Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, I don't normally post many pictures here, but I like WW2 planes a lot. Maybe I should just do this more often. Here are some links to my more meagre efforts shot last week at the Goodwood Revival. They're posted on the Leica Users Forum as I haven't worked out how to do it here yet! http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/sports-leisure-time/33365- wing-man.html http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/sports-leisure-time/32917- angels-one-five.html Thanks Charlie On 9 Sep 2007, at 19:22, Luis Ripoll wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > Very nice pictures and you captured very good compositions, I liked > very > much Tri and Crossover. Nice engines too! > Saludos desde Barcelona > Luis > > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En > nombre de > Douglas Sharp > Enviado el: domingo, 09 de septiembre de 2007 14:33 > Para: Leica Users Group > CC: leicareflex@freelists.org; LEG > Asunto: [Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information