[Leica] IMG: Other Airport Scenes

[Bernard Quinn]

The second one us my favorite. Great colors!

Barney

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Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> 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
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> 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
> 
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