Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter: Love them Spitfires? I may a a Yank, but as a boy back around 1950's , my Croydon-born grandmother (lovely, witty, classy lady) gave me "The British Book of Airplanes". Wish I still had the book; it was a classic for boys (of all ages). I memorized every photo, every description. I was hypnotized by the Gloster Meteor, Supermarine, Blenheim, Lancaster, Avro-Tudor - shall I go on? To this day, I can still mark the sound of a Rolls-Royce Merlin at speed. A nautical sports sidebar; in the heyday of Unlimited Hydroplane Racing (when they still used reciprocating engines), supercharged Merlin and the American Allison G2 WW II were engines of choice and generally powered the winning boats. You could hear the time trials and the races from miles away! Loved your photos. Can you tell us more about the genesis of the Clipped Wing? Bob in Seattle On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:10, Peter Dzwig wrote: Nice shots Charlie. I will put up what I got later, although they are mostly ground-based as I personally find anything less than a 135 virtually unusable for taking shots like this. OK...there are some exceptions and the Mustang anmd the Spit on Saturday night were one such. Congrats, Peter Charlie Chan wrote: > Hi, I don't normally post many pictures here, but I like WW2 planes a > lot. Maybe I should just do this more often. Here are some links to my > more meagre efforts shot last week at the Goodwood Revival. They're > posted on the Leica Users Forum as I haven't worked out how to do it > here yet! > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/sports-leisure-time/33365- > wing-man.html > > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/sports-leisure-time/32917- > angels-one-five.html > > > Thanks > Charlie > > On 9 Sep 2007, at 19:22, Luis Ripoll wrote: > >> Hi Douglas, >> >> Very nice pictures and you captured very good compositions, I liked >> very >> much Tri and Crossover. Nice engines too! >> Saludos desde Barcelona >> Luis >> >> >> >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En >> nombre de >> Douglas Sharp >> Enviado el: domingo, 09 de septiembre de 2007 14:33 >> Para: Leica Users Group >> CC: leicareflex@freelists.org; LEG >> Asunto: [Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows >> >> So, the sub-gallery with Spitfires and the Red Arrow display team is >> finished. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=98798 >> >> Terrible problems on all 3 days with changing light, bright sun, low >> cloud >> and light mist, and 1 Spitfire pilot who refused to fly his Spit so >> that you >> could see the cockpit too. All in all I'm quite pleased with what came >> out - >> and particularly pleased with the performance of a second hand CZ >> 3.5/200mm >> lens. >> The gallery is ordered with the 2 Spitfires first, then close ups (or >> tight >> crops of the Red Arrows, and finally, the Red Arrows showing the >> different >> display formations (the names of which I've forgotten. >> >> A little history concerning Whitby and Spitfires: >> The first German bomber shot down over the UK crashed in flames close >> to >> Whitby, the first German POW was taken prisoner in Whitby, and the >> Spitfire >> pilot who shot them down was Peter Townsend, later Princess Margaret's >> boyfriend - not the member of The Who, he's Peter Townshend with an >> "h". >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information