[Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

[Don Dory]

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
>
>
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