X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:57:55 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.skywerx.com ([67.134.164.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTPS id 1082998 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:00:58 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.134.164.3; envelope-from=aflyer@lazy8.net Received: from [192.168.0.103] ([206.123.212.241]) by mail.skywerx.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3RD01wO010105 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:00:01 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <4450C14D.1060200@lazy8.net> X-Original-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:04:13 -0600 From: John Huft User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Unusual airframe mod References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=4.7 tests=none autolearn=unavailable version=3.0.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on skywerx.com X-Skywerx-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Skywerx-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: aflyer@lazy8.net We used to get effects like this with moving objects and the moving shutter on film cameras. The shutter was basically a slot that moved sideways across the field, often resulting in curved prop blades, etc. How does the shutter work in your digital camera (danger, ignorance warning)? John James H. Keyworth wrote: > Now that I think of it, the only Boeing with a tail like that was the > 307 Stratoliner. > > I guess it must be a trick of the light. Perhaps a shadow from the > right stabilzer or right wing. Even expanding the image twenty times, > however, gives no hint of a shadow or anything different from the > surrounding sky. > > It was early to mid-morning, but I don't think the sun was low enough to > cast a shadow up there. And the curve...! > > The attached pic is cropped from the original 8 mp image taken at max > telephoto with a 12 X optical Leica lens. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/