Cruising Compass

[Roc]

Saw this picture in Cruising Compass....  Hey, is this the same Mike Stimmler on this site?  If so, how did you snap it....hanging over the edge of an aircraft carrier?

[Ron Hill]

Roc : Shot with a "selfie stick" and great difficulty!!   

[Craig Illman]

Not from a hanger elevator with a telephoto lens? 

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

Yes, that was me. You'll notice that it was in 1970 and I don't think selfie sticks were invented yet. Craig actually got it right, I was on the hanger elevator but I think I used a standard 50mm lens, not a telephoto. Thanks for noticing though. Now that I look at it though, I'm thinking that it was a 200mm telephoto.

Mike

[Ted Pounds]

You'd never get a shot like that today; the sailboat would be blown out of the water for being that close to the carrier...   

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

Ted....I was on the carrier 
but I'm sure you meant the other sailboats.

[Ted Pounds]

Yeah I meant the sailboat in the picture.  If you were on the carrier today and took a pic from the same spot there would be nothing but the bow of the carrier and water because no other boats would be allowed within half a mile...