Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information