Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
p.1892 #1Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Hey, another page. Back in the fall some good friends of mine wanted some pics at their new property to announce they're expecting. M10-P + Summarit 75/2.4
Jan 03, 2022 at 08:46 PM
p.1892 #2Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...
Jan 03, 2022 at 09:03 PM
p.1892 #3Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
airfrogusmc wrote:
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...
Haha.... No hoses for us thankfully. Like I said, I think they toned things down a little, times being what they are.
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...
Haha.... No hoses for us thankfully. Like I said, I think they toned things down a little, times being what they are.
Jan 03, 2022 at 09:21 PM
p.1892 #4Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
airfrogusmc wrote:
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...
Now, don't be tellin' stories that slimy polywogs shouldn't hear.
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...
Now, don't be tellin' stories that slimy polywogs shouldn't hear.
Jan 03, 2022 at 09:41 PM
p.1892 #5Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
airfrogusmc wrote:
Pollywogs before we crossed he equator and shellback after we had crossed and gone through the initiation. They took it very seriously. We got 2 full days off flight ops and the ship stayed on the equator for 2 days (July 1976 IIRC) Even though it was a small aircraft carrier (LPH) the flight deck was still huge. It was an intense to say the least. Keep you head down wogs.....
Which LPH? I was on the Oki (LPH-3).
Pollywogs before we crossed he equator and shellback after we had crossed and gone through the initiation. They took it very seriously. We got 2 full days off flight ops and the ship stayed on the equator for 2 days (July 1976 IIRC) Even though it was a small aircraft carrier (LPH) the flight deck was still huge. It was an intense to say the least. Keep you head down wogs.....
Which LPH? I was on the Oki (LPH-3).
Jan 03, 2022 at 09:43 PM
p.1892 #6Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
I was on the Tripoli and the Okinawa. HMM 165. CH-46 helicopter crewchief. Small world brother. I hear shes a reef now.
Jan 03, 2022 at 10:05 PM
p.1892 #7Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
RustyBug wrote:
Now, don't be tellin' stories that slimy polywogs shouldn't hear.
Ha ha. They don't do that stuff anymore I've heard.
airfrogusmc wrote
No place to hide on the ship ha ha. We had to crawl all over the entire flight deck to different stations where there was huge vats of garbage and worse that we had to crawl through. All the shellbacks from previous cruises were the ones doing the initiation. They had cut off cotton fire hoses that had been soaked in water and as we crawled to the different stations they were hitting us on the ass with the 3 or so ft sections of the fire hoses. Keep you heads down wogs. AHH the memories...Ha ha. They don't do that stuff anymore I've heard.
Jan 03, 2022 at 10:10 PM
p.1892 #8Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Q2 in macro mode at MFD / b&w conversion in C1
Full image with Leica distortion correction's crop removed
Detail/crop
© highdesertmesa
Full image with Leica distortion correction's crop removed
© highdesertmesa
Detail/crop
Jan 03, 2022 at 10:11 PM
p.1892 #9Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
helimat wrote:
Have you walked the plank during the crossing?
I have only been in the circle once when we landed at Andoya Air Station in Norway to fly the arresting gear from the runway out. It was the middle of summer, but still cold and didn't get dark at all.. We didn't have a plank to walk, but years earlier I did go polar bear swimming in the northern part of Lake Huron where they had to chainsaw through 2 feet of lake ice to reach the water. That was just stupid... lolIt was primarily for intimidation purposes. I kinda wanted to jump off... Provided the Zodiac was nearby for a quick pull out.
We did go through a ceremony on the well deck where we got intimate with the Arctic water... I would love to go into detail but part of the process is swearing secrecy.
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Funny you mention Shellbacks.... Not sure what the connection is, but prior to crossing the Arctic Circle we were Tadpoles, but became Shellbacks once we had gone through the ceremony. Was it similar for you?
OPPPS Oct 76 I think after some thought.
M_Wales wrote
Mat,Have you walked the plank during the crossing?
I have only been in the circle once when we landed at Andoya Air Station in Norway to fly the arresting gear from the runway out. It was the middle of summer, but still cold and didn't get dark at all.. We didn't have a plank to walk, but years earlier I did go polar bear swimming in the northern part of Lake Huron where they had to chainsaw through 2 feet of lake ice to reach the water. That was just stupid... lol
We did go through a ceremony on the well deck where we got intimate with the Arctic water... I would love to go into detail but part of the process is swearing secrecy.
