-9FpH26pwzNHJEuKQ=w600-h315-p-k "SR71 - Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMTcG1kkprSgO8k3eZ4Tae3FiUibPfea-nHYWdZMFOgLUCJLXJifynBtvoRm7uuVA?key=UE90VzRFUE10UHdrZmh5S09rbjkyRVBvSWVnLTVR)

Feedback welcome!

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837/2 "2016-11-13T16:21:21Z")

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Cool pix. Thanks. You don’t get to see a B-45 every day.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837/3 "2016-11-13T16:22:00Z")

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Great photos! I’m gonna pass the link along to my Mom’s husband; he’s a retired Air Force pilot.

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**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837/4 "2016-11-13T16:38:14Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Cool pix. Thanks. You don’t get to see a B-45 every day.

Yeah the B-45 was very photogenic in it’s retro-future lines. I’ll dig up the others I have of it and post them later.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr71-photos-castle-air-museum-atwater-ca/771837/5 "2016-11-13T20:08:03Z")

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Awww, the one bomber has [kinesio tape](https://www.google.com/search?q=kinesio+tape&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch) on the nose; it must have an injury. 😉

Cool pics! I’ve only had the opportunity to see a SR-71 inside, at [Udvar-Hazy](https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center).