Must be Florida

Last week I was on a tour to do some more checkrides. As we only do them on ferry flights, the check airmen (yours truly) is airlined to a location were a ferry flight is supposed to take place. Well, being at the whim of the aircraft owners and their sporadic schedules, it is like shooting an arrow at a moving target that has not left the ground yet. If that did not make much sense, suffice it to say that I see a lot of airline cabins and hotels rooms. It is really a great job because it provides me the opportunity to enjoy the sights even on a limited basis.

Who after a rough day of travel will not want to relax in one of these hammocks. These were on the grounds of the Ft Lauderdale Airport Hilton.

Here is the walk out to the pool area, I was trying to go for a little bokeh effect so I was planning on shooting at f/2.8 with a mad shutter peed to bring the exposure in but the little G9 when zoomed racked the aperture down to f/6.3, so much for the blur. I am actually thinking of caring my old Rebel XTi with an EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens rather than the G9.

Here is the last image form the Hilton. It was a slightly precarious shot as I was bent over the edge of the pool holding the G9 about an inch off the water. I was just waiting for with the camera or the camera and myself to go tumbling into the pool. You would not know it from the image but the Ft, Lauderdale airport is just beyond the tree line in the background.

That's t for today. Cya tomorrow... Doug