Kent Shafer Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Still scanning old negatives. These are from an anti-war demonstration in Detroit on October 15, 1969. Yashica-Mat LM and Tri-X. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleycloven Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) Still scanning old negatives. These are from an anti-war demonstration in Detroit on October 15, 1969. Yashica-Mat LM and Tri-X. [ATTACH=full]1266693[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1266694[/ATTACH] My barber was a very young Lieutenant in the South Vietnamese Army. He was imprisoned for a decade in a "re-education" camp in which 9 out of 10 prisoners were starved to death. Upon release, he jumped on a large boat (1 of 2) and put out to sea to escape, but they quickly ran out of fuel and floated the South China sea for weeks. They drank their own urine to survive. The other boat sank and all 150 people drowned. "Everyone here complains," he says, "but every day I am just happy to have food." Edited October 12, 2018 by bradleycloven 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertliang Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 M4, Serenar, Tri-X, Rodinal by bc50099 F3, Zenitar fisheye, 5222, Xtol by bc50099 F3, 28mm, 5222, Xtol by bc50099 F, 80-300mm, Tri-X (4 stop push), Rodinal stand by bc50099 5 "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see." -Henry David Thoreau Bert Dr. Bertrand's Patient Stories: A podcast dedicated to stories of being. \\anchor.fm/bertrand0 FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bertrand-liang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erko_podbicanin Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Nikon F 55mm 3.5 Micro 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike Gammill Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 Macro lenses are IMHO, one of the most useful lenses one can add to their kit. Great shots, Erko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Rain and more rain, looks as if my weekend could be a washout. Here are a few from last week; Neoca SV : 45mm Zunow f/2.8 : Kentmere 100 : PMK Pyro Back to Back Ivy : Afternoon The Day Begins Boutique 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_pratt Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Leicaflex SL, FP4, Adams 2 bath, 4mins each bath 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I like the gate. Kosher.....;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Fernandez Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Olympus XA, FP4+ in Beutler - Dubrovnik, the Pile in the walled Old City http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/julio1fer/Budapest-Croatia%202018/201810002_zps4dwwdij4.jpg 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Always great to see some XA images, Julio. I've used various XA models since 1982 and never been disappointed. I think my first XA2 probably was the most "traveled" of the series for me and it finally failed in the late 1990's, but of course I had several others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Fernandez Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Mike, I had an XA2 from a late friend and loved it. It met a dreadful end on a hard pavement because of my negligence. Then I got my current XA, which IMHO is the best travel camera ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 A Corsair - Pentax KM Tamron 135mm Ektar 100 at crowded air show, had to grab shots as they presented themselves. I have great interest in wartime American Navy planes and admire the pilots who flew them. The Corsair was a ground based plane more than a carrier plane though. I was thrilled to be up close to one let alone be able to photograph it. It was a scamper to get to the fence before it taxied for takeoff. All day the camera was set at 60/sec f8, to hell with the results, my first air show, just kept shooting 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Great shot, kmac. I've always been fascinated at how the launch and capture mechanisms of aircraft carriers during WWII worked so well. My dad was on the U.S.S. Yorktown CV-10 during WWII and I spent many hours hearing about life on ship. A few years ago my wife and I visited the Yorktown which is a floating museum at Patriot's Point, SC. Maybe I can find my negatives from that trip and scan them at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I met Corsair pilot Robert Snowden working in Memphis. He and Dad had become casual aquaintances through work. I remember Dad stating that it must have been some kind of a thrill flying the Corsair in the Pacific. Mr. Snowden replied, “Yes it was. Until you started seeing your buddies get shot down.” I worked on the arresting gear at Millington NAS. Got to see a lot of touch and go practice on that runway. ROBERT G. SNOWDEN, 89, a lifelong Memphian, died at home on December 13, 2006. He was President of Wilkinson & Snowden Developments and Chairman Emeritus of Colliers Wilkinson Snowden. He was a graduate of Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South. Joining the USMC in 1940, he served as a company commander on Guadalcanal with 2d Battalion 8th Marines, a flight instructor at Naval Air Station Pensacola, and later as a flight officer with VMF-121 flying close air support in the F-4 U Corsair at Bougainville, Emeru, and Peleliu where he was critically injured in 1944. He retired from the USMCR in 1953 as a Lieutenant Colonel. LtCol Robert G. Snowden USMCR (ret), 89, Memphis, TN - Yellow Foot Prints Forums 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) Those guys at Millington were friendly and would put on a bit of a private show for the few of us working on their tail hook equipment out by that runway. We would wave, they’d wave back. The most memorable was the Tomcat that came through to refuel. When they taxied back for take off I pointed my finger to the sky rotating my hand in a circle hinting my request. Having seen our enthusiasm the pilot locked his front gear, turned up the furnace, and did what looked like a carrier take off. Both hands over my ears and the hair standing up on my arms and neck. I could feel the power of those engines all over. These pictures were taken the next few days when I brought the Pentax, but I didn’t get another chance to photograph a Tomcat. If you look close you’ll see the instructor waving from the rear of this trainer. Edited October 14, 2018 by Moving On 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Thanks for sharing those images, Moving On. Brings back memories of the many air shows I've attended. I grew up attending the shows at Columbus Air Force Base (my parents would take my sister and I). Later, when I had sons of my own, my wife and I took them to see the Thunderbirds perform at CAFB. Only about a 20 minute drive from my house. Scanned from a print from a show around 2000. When I find the negatives I'll do a better scan. F16's over CAFB, Yashica FX3 Super 2000, Tokina 70-210 f4-5.6, K2, TMAX 400 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Enjoying the contributions from everyone so far! The quality of work over the last few weeks has been particularly good. Here are a few more from the Fujica ST801, EBC Fujinon 55/1.8, Fujicolor 200. Asters 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Early Fall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Parking 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Great stories, Mike and Moving On. The Corsair's long nose made it difficult to land and taxi on carriers, The British did eventually use them more as carrier aircraft than the US did. Gotta love that Twin-Wasp engine Sticking with vintage aircraft http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/LV180837.jpg Dutch National Military Museum Airforce Days Kodak No.2 Folding Pocket. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The Corsair's long nose made it difficult to land and taxi on carriers... That reminded me of a (very) small story... when I was about 12 years old, I bought a Revell plastic model of the aircraft carrier Coral Sea. Six of the planes it came with were Corsairs. Those were my favorite planes, because of the odd wings LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Here's a pic of our local Corsair, taken a couple of years ago. We're lucky enough to have one in our vintage aircraft collection. The camera was a Canon T70 fitted with a Tamron Adaptall II SP 70-150 f/2.8, and the film was most probably Fuji Superia 200. Chance Vought Corsair 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I've read that the F6F was a much easier plane to fly, the pilot training time was quite a bit shorter as a result. Also with a twin wasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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