Gues what. Yhe people at work liked our photographs so much we are going up agian. Today the Colibri was delayed and our flight was posponed. The weather is very fine now, but we don't know when it will be this clear agian - hopefully Monday or Tuesday. All teh best
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 9. september 2004 21:09 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: Airborne - aerial photographs Thanks a lot, Frank. I will try to post scans of the Velvia shots. I'm worried that they woun't come out quite right. My old Pentcon Six has a habit of making overlapping frames, if not loaded exactly according to special precedures. Furthermore, I had to rely on my old Lunasix F meter. However, according to the Pentax the metering, it seemed right (f5.6-1/1000 sec. or f8-1/500 sec.) So, I hope the shutterpeeds are accurate enough. When the Pentacon Six works - it surly makes nice photographs (Carl Zeiss JEna lenses). Velvia 100F is supposed to be very sharp. I should perhaps have rented a Hassie, a Rollie or a Petnax 6x7 - afterall the flight - just 1 hour - cost app. the same as my *ist D! But I didn't have the time. Not all, but quite a few roofs are red in Denmark, covered with red tiles (burned clay - like bricks). In old towns it is often mandatory to use these red, clay tiles. It's a tradition. They make Denmark look like a H.C. Andersen fairytale country - which is what it is - basicly! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 9. september 2004 20:35 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Airborne - aerial photographs On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:21:29 +0200, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It has been a very nice day. Me and my colleague made a lot of photographs > in the air above our small town - Koge. > The pilot was a very nice guy - he makes his living from flying with > photographers - in his very nice, black photographers helicopter; a > Colibri - doing stills and movies. > > From time to time he is shooting 16mm film himself. So he knew exactly how > ansd wher to fly/stayin the air to get just the right shots. We had brought > a map showing the exact positions, we wanted to be photograph from (X,Y and > Z coordinates). He even knew where to go, if I changed from a 50mm to a 80mm > on my Pentacon Six. A great help! > Take a look! > > These shots were made with my *ist D: > > http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414125.html > http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414126.html > http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414127.html > http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414128.html > http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414129.html > > The Six MP *ist D is not quite enouhg for aerial photography - that is to > use for drawings in the project involvoing a 40 ha extention to our harbour. > So, I brought a 6x6 Pentacon Six loaded with Velvia 100F. I hope they'll > come out right! Pretty cool shots, Jens! It must have been a pretty interesting excursion. I don't know about flying around in black helicopters, though. All the local UFO conspiracy theorists must have been going nuts seeing that thing hovering around all day. <vbg> The shot of the harbour showing what looks like silt in the water is pretty neat: http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p7414128.html Are all (or most) of the roofs red because they're covered with red tile or shingles? Is that a local thing, or is it everywhere in Denmark? Again, I enjoyed looking at the photos. It would be nice to see the medium format ones when they're ready. thanks, frank -- "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
