[Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

LOVE that red airplane!
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html


Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:03:45 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again
> 
> I have a Leica Elmarit-R 28mm that I purchased as a "normal" lens for my 
> 4/3
> bodies, but found it very difficult to focus.  I took it to the airport on 
> the
> E-1, set up to zone focus and use as a point and shoot.  Most of these 
> images
> were made that way, though some were manually focused.
> 
> Sometimes, things just catch your attention, like these shadows:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+68.jpg.html
> 
> Interesting forms are added to airplanes in order to increase efficiency:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Winglet+64.jpg.html
> 
> In these modern times, the Sunday drive with the wife can take on a 
> different
> form:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html
> 
> The favorite noisemaker of every airshow is the venerable North American 
> AT-6
> or SNJ:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AT-6+74.jpg.html
> 
> Most people recognize the powerplant of that old workhorse, the DC-3:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DC-3+55.jpg.html
> 
> Sometimes old birds just roost or rest together:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Birds+50.jpg.html
> 
> Looking at these images, I think I will try this more often.
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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