That's great news Jens, congrats! Enjoyed the first bunch, please come back with more!
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:07 AM Subject: RE: Airborne - aerial photographs > 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 > > > > > >
