Daks over Normandy, 5th June 2019
Jun 5, 2019 19:10:23 #
Silke
Loc: Germany
Some of you might know I live in Normandy, France.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Jun 5, 2019 19:13:10 #
Jun 5, 2019 19:20:22 #
Silke wrote:
Some of you might know I live in Normandy, France.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Cool. But today is D-Day Eve, right? Isn't D-Day June 6? Though it is probably after mid-night in France & England now. It is 4:23 p.m. PDT June 5 in California.
Jun 5, 2019 19:32:41 #
You did good considering the circumstances. Must have been a thrill to be there.
Don
Don
Jun 5, 2019 19:42:00 #
Jun 5, 2019 19:44:54 #
Silke
Loc: Germany
lamiaceae wrote:
Cool. But today is D-Day Eve, right? Isn't D-Day June 6? Though it is probably after mid-night in France & England now. It is 4:23 p.m. PDT June 5 in California.
D-Day is on the 6th, correct.
However.
Thanks to "visiting dignitaries" (and oranges) everything along the northern coast is pretty much "ferme" (closed off) tomorrow. It's a very, very sore subject. Because there are UK Veterans who cannot get to Omaha Beach because of "security". Portsmouth common is divided by a fricken Steel WALL to keep the riff-raff away from the oranges.
The Daks did the main drop today, because tomorrow it's impossible to do it due to the security measures demanded.
Jun 5, 2019 22:17:08 #
Jun 6, 2019 01:10:36 #
Jun 6, 2019 05:24:59 #
Silke wrote:
Some of you might know I live in Normandy, France.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Excellent and emotional set.
Jun 6, 2019 05:56:40 #
Silke wrote:
Some of you might know I live in Normandy, France.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Another gut-wrenching event which recounts one more time that this Nation responded unselfishly to a great cause--freedom.
Jun 6, 2019 07:04:19 #
Jun 6, 2019 08:06:46 #
Silke wrote:
Some of you might know I live in Normandy, France.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
Today we went to see the mass parachute drop (some 250 all in) at Caen/Sannerville.
The weather wasn't brilliant, overcast and threatening to rain, and the drop was delayed by over 2 hours, finally happening about 18:30pm.
Here are some of the shots taken. :)
The color in the clouds is from the drop zone marker flare, and the parachute display team.
Taken with a cheapish Tamron at 300mm, handheld.
Hope you enjoy.
how exciting to be there and photograph it...I enjoyed the pictures and tribute very much, silke!
Jun 6, 2019 08:09:06 #
Very good set. Must have given some folks goose bumps to see that.
One can only imagine the horror of that terrible night jump into hell.
One can only imagine the horror of that terrible night jump into hell.
Jun 6, 2019 09:09:09 #
You did a great job getting these photos, Silke. They are excellent. My Dad was with the Canadian army that stormed into Juno Beach, Normandy, on June 6, 1944.
Jun 6, 2019 09:37:17 #
My wife and I attended the anniversary ceremony at Normandy 3 years ago and planned on returning for the 75th. Then, we heard that Macron and Trump were attending. We immediately abandoned our plans knowing it would be turned into a three ring security circus. I’ll bet the party in Sainte-Mère-Église is still one not to be missed. The locals are incredible.
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