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Subject: [Leica] For airplane fans- Spitfires, Hurricane and Mustang
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon Sep 10 09:10:51 2007
References: <46E3E7F1.4060204@gmx.de> <008201c7f30e$6a8d5f10$2101a8c0@luispersonal> <85CA3BA7-8A23-4489-A207-6BCA42949FCD@btinternet.com>

Nice shots Charlie. I will put up what I got later, although they are mostly
ground-based as I personally find anything less than a 135 virtually unusable
for taking shots like this. OK...there are some exceptions and the Mustang 
anmd
the Spit on Saturday night were one such.

Congrats,

Peter

Charlie Chan wrote:
> 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
>>
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Replies: Reply from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] For airplane fans- Spitfires, Hurricane and Mustang)
In reply to: Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows)
Message from luisripoll at telefonica.net (Luis Ripoll) ([Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows)
Message from topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan) ([Leica] For airplane fans- Spitfires, Hurricane and Mustang)