Vatslav Havel Airport, Prague

This image was taken with twin Lubitels again. This time I did not have my tripod or my mounting bar, and I am pretty sure if I did, I would have drawn a little too much attention in the airport terminal. Instead, I recruited my son Preston to look after one camera. We used a window ledge to rest the cameras on about a meter and a half separation and aimed them at a chosen target. Then we did a count down to fire the shutters, with our fingers on the lense’s shutter release. (I didn’t even have cable releases with me. just the cameras, to protect the film inside from the harsh baggage X-ray). We figured the shot was spoiled because both of us managed to turn the camera 45 degrees on the slippery aluminum window frame when we tripped the shutters. To our surprise, they both came out perfect. the shutters must have closed before the cameras slipped. On top of that, the cameras were aimed so well that I could align the chips in my largest mounts.

The plane in the foreground is Poland’s “Air Force one”. We had just watched the plane arrive to a crowd of reporters and photographers gathered on the tarmac to greet the Polish President or Prime Minister or some such, coming to town for some summit talks. They had all cleared out before we could get the cameras set up.

Here is a quiz question. How many aircraft can you see in the image?