Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, I try to watch for that, but my eyes aren't what they used to be. Maybe I need to back off a notch, just in case. Thanks for pointing this out. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/17/2016 12:25 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I like the ones of the jumpers, but most of them (as well as the planes in > flight) have a bit of a halo around the edge of the parachute?I wonder if > you are being a bit enthusiastic with the sharpening? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 14 Aug 2016, at 23:02, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >> The temperature was a little more tolerable at the airport today. A >> departing Piper 6-seater was the first activity, and joined the clouds >> quickly. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/A+Visiting+Piper+Departs.jpg.html >> >> After a break for lunch, the Twin Otter that carries sky divers took off >> with a load of jumpers and climbed rapidly. I haven't timed him, but it >> takes approximately 15 minutes to get to 15,000 ft. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Twin+Otter+Jump+Plane+Climbs+Rapidly.jpg.html >> >> The tandem jumpers descend a little more gently than the singles, so are >> easier to photograph. Here is a bright blue canopy, a multi-color, and a >> red and white. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blue+Canopy+Tandem.jpg.html >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blue-Yellow-Green+Tandem.jpg.html >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/White-Red+Tandem.jpg.html >> >> And, as I started to leave, I noticed a home-built "Baby Ace" airplane >> having its fuel system calibrated at the fuel pump. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Home-Built+Baby+Ace+Gets+a+Fuel+System+Check.jpg.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >