Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While the clear blue skies and colorful parachutes make great images I personally don't see any need to leave a perfectly functioning airplane until it is on the ground. On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 3:40 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > I made a short visit to the local airport today. A Bellanca Super > Decathlon in eye-catching colors was visiting from Huntsville. This > looks like it would be real "fun machine". > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073538.JPG.html > > The local skydivers were active in the beautiful sunshine. Here, a > tandem pair (instructor and student) were making a sharp turn upwind for > landing. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073544.JPG.html > > Two more tandem pairs were lined up for landing. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073556.JPG.html > > Students are told to raise their feet as they approach the ground, while > the instructor handles the ground contact. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073558.JPG.html > > This was my first time to try the ZD 50mm f/2.0 Macro with AF for sky > divers. Not being as agile as I once was, I shot from near the terminal > rather than out near the landing zone, but tracking the jumpers against > blue sky was not as difficult as I thought it might be. I might even > get up enough nerve to try the 50-200 SWD. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information