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Blackened From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1054 times:

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Photo © Chris Sheldon

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Photo © Chris Sheldon

It's not that we don't always get great pictures from Chris but these are really interesting. How "big" was the lens?

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Da fwog From United Kingdom, joined Aug 1999, 867 posts, RR: 9
Reply 1, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 975 times:

Glad you like them. I'm expecting a flood of "how did you take these?" and "can you tell me where this spot is at LHR?" emails... Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Canon 100-400 IS + Canon D30 - max focal length is approx 610mm.

The Virgin shot is slightly hazy. The conditions were really hazy at LHR yesterday (Kingwide will testify to this), and the VS 747 was slightly further away when it started its right turn, so the haze is more evident.

There's another one (BA 747, Ndebele) waiting in the queue by the way...

Andyhunt From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 1295 posts, RR: 53
Reply 2, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 961 times:

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Chris,

Great shots!! Although with your comments, perhaps you would like to rename yourself "Da Fog" Big grin

Andrew
http://www.flightasia.com

Full frame always beats post processing

Lindy field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3072 posts, RR: 15
Reply 3, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 931 times:

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Those photos really look fabulous when enlarged. Nice work!

Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 909 times:

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Photo © Chris Sheldon

WOW!! Wow!

what a great photo Big thumbs up

Don't give up don't ever give up - Jim Valvano

TOP From Germany, joined May 2000, 264 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 904 times:

Yes Chris, the pictures are fantastic!

Stephan

*Will I really need a 1D? Wink/being sarcastic

Jderden777 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1747 posts, RR: 33
Reply 6, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 897 times:

man, those shots really stood out in the database....i could just hear them calling "click me, click meee!! Smile/happy/getting dizzy

so i couldn't help myself...they pulled me in....i succumbed and clicked on them! those shots are awesome!!!! Big thumbs up

keep up the fantastic work

jonathan d.

"my soul is in the sky" - shakespeare

Da fwog From United Kingdom, joined Aug 1999, 867 posts, RR: 9
Reply 7, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 876 times:

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments. This is one of those situations where with hindsight, I wish I had just stayed in that one spot the whole day and shot every 747 departure I could while the conditions were reasonably favourable.

This is the 3rd (and worst) shot of the "air to air"-looking ones, by the way - just added this morning:

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Photo © Chris Sheldon

Stephan: "Will I really need a 1D?" - that's what we have been saying to you all ALONG! Wink/being sarcastic

BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20
Reply 8, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 866 times:

"Sigh"

Digital.

Man I say that ::
You , Andy and Peter are like the top 3 for constant digital photo uploads to this site..
And I like all of them!
Sin, Man, and Vie.
Europeans.. Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..

PUnmuth@VIE From Austria, joined Aug 2000, 4161 posts, RR: 56
Reply 9, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 862 times:

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Bo:
THX for the flowers but you forgot to mention other digital subimtters (as they come to my mind in alphabetical ordder) : Colin, Gary, Jason, Paul , ....
Peter
P.S.: Sin is not exactly in Europe Smile/happy/getting dizzy

but when i look at the time you posted this I would mismathc the continents too at 11:53 p.m.

Sukhoi From Sweden, joined May 2006, 371 posts, RR: 8
Reply 10, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 851 times:

Chris,

Where, when and how did you take those ? Wink/being sarcastic

More importantly why ? Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Nice shots though!

Cheers

Paul

Blackened From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 818 times:

To me it was pretty clear that those are 9R climbout shots taken with a looong lens. Otherwise they wouldn't be lit so perfectly by the sun and maybe less hazy.
I like the haze by the way but shouldn't there be some condensation over the wing. That could be a new challenge for you - get shots like those with vortex. Wink/being sarcastic

I think it's great that you always find angles where people ask - where the hell was that?

Blackened From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 815 times:

By the way - this one was a clear "editors choice" at the moment I saw it. The sky, the tail - perfect! Big thumbs up

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EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40
Reply 13, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 802 times:

I liked the look of them too, and i've seen a similar sort of angle of a BA 744 on rotation and it looked just as stunning.

the fact that it is showing so much of the wing, and the way the fuselage is, just makes the 744 look unbelievable, this is such a beautiful aircraft and this is 'in its best light' so to speak.

Regards

Dan

G-CIVP From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1209 posts, RR: 10
Reply 14, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 784 times:

I know, more or less, from whereabouts Chris took these........but that might be telling!! Smile/happy/getting dizzy

but what I like about Chris' output is the fact he tries to vary the angles, positions etc, and thus inject creativity into his work.

BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20
Reply 15, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 746 times:

Haha ! yah thats right.
SIN is Asia which I forgot to say.
Staying up late all these days is starting to show some negative effects.. Sad

Yah, I forgot to mention the others such as the ones you've already said. Sorry bout that guys! Didnt mean to put you guys in the shadows.. Innocent

Their work is also awesome as well.

The TNT Rainbow shot by Colin, Gary's Singapore and Aberdeen action, Milligans Aussie material and I could go on. .
I saw the Varig 777 shot by Paul the other day and that one looked niice!! Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Certainly guarantee acceptance as well as that Low light SIN 744.

Keep up the Good digital work.
I will still be working on my conventional Print/Slide films..

bo

Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..

Da fwog From United Kingdom, joined Aug 1999, 867 posts, RR: 9
Reply 16, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 729 times:

Kingwide and I were talking about this on Sat, and he suggested that an even better pic from this angle would be an ANA 744 - because you'd catch the rising sun on top of the wing. The only drawback of this: in the winter it's dark when the ANAs (and JALs) depart, and they wouldn't do the convenient right turn at 2 DME. Sad

Leftseat86 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 17, posted (11 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 712 times:

I like the birds in the background... Big grin

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