Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice image of the refuelling, Jim! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 16 Aug 2015, at 15:30, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Sunday activities at the airport normally involve skydivers. From time to > time, the Cessna Caravan jump plane must take on fuel. The airport just > received a brand new fuel truck to handle Jet A, for turbine engines. The > old truck could back its platform beneath the wing of the Caravan, but the > new, larger capacity truck, is about a foot taller, so it must be backed > up to, but not beneath, the wing. The young lady guided the driver to > position the truck, and went about the refueling. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fueling+the+Jump+Plane.tif.html > > The gallery waiting to watch the jumpers had been entertained by a Praying > Mantis, which landed on one of them and was brushed off onto the sidewalk. > I waited a while until it got into the grass before getting a decent > image. All I had was the 27mm, so my knees got some good exercise. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mantis+in+Grass.TIFF.html > > Fuji X-E1 with 27mm, ISO 200, RAW > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > >