Hi Frank. We're also quite accustomed to seeing these Canadair bombers down here flying around Marseille. They have quite a few of them based at the Marseille Provence Airport, and they operate in all southern France and neighbor countries during the hot months of summer. I've seen them working on forest fires several times (including twice scaringly close to my house), and I must say these guys have guts. The rest of the year, we still can see them occasionally while training. From my office at La Ciotat, I have a panoramic view over the bay, where they often come scooping.
Some great photo shooting opportunities, too, although I always feel ill at ease shooting while people are seeing their home burning. By the way, I've written down the plane and team names in my gallery... Regards Patrice 2008/5/20 frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Patrice LACOUTURE > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello. >> >> It's been a while since I posted anything... >> >> I've been to an Airshow yesterday in Orange, Provence, France... It >> was my first attempt shooting in such an event ever... >> >> Took my K10D with my old 80-320 handheld, and burned a few rolls of >> 2GB SD cards. >> >> A not-so-tight-selection is visible there: >> >> http://www.lacouture.nom.fr/gallery/v/geso/2008-05-18-Airshow-Orange/ >> >> For those on a tight schedule, beware: 65 photos in the gallery. It's >> quite out of the box and I did not take much time to edit it more >> severely. >> >> As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome. >> > > http://www.lacouture.nom.fr/gallery/v/geso/2008-05-18-Airshow-Orange/2008-05-18+Meeting+A__rien+d_Orange+078.jpg.html > > Hey, it's a Canadair CL44 waterbomber! I'd recognize it anywhere > (even France). > > They made those less than a kilometre from where I lived as a kid. > Canadair ended up being taken over by Bombardier and now that factory > is an empty field. I used to see those waterbombers flying over my > house all the time. > > Anyway, those are all great photos! My only desire would be > identification of the airplanes. > > That's the only nitpick I have for a great gallery. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
