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strobist info: 1 sb-600 in softbox from he back bout 1/8 power, 1 sb-900 attached with lumiquest softbox III at camera right up shoot through large piece of half transparent sheets bout 1/4 power.. triggered by RF-602..
camera info: d300s, shot at f8, 1/250..
A series of mosaics on a wall just off the High Street in Cheltenham Gloucestershire.
Below is a funny story about how & why.
In March 1934 Chapman's Great London Z00/Circus came to Cheltenham. This was a real highlight with many acts & of course animals that would not be allowed to tour today – elephants, kangaroos, polar bears, lions, tigers, black bears to name nut a few.
To advertise the circus a parade went through the centre of Cheltenham but alas some of the elephants broke free & went in search of food. They headed to a seed merchant & pet shops called Bloodworth’s (still exists today 2025) to enjoy the food on offer. One elephant even got stuck in the doorway. There was little damage to the shop & it must have been such a funny sight to see.
Live elephants now banned from entrance of course.
Rain has been pouring down on the top of my study life. Hope the ray of hope from the sunshine would come up soon :)
A page torn from one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
The sheet shows the results of a whole day at Heathrow - a small feast of 1970s movements on this one sheet alone :)
Highlights from the log books
KAF-321 Douglas DC-9 Kuwait Air Force :) - one of a pair that visited LHR at the time, the other being KAF-320
A couple of Herons which were a 'blast from the past' even then
G-ANNO Fairflight Charters
G-AOTI Rolls Royce
N447T Conroy CL-44-0 Skymonster
and not one but two USA registered light aircraft
N1727G Cessna 340
N7275R Beech 90
And CCCP-85188 Tu-154 - operating the Friday only Leningrad flight (SU637/8)
When I had just turned 14 years of age, I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Radiator highlighted from inside (from left side to be exactly)
Photography for Pentaxforums "Single in December 2014" Game.
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