Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over The Fields Douglas Sharp wrote: > So, the sub-gallery with Spitfires and the Red Arrow display team is > finished. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=98798 > > Terrible problems on all 3 days with changing light, bright sun, low > cloud and light mist, and 1 Spitfire pilot who refused to fly his Spit > so that you could see the cockpit too. All in all I'm quite pleased with > what came out - and particularly pleased with the performance of a > second hand CZ 3.5/200mm lens. > The gallery is ordered with the 2 Spitfires first, then close ups (or > tight crops of the Red Arrows, and finally, the Red Arrows showing the > different display formations (the names of which I've forgotten. > > A little history concerning Whitby and Spitfires: > The first German bomber shot down over the UK crashed in flames close to > Whitby, the first German POW was taken prisoner in Whitby, and the > Spitfire pilot who shot them down was Peter Townsend, later Princess > Margaret's boyfriend - not the member of The Who, he's Peter Townshend > with an "h". > Cheers > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >