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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport at Sundown
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:07:11 -0500
References: <557CF664.3040104@lighttube.net>

wonder full tonality

these, like many of your recent postings,
feel as though you've really become comfortable
with this camera.

a note off the iPad, George

On Jun 13, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> On a very hot day, the airport can come alive in the cool of the late 
> afternoon.  I walked around, talked to a few people, and snapped some 
> photos.  Because of the warmth of the late sun, I did not try to achieve a 
> "proper" white balance.  It is what it is.
> 
> The Bombardier BD100 presented a warm sundown image.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bombardier+Sunset.tif.html
> 
> Because I neglected the King Air 300 on my last visit, I walked out and 
> got a shot.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1802+FM.tif.html
> 
> I spied Larry Wilhite pulling the RV7A, which he built himself, out to the 
> compass rose to adjust the compass.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1803+FM.tif.html
> 
> Then I spotted the modified Piper J-5 returning from an 8-hour day towing 
> a banner above Bonnaroo.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1805+FM.tif.html
> 
> The J-5 is beefed up, has 46 gal of fuel, and the wing top surface is 
> fitted with vortex generators to enhance performance in slow flight.  On 
> the front is a Lycoming O-360, delivering 180 hp, twice what it originally 
> had.  An oil cooler is installed on the landing gear to provide cooling, 
> which the pilot said is so effective it has to be taped up in the winter 
> months.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1807+FM.tif.html
> 
> Finally, a look at the power plant itself.  It flies with no additional 
> cowling, and the aircraft is in the Experimental Category.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Engine+Details.JPG.html
> 
> All with the X-E1 and the Fujinon 27/2.8 Pancake.
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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