OK I'm not a great fan but I got some photos of Concord, just of her and
no ground shot stuff as there were a lot of people around. I'll post
them when I get the slides back if anyone is interested. It was worth it
for the noise from the Olympuses and the history alone, and she landed
just before the rain came down when a large rainbow appeared. Quite a
poignant moment. If only I'd have had something longer than a 135mm!
All the best,
Gareth.
P.S. Ian, I assume you were on top of Physics? I went up to the Camera
Obscura. There were lots of people but she flew right overhead! I
guessed you enjoyed it though!
Ian Nichols wrote:
Well, it came & flew over & landed, but sadly I didn't get anything
worthy of a TOPE entry. The sky was clear but she came practically out
of the sun, so there was way too much contrast to get both sky and
ground detail, and I'd set up the exposure in advance to record ground
detail, plus she flew over closer to where I was than I'd imagined she
would (they didn't publish the flight plan in detail for security). Ah
well, back to plan A. Was worth going up to the roof of the
University's tallest building to watch it though.
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