Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/11

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Subject: [Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:01:19 -0700
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On Mar 11, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Howard Ritter wrote:

> Thanks for posting, Alan. This is a wonderful image, a mystic  
> convergence of the technological and the natural, the military and  
> the serene.
>
> No trouble telling just where in the P-38's fuselage the camera is  
> located!
> It looks like the picture was made near high noon in a tropical  
> clime, with the sun smack overhead.
>
> This is worthy of memorialization in the US Air Force Museum or the  
> Smithsonian Museum of Flight. You might consider contacting them.


I agree with every word,

Steve


>
> --howard
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
>> Speaking of glories, I grew up with this picture from my father's  
>> WWII collection:
>> (he was a 5th AAF photo-recon lab man in New Guinea)
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/DadPix/P-38_Glory.jpg.html
>>  
>> >
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>> UPAA POY 1978
>> University Information Technology Services
>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>>
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Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)
In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)