[Leica] [OM] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu
Tue Sep 8 12:48:56 PDT 2020


Good to see you out and about! I like the last one best, a real action shot.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 7 Sep 2020, at 22:40, 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
> 
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