Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, You are probably right. The wind kept changing directions that day, and some came in fast and tumbled to a stop. I decided my best shots would be while they were still in the air, just above the ground. All of them walked away just fine. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/31/2016 10:03 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jim, > I always figured when a jumper came in to landing with a smile. he or she > was happy they had made a successful jump! :-) And the sometimes terror > feeling at the moment you jumped out of the plane was gone! :-) > cheers, > ted :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Jim Nichols > Sent: May-31-16 7:03 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Smiling Approach - A Better Look > > Thanks, Douglas. I get the drift of the Latin, though my Latin classes > were during WWII. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 5/31/2016 8:54 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Nice one, Jim. >> "Puella pulchra sicut angelus semper fugit" as they used to say in >> Rome... >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" >> <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera >> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 6:51 PM >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Smiling Approach - A Better Look >> >> >>> I felt this couple deserved a closer look, because of her great smile >>> as they neared the ground for a landing. The normal landing for >>> tandem jumpers has the novice jumper raise his/her feet to allow the >>> instructor to make a sliding landing. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Smile+2.tif.html >>> >>> Fuji X-E1 with Leica Summicron-R 50mm plus Extender-R 2X, cropped >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >