Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shooting of one of my favorite subjects. The T-birds top them only because I was an Air Force Brat! If you ever get to Pensacola, the Navy Museum has a static display that shows just how close these guys are flying to each other. It's not good flying, it's terrific flying. Thanks for sharing. Glad you included Baby Huey too. His JATO takeoffs are spectacular. > > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA