[Leica] IMG: Other Airport Scenes

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, again.  I found out they are difficult to track with a 200mm lens!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

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>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 5:41 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190427-DSCF1117.JPG.html
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>> I had difficulty keeping the jumpers in the frame, but got reasonable detail.  They move faster than one thinks when watching from a distance.
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>> 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
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>> The foreshortening caused by the long lens makes them appear a lot closer together than they were in reality.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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