Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/09

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Subject: [Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun Sep 9 05:54:05 2007
References: <46E3E7F1.4060204@gmx.de>

impressive stuff!

ric


On Sep 9, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> So, the sub-gallery with Spitfires and the Red Arrow display team  
> is finished.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=98798
>
> Terrible problems on all 3 days with changing light, bright sun,  
> low cloud and light mist, and 1 Spitfire pilot who refused to fly  
> his Spit so that you could see the cockpit too. All in all I'm  
> quite pleased with what came out - and particularly pleased with  
> the performance of a second hand CZ 3.5/200mm lens.
> The gallery is ordered with the 2 Spitfires first, then close ups  
> (or tight crops of the Red Arrows, and finally, the Red Arrows  
> showing the different display formations (the names of which I've  
> forgotten.
>
> A little history concerning Whitby and Spitfires:
> The first German bomber shot down over the UK crashed in flames  
> close to Whitby, the first German POW was taken prisoner in Whitby,  
> and the Spitfire  pilot who shot them down was Peter Townsend,  
> later Princess Margaret's boyfriend - not the member of The Who,  
> he's Peter Townshend with an "h".
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
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