PJ, It's that time of year. I'm driving to the Oshgosh EAA fly-in on Wens. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:49 PM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> wrote: > Ghost. It seems to be the month for unexpected flying objects. First the > Red Tail Hawk surprised the c*** out of me, then this. I was taking a walk > on the shore of New Haven Harbor, pretty much under the flight path from > Tweed NH Airport when I heard the unmistakable sound of a very heavy multi > engine piston powered aircraft. I looked up and my first thought damn that > looks like a B17! I managed one shot before it was too far away for the rig > I had. This is about the center 1/3 of the frame, reduced to 800:534 px. I > wasn't even sure of my identification until I was examining my shots earlier > this evening. There are what, maybe half a dozen of these still flying > anywhere in the world? > > http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20b17.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5,6 > > Notes: Once again the subject matter trumps the technical quality of the > shot. At least I'm going to keep telling myself that. > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > 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.
