Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And love the photo as much as the plane if not more so. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:43:33 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again > > Thanks, Mark. They seemed proud of it. > > And the prop was turning at idle, but, at 1/1250 sec, you can hardly tell > it. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again > > >> LOVE that red airplane! >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:03:45 -0500 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again >>> >>> I have a Leica Elmarit-R 28mm that I purchased as a "normal" lens for my >>> 4/3 >>> bodies, but found it very difficult to focus. I took it to the airport >>> on the >>> E-1, set up to zone focus and use as a point and shoot. Most of these >>> images >>> were made that way, though some were manually focused. >>> >>> Sometimes, things just catch your attention, like these shadows: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+68.jpg.html >>> >>> Interesting forms are added to airplanes in order to increase efficiency: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Winglet+64.jpg.html >>> >>> In these modern times, the Sunday drive with the wife can take on a >>> different >>> form: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html >>> >>> The favorite noisemaker of every airshow is the venerable North American >>> AT-6 >>> or SNJ: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AT-6+74.jpg.html >>> >>> Most people recognize the powerplant of that old workhorse, the DC-3: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DC-3+55.jpg.html >>> >>> Sometimes old birds just roost or rest together: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Birds+50.jpg.html >>> >>> Looking at these images, I think I will try this more often. >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>> >>> 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