[Leica] IMGs: Blue Angels over the Bay

[wbabbott3 at comcast.net (William B. Abbott III)]

Oliver,

Bravo Zulu.

That's a Navy signal that can be sent by Morse code, flashing light,  
or a flag hoist at the yard arm. Or via e-mail.

It means "Well done."

Bill


On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Oliver Bryk wrote:

> I posted some pictures of a flight demonstration over San Francisco  
> Bay by
> the US Navy's "Blue Angels" on 10/09/09 at
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OBRYK/Blue_Angels/    .
>
> All images were made with the Leica M8 and the 90mm Elmarit at f/11.  
> I had
> never used ISO 640 before but selected it for this shoot because I
> anticipated a need for shutter speeds of at least 1/1000 sec for the  
> low
> level flights over the water by the F/A-18s. In retrospect I should  
> have
> used ISO 320 and f/8 in order to avoid the noise of the ISO 640 that  
> becomes
> noticeable even at modest enlargements.
>
> I also experimented with the M8's "C" shutter setting that I had  
> never used
> before; the album includes several sequences made in this mode. I was
> pleasantly surprised that I had not completely forgotten how to pan  
> although
> tracking an F/A-18 at low altitude in the small 90mm viewfinder  
> frame was a
> bit of a challenge. I did not crop these images.
>
> Oliver
>
>
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