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airfrogusmc wrote
When I was in shellback was pretty intense.RustyBug wrote
Yes, shellback was indeed intense in the old school, realm. I just meant that those who brave to sail on the Artic Circle ... Mother Nature provides a tough enough hazing to suffice as the rite of passage. Any man made hazing is merely a pale formality compared to the brutality that the weather might offer as a testament of one's mettle, in that neck of the woods.OPPPS Oct 76 I think after some thought.
Jan 03, 2022 at 10:29 PM
p.1892 #10Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
airfrogusmc wrote:
I was on the Tripoli and the Okinawa. HMM 165. CH-46 helicopter crewchief. Small world brother. I hear shes a reef now.
Yup, I decommissioned the Oki after getting back from a couple trips to Gulf.
I also refueled birds when I was on the Texas (CGN-39).
Nothing quite like holdin' a bird on the end of your hose while doin' a HIFR. That's a trip to keep her out of the drink while hanging below the deck.
I was on the Tripoli and the Okinawa. HMM 165. CH-46 helicopter crewchief. Small world brother. I hear shes a reef now.
Yup, I decommissioned the Oki after getting back from a couple trips to Gulf.
I also refueled birds when I was on the Texas (CGN-39).
Nothing quite like holdin' a bird on the end of your hose while doin' a HIFR. That's a trip to keep her out of the drink while hanging below the deck.
Jan 03, 2022 at 10:41 PM
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p.1892 #11Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Red Amaryllis
M240 & VM 35 1.4 MC II Nokton Classic
M240 & VM 35 1.4 MC II Nokton Classic
Jan 04, 2022 at 01:29 PM
p.1892 #12Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
From fall, but one that I really enjoy. Shot on an M8 w/ Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f1.4 II MC.
L1001712 by Ryan Wojcicki, on Flickr
L1001712 by Ryan Wojcicki, on FlickrJan 04, 2022 at 01:34 PM
p.1892 #13Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanksgiving afternoon on the marsh with the Q2
Jan 04, 2022 at 02:08 PM
p.1892 #15Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Yesterday with the wind chill it was -31C. Today with wind chill -41C. It is nice to see the M9M lasts about 45 minutes exposed to the elements before it starts to say battery is low. Which today was about the right amount of time for me to be outside.
M9M + 24Elmar
M9M + 24Elmar
Jan 04, 2022 at 04:45 PM
p.1892 #16Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
JEEEZE I thought it was cold here. Seems like that time you mentioned (45 minutes) is actually a bit excessive to me. The original MM is still rock'n.
Jan 04, 2022 at 06:28 PM
p.1892 #17Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
burningheart wrote:
Yesterday with the wind chill it was -31C. Today with wind chill -41C. It is nice to see the M9M lasts about 45 minutes exposed to the elements before it starts to say battery is low. Which today was about the right amount of time for me to be outside.
Yeah, no thanks!! I don't miss it. Seeing these images was all the snow I need to see this winter...
Yesterday with the wind chill it was -31C. Today with wind chill -41C. It is nice to see the M9M lasts about 45 minutes exposed to the elements before it starts to say battery is low. Which today was about the right amount of time for me to be outside.
Yeah, no thanks!! I don't miss it. Seeing these images was all the snow I need to see this winter...
Jan 04, 2022 at 06:42 PM
p.1892 #18Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
It was a bit chilly here today (50f), but I stopped by the beach to see what may be lurking about and found this young man poking a dead seagull with a stick for some reason..
M240 & VM 35 1.4 MC II Nokton Classic
M240 & VM 35 1.4 MC II Nokton Classic
Jan 04, 2022 at 06:44 PM
p.1892 #19Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
burningheart wrote:
Yesterday with the wind chill it was -31C. Today with wind chill -41C. I..
You moved there in summer, didn't you?
Yesterday with the wind chill it was -31C. Today with wind chill -41C. I..
You moved there in summer, didn't you?
Jan 04, 2022 at 06:54 PM
p.1892 #20Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
M_Wales wrote:
It was a bit chilly here today (50f), but I stopped by the beach to see what may be lurking about and found this young man poking a dead seagull with a stick for some reason..
I think it is an homage to Monty Python's dead parrot sketch.
It was a bit chilly here today (50f), but I stopped by the beach to see what may be lurking about and found this young man poking a dead seagull with a stick for some reason..
I think it is an homage to Monty Python's dead parrot sketch.
Jan 04, 2022 at 06:55 PM