Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The second one us my favorite. Great colors! Barney Make America Kind Again! Barney Quinn, WK3Z 301-775-1386 > On Apr 27, 2019, at 5:41 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > On a nice, sunny Saturday afternoon, there are a lot of things going on at > the airport. Despite what the EXIF data may say, these were shot with a > 200 mm Pentax Takumar, set up to see how it would work from a distance on > my monopod. > > After hauling two loads of jumpers to jump altitude, normally around > 14,000 ft, the Twin Otter was ready for some fuel. The Saturday crew > responded, using the Jet-A truck. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190427-DSCF1117.JPG.html > > I had difficulty keeping the jumpers in the frame, but got reasonable > detail. They move faster than one thinks when watching from a distance. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190427-DSCF1091.JPG.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190427-DSCF1053.JPG.html > > The foreshortening caused by the long lens makes them appear a lot closer > together than they were in reality. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information