Wrei wrote:
I asked a friend that, because it is a distress signal. The distress I thought was the Space Shuttle program was shut down (Endeavor was on it's way to be a static display in CA) and many jobs were going away. My friend, who works with the flight engineer, said he was confused when he put the flag up.
Back in The Lone Star late last night after a day with our Gracie Girl at The Lowery Park Zoo in Tampa. In true MA2A spirit, we didn't let blue black arrival skies and torrents of rain deter us a bit, and as a result we had another absolutely wonderful day together, then headed to our flight out.
Wrangling time for this trip was a moment to moment challenge, but it was one of the best times I've ever had and the beginning of what I hope will become a tradition as it has with Chandler and me. Photography, an amazing blessing in too many ways to count, I know we all feel that way about it.
More to follow when I have a second. I stopped by Chili's house on the way home from the airport to see if I could get a few sorely missed hugs and smooches from my Grands, and Chandler packed his backpack and came home with me, so we're off to breakfast/lunch.
That is a keeper Jo! Notice the supplemental vertical stabilizers were not added to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). John Kiker and crew, who developed the SCA concept, flew scaled RC models of the 747 and shuttle at Ellington Field to test his concept. I got to witness some of those flights. The shuttle engine pod and the additional vertical stabilizers were modifications from those flights.
I know that we mention it every once in a while here, but occasionally the miracle of "digital" just strikes me. From wheels up at TPA to throwing the gear out at DFW, I shot 1,000 images. That's 27.7 rolls of 36 exposure film, think about that, then think about some of your favorite images That may never have been captured if you had the logistical and financial baggage of shooting film encumbering you. I certainly wouldn't have brought a brick and a half of Fujichrome with me last evening, nor would I have been interested in dropping 600 bucks in film and processing, so images like this would have gone uncaptured...............
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Back in The Lone Star late last night after a day with our Gracie Girl at The Lowery Park Zoo in Tampa. In true MA2A spirit, we didn't let blue black arrival skies and torrents of rain deter us a bit, and as a result we had another absolutely wonderful day together, then headed to our flight out.
Wrangling time for this trip was a moment to moment challenge, but it was one of the best times I've ever had and the beginning of what I hope will become a tradition as it has with Chandler and me. Photography, an amazing blessing in too many ways to count, I know we all feel that way about it.
More to follow when I have a second. I stopped by Chili's house on the way home from the airport to see if I could get a few sorely missed hugs and smooches from my Grands, and Chandler packed his backpack and came home with me, so we're off to breakfast/lunch.
Glad you had a great time Jim. It's often the way that semi un-planned stuff turns out to offer the very best and most memorable experiences.
In the last few days, Thea and I went up country to see one of her old work mates. Now this spinster has given her working life to look after others. Retired as a paediatric nursing sister. Turns out she has an hereditary, neurological wasting condition. She can no longer drive, and has recently lost her pet dog. Very isolated and not in a good place. When we found out that no one was doing anything about her 70th birthday we where aghast. Her condition makes this poor soul hard work - slurred speech, has to use a walking frame, vision not good - and so on. But come on - nothing for her 70th? When we got up there we discovered that she had no idea what she might like to do for a bday out - except that she had not been on a proper day out for over a year! Fortunately, both she and Thea are great gardeners. So I put both of them into the car and we spent the day at the HQ of the UK's premier rose growers - David Austin Roses. Despite patchy weather a great day was had by all. My stern limit of "only one rose each" nearly worked.
It was no small warm feeling that was rolling over me on our flight home last night, for the first time there were two Wilson's shooting out their windows as this beautiful, ever changing sky drifted by ..............
Wonderful series of sky shots --- I'm wondering if they clean the windows for you ... but then remember the fire trucks hosing the tarmac!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I know that we mention it every once in a while here, but occasionally the miracle of "digital" just strikes me. From wheels up at TPA to throwing the gear out at DFW, I shot 1,000 images. That's 27.7 rolls of 36 exposure film, think about that, then think about some of your favorite images That may never have been captured if you had the logistical and financial baggage of shooting film encumbering you. I certainly wouldn't have brought a brick and a half of Fujichrome with me last evening, nor would I have been interested in dropping 600 bucks in film and processing, so images like this would have gone uncaptured..................Show more →
Yup --- and today if you ask a younger shooter "What is a contact print?" they would likely guess it was a hard copy of their iPhone Contacts.
unclechuck wrote:
Wonderful series of sky shots --- I'm wondering if they clean the windows for you ... but then remember the fire trucks hosing the tarmac!
Yup --- and today if you ask a younger shooter "What is a contact print?" they would likely guess it was a hard copy of their iPhone Contacts.
Charles
Thanks Charles! I did a little reading on Gracie's Rebel after we shot at Silver Springs and reset the focus parameters . Her images at the zoo were sharp as a tack. That camera doesn't seem to like "AI Servo" much. We have it dialed in now.
Funny, I thought my shutter clicking for 1,000 miles might have annoyed someone around me. As we were taxiing in, the lady and her husband behind me tapped me on the should and asked if I would sell them some of the images that I captured on our flight The guy's wife said, "I can't even imagine how beautiful those pictures are going to be!" I handed her my card and told her I'd send her the best of the best, and that she was welcome to them.
The flight attendant on the DFW - MCO leg was all excited about the fact that I was shooting all the way down. Her Dad is a Doctor, but wishes he was a pro shooter. She was very curious to see how the shots looked, given they were taken through a couple of layers of plexiglass. I gave her my card to give to her Dad who lives in NY. That seat I had on the Airbus 321 was a photographer's dream!
