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Opinions On Some Contrail Shots..

Lorenz From Norway, joined Aug 2000, 134 posts, RR: 0
Posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1106 times:

These were all taken from my backyard earlier this month with a Canon D60 + a Sigma 170-500mm..

Worth to upload?

[Edited 2005-04-18 19:03:06]

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UA777222 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 3348 posts, RR: 16
Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1101 times:

Maybe the last one. You can clearly make out that it's a VS A340 and it holds some good quality. Might get slammed with Baddark. Number one is good but hard to make out what airline. For those who are good with airliners its clearly a Finnair MD-11. The second one is way out of it! Has no real quality. I like the 3rd one a lot though.

Hope that helps,

Matt

"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark."

AirKas1 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2003, 3762 posts, RR: 60
Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1098 times:

The first one is definitely a Finnair MD-11. But the second I'm not sure of. It could be Virgin 340 or SAS 340 IMHO.

Kas

Life is short, swim naked

Christian From Sweden, joined Oct 1999, 348 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1084 times:

Hey Thomas,

Pene bilder

Er det ikke AY MD-11 bilde nr 1 og 2, og nr 3 er SAS fra Seattle til CPH? Big grin

/Christian

If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough

Mygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 15
Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1080 times:

Hi Thomas..

The best one is the 340 but I'm afraid it would be rejected for Badquality.
Try a monopod or better a tripod if you didn't use yet.
Both camera and lens are very good. Shoot in RAW and the lowest ISO you can.

Good luck

Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2909 posts, RR: 63
Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1077 times:

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Thomas,

Many of my recent rejections have been for contrail shots.

It has left me feeling that the standards the screeners require for inclusion on the database for these shots are very high these days. I think you need to keep that in mind when considering uploading. I would say that it is only the last of these that would stand any chance.

Cheers.

Paul

Lorenz From Norway, joined Aug 2000, 134 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 month 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1079 times:

Cheers for the feedback Guys..!

Christian is right.. the first one is Finnair MD11 enroute from Helsinki to Miami.. the 2nd is Finnair MD11 enroute to New York JFK.. and the 3rd is Scandinavian Airlines A343 enroute Seattle Copenhagen..

T

Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4991 posts, RR: 20
Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 month 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1004 times:

I too have been trying forever to get contrail shots accepted with no luck. I'm starting to think that it requires a pro lens. I use manual focus and simply cannot get one that looks like some of the good ones you see on the database. The closest i got was last year a B52 and recently a Northwest appeared to be sharp, I could even see the logo on the tail, but no good. I guess 300mm isn't good enough..

What do you guys think of this one
http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/N339NW_2609.jpg

The plane is kind of small though but i cant get tighter with the 300mm lens, thats why I say that maybe it requires a 400mm or 500 pro - quality lens???

bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Birmingham, AL (BHM/KBHM) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

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