747438 From UK - England, joined Jan 2007, 820 posts, RR: 6 Posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4580 times:
I know a lot of us aren't too keen on taking photos during the high sun times of the summer. Waking up early to grab the first light of the day or waiting for the sun to go down are good times. Add to either of those the passing of a thunder storm can give some glorious skies.
This happened here a few weeks ago, so I grabbed my camera, but sadly not the bigger lens.
Managed to capture this, sadly not good enough for here, but I like the atmosphere of the sky.
So what dusk/dawn shots do you have that please you, but wouldn't make it here ?
teopilot From Italy, joined Jul 2010, 528 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4567 times:
Yeah... my favourite light.
If you shoot at dusk/dawn light, with the light coming from your back, you could get some good reflections.
But those are good times to take backlit shots too.
I treid several times to upload something here, but only one passed. other ones were rejected for different reasons.
I think that this one will never make it here... just because it's too distant.
But if I had the chance to zoom more, the whole effect would have probably been lost...
So, I prefer it in this way!
Kaphias From United States of America, joined Nov 2010, 205 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4557 times:
I love sunrises and sunsets... I really wish I had a camera capable of taking a decent airplane shot at these times of day!
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8224 posts, RR: 28 Reply 5, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4483 times:
stevemchey From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 338 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4448 times:
Taken just last night (since it was the day before full moon):
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 7, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4422 times:
First and last light is always good. This one I liked:
That was very early in the morning, but I had to get up even earlier to get out there in time - as I live far away from the airport.
Otherwise, I like making use of every little bit of "last light", where ever it comes from, the sky, or the plane, or background light for that matter:
That was F/4.5 at 1/15sec. I used manual settings to avoid the camera getting confused by the port lights in the background. Unfortunately, I don't really have enough focal length to adequately get those shots absolutely full frame. It's the reverse of my other famous Emirates B777 takeoff shot. There is another angle I'll try for that one that will get a very different look.
I don't really care if they wouldn't make it here - even though they might if I spent some time editing them. I just put them straight on my site with the minimum of editing needed.
raedervision From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 62 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4371 times:
raedervision From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 62 posts, RR: 13 Reply 10, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4368 times:
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 13, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4101 times:
Nice shot Darren!
One more from me, that I didn't expect would work:
The shutter speed was so slow, it was like click....(wait) .... click. I expected to get nothing more than huge motion blur on everything. So the result was quite pleasing. Fortunately, Air New Zealand sends three A320s and they seem to arrive within minutes of each other some days - so it's always possible to photograph at least one of them.
It was very dark when I took that photo, with only a small bit of light remaining - if you could even call it that. The 1/3sec shutter speed makes it appear much brighter than it was.
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2968 posts, RR: 60 Reply 15, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4020 times:
Hello Chris.
I always love seeing your panning shots. That Air New Zealand is a real stunner - surely the screeners would accept that one here, as the overall quality and sharpness of the main subject is apparent for all to see? One third of a second is somewhat astonishing for an amateur like me! I would love to have just one shot like that one day.
rjhawkin From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 2 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 3869 times:
I agree about the sunset light. It softens and warms the white on many airframes. The only thing I've had trouble with is keeping keeping the sun glare down on the polished planes like the ones at Airshows.
RonS From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 761 posts, RR: 24 Reply 23, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 3866 times:
Quoting cpd (Reply 13): The 1/3sec shutter speed makes it appear much brighter than it was.
Nice photos here, but that's amazing Chris. Well done, bravo!
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25 cpd: Thanks all for the nice words. Darren: Love that JAL B737 image - absolutely beautiful! I like the lights in the background blurred and the lights on
26 RonS: I love seeing the reflection of the runway approach lights on the bottom of the fuselage, great work Darren. Here's an aviation shot that I thought h
39 NicolasRubio: Fyodor, that is amazing! Although the one I like the most is the one which is not in the DB! Chris, that's a very nice shot! Glad to see the new equip
41 cpd: Gosh - beautiful photo Fyodor! Much prefer that one to the one in the DB. Thanks Nicolas!
42 sleekjet: Dawn at Love Field in Dallas. Incoming a/c flight near the downtown area.
43 RonS: Two more to share that have the last light of the day but not Anet photos: StellaSWA20110226-IMG_0790px1200 by Ron Stella, on Flickr StellaN764US20101
45 cpd: Wow indeed! Very nice atmosphere and colours.
46 spencer: Definitely my favourite times of the day to shoot in! Here's a B747 I got at AMS recently, as the Sun was coming up. Was thinking about adding it but
47 Dehowie: Love it Spence!!!!! To me its all about that the aircraft only flies because of interaction in the most amazing environments that are picture worthy i
48 ThierryD: Most probably yes, Spence but a closer crop might work. Cheers, Thierry
49 javibi: I call those small aircraft shots japanese style shots, as in this amazing Kazutaka Yagi's shot: Be sure to check his gallery; outstanding work that
50 Dehowie: Hi J thanks for the link and good point. I love the photography of Luke Ozawa of Airliner Magazine fame and his own three books and his stuff is a rea
51 Dehowie: Well its not an aircraft but the time is right!
52 vikkyvik: I thought that was one of those de-motivational posters at first. Was trying to figure it out! Thanks Ron. I actually like that one without an airpla
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