AKE0404AR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 2534 posts, RR: 50 Posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1880 times:
Not like some others I just shoot aircrafts, not really paying attention to what it is. I am more concerned about the angle, light and composition, but the other day I was in MUC and to my surprise I saw the new Hapag Lloyd A310-204 in TUI livery.
I of course had no clue what it was, I just thought it kind a looked nice.....so I took some shots. After having picked up the slides I noticed that I have something special on film......
Here is a preview, currently stuck in the queue....
Thom@s From Norway, joined Oct 2000, 11948 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1676 times:
Actually yes. I was just waiting for this plane to fill more of the frame, it wasn't untill later I noticed how well the blue sky and the dark mountains matched the rest of the scenery.
Nighthawk From UK - Scotland, joined Sep 2001, 4985 posts, RR: 39 Reply 2, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1644 times:
I gotta say AKE0404AR that is a really nice pic! BTW with regards to the airline in the picture, will all the airlines remain individual, or will they all be renamed TUI? The reason i ask is that the plane still has the old airlines name on it, yet the newly repainted Britannia planes do not carry the airlines name, unless i am mistaken?
Carlos Borda From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 538 posts, RR: 52 Reply 3, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1635 times:
I caught this moment on film by accident (sort of)....
I was concentrating on just taking some sunset shots of WTC 1 from the obs deck on WTC 2... I must have took a half dozen shots like this that moment because I was bracketing and the sun was getting weak fast.
After 9/11 I decided to pull those slides out from that day's visit up there, I had them tucked away in the closet for a couple years... and much to my surprise in the corner when I pulled this slide, I see an aircraft ... an MD80 on approach into LGA.
Mikephotos From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 2923 posts, RR: 56 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1624 times:
Vasco..that's where you and I differ. Personally, I remember each and every shot, including the registration. Heck, I would have even remembered there was that Team Luft. Dash in the background.
AKE0404AR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 2534 posts, RR: 50 Reply 5, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1611 times:
Michael,
true, In the beginning I was not at all for Regs, nowadays I am starting to pay more and more attention to it.
Nonetheless this shot was a difficult one, had to shoot thru the fence at 500mm and there were some other obsticles in the way as well.
Chris28_17 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 1439 posts, RR: 11 Reply 6, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1607 times:
With all due respect to Carlos and that picture, PLEASE dont take offense to this, but... "... and much to my surprise in the corner when I pulled this slide, I see an aircraft"
Now, last time i checked, this IS "airliners.net" not "reallygoodpictures.net" And although i dont nessasarily disagree with that picture being here, it does raise some very valid questions...
Once again, dont misunderstand me, it is an awesome picture, when i first looked at it i stared at it and was like "wow" the artistic value to it is incredible... But, i just wanted to point out what i think alot of people are thinking but dont want to say (since it is the WTC and all... )
B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25 Reply 7, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1582 times:
I have a slide I took in August 2001 @ DFW of an American 767-200. When I looked @ the slide more closely, I found out the registry number of the aircraft is N334AA. If I can ever figure out how to get the slides from that trip to scan correctly, maybe I'll upload it.
Carlