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Subject: [Leica] Okavango, at night and from the air
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:05:29 -0500
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Nice, Marty.  What was the aircraft?  The shadow looks sort of like a Maule.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:55 PM
Subject: [Leica] Okavango, at night and from the air


> In the Delta, we ate dinner and talked with our guides into the night:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img034ab.jpg.html
>
> around the fire:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img061a.jpg.html
>
> But after a few days it was time to leave.  I wanted to see the Delta
> from air, particularly to see the buffalo fence which forms the
> critical infrastructure component of Botswana's biosecurity measures
> to keep the buffalo, which carry foot-and-mouth disease, away from
> domestic cattle, which are very susceptible to this serious disease
> which has massive trade implications.  The Delta from the air is
> incredible:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img413a.jpg.html
>
> I took a photo of our shadow as we landed at Maun airport:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img902a.jpg.html
>
> The next day we left for Zimbabwe.
>
> First two are M7, f1 Noctilux and TMZ at EI 6400 and 1000, developed
> in home made TMax developer substitute.  Second two are MP, Hexanon
> 50/2, yellow filter, Plus-X in Xtol 1+3.
>
> Comments etc welcome.
>
> Marty
>
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