Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice catch with the plane coming in to land. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Oct 16, 2011, at 7:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > The Beech convention concluded last evening, and the crowd of visiting > airplanes was winding down. I decided to take the Leica Telyt-R 250/4 > along, to try my hand with moving objects. Tracking was not easy, but a > few images survived. > > Last Wednesday evening, the weather was a mess around Memphis, as I > watched the flight track of a Twin Beech that spent almost 10 hours > airborne to arrive non-stop from Las Vegas. This morning, he was in the > line to the fuel pump, before departing. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Twin+Beech.jpg.html > > This highly polished Twin Beech has local connections, and was brought to > the pump with a tug. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Polished+Twin+Beech.jpg.html > > A classic Beech Bonanza makes its departure: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Classic+Bonanza.jpg.html > > A visiting AT-6 made a low level pass down the runway to say goodbye: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AT-6+Buzz.jpg.html > > The bicycle chains were working hard to get the gear up on this > Staggerwing as it departed. Since these engines operate at low RPM, it is > almost impossible not to stop the prop at the shutter speed required for > the 250mm (500mm equivalent): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Staggerwing+Departure.jpg.html > > First image, E-1 with ZD 35mm Macro > Other images, E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4, Monopod > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >