Guest flatfour Posted November 1, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica M6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Hi Guest flatfour, Take a look here !94* ?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
elansprint72 Posted November 1, 2008 Share #2 Posted November 1, 2008 Spitfire is a Mk V built May 42, without the full three digits EP12? I can't be more precise. MG looks like a C type Midget from say, 1932, but I'm usually wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psamson Posted November 2, 2008 Share #3 Posted November 2, 2008 Thanks for the Spitfire pic. I've always had a fascination with that aircraft. Link to a few non-Leica pics of a flying Mk.Vc are here. The Spitfire is part of (former Microsoft co-founder) Paul Allen's collection in greater Seattle: Picasa Web Albums - Peter Samson - Aviation Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 2, 2008 Share #4 Posted November 2, 2008 Anthony - Excellent composition and subjects. I think it deserves some punching up and sharpening to reach its full potential. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted November 3, 2008 Share #5 Posted November 3, 2008 The feline elegance of the Spitfire is something that always amaze me. Beautiful dive into history. It really has the savour of a 40s picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwells Posted November 4, 2008 Share #6 Posted November 4, 2008 Sensitively atmospheric composition - in fact, I think the slight tonal flatness of the shot reinforces the period feeling. cheers: Sam Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted November 4, 2008 Share #7 Posted November 4, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) a lovely duo of classics and your monochrome gives these a classic rendering very appropriate for the subject I would clone out the triangular shadow to the extreme left at the level of the Spitfire's rudder as it distracts a bit, but this is a minor quibble where did you see these two beauties? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 4, 2008 Share #8 Posted November 4, 2008 Shame on you, man. We all know there was no M6 in the early 1940s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted November 5, 2008 Share #9 Posted November 5, 2008 What a great composition. I think you need to crop it little more closely and perhaps punch it up as Stuny suggests. What is the story behind this shot? It must have been a great opportunity to photograph it. LouisB Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted November 7, 2008 Share #10 Posted November 7, 2008 Biglouis.- I had just taken off my goggles and my Mae West after shooting down an ME 109 over the English Channel and thought a pic would be appropriate. This was in fact taken at Goodwood 2006 - Pete will know. I have had to crop umpteen modern accoutrements to get these two together so theres not much left for cropping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 7, 2008 Share #11 Posted November 7, 2008 As it still exists it must be EP120 (the other 9 in that range having been trashed before the end of WWII), this one appeared in the Battle of Britain film. Early in it's career it ran into another MkV on the runway. Clever angle to miss all the clutter. I actually thought this was a period shot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted November 14, 2008 Share #12 Posted November 14, 2008 Pete - You can just see the EP12 but what does EP stand for ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted November 16, 2008 Share #13 Posted November 16, 2008 Wow. Thanks to the three people who emailed me details of EP120. So it was an operational aircraft based in Cornwall during the war which where I was living as a very small boy. You guys certainly have a grand knowledge base. Many thanks again. P.s, Pete - I don't know whether you have this info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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