I almost forgot.
About a month ago, I spent a few days in France, with Goddaughter 2 and her family, way down in the south just beyond Perpignan. I sat on the left hand side of the airplane on the way down, and just when I had abandoned hope of seeing anything interesting, look what I saw!
That’s right, the magnifique Millau Viaduct.
My 10x optical zoom lens and anti-shake software, on my new camera, together worked a wonder. If anything, the zoom actually worked too well. This shot shows four towers, but there are seven in all.
This posting may come and go and come again. This is because I will be fiddling about with the size of the picture until the width is exactly right.
I’m still housekeeping, in other words.
Four comments on the original posting:
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Congratulations on the blogging resumption and the lovely new camera.
I notice you can’t bring yourself to write “aeroplane” any more either. I used to, and I stick to British spelling in most things, but that really is a tough one – even though “aeroplane” is a more phonetic rendering of what I say, it looks so odd and old-fashioned.
Posted by Alan Little on 21 July 2005
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Although the colour isn’t great – I presume to do with the grit on the window and, perhaps, haze – that really is the right angle to take pics of the viaduct from. It’s just a shame you couldn’t get all of it in.
Posted by Patrick Crozier on 22 July 2005
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I tend to use “aircraft” myself. I didn’t consciously decide to do so, but I think I just followed the practice in the European aviation industry and trade press.
And I got some great pictures of Iceland out of a plane window last week. I must post a couple.
Posted by Michael Jennings on 22 July 2005
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Greetings from Australia, we say airplane or aircraft in this great land.
How high do you think you were when you took the shot?
It’s a wonderful image.
Cheers
Posted by Philip on 12 October 2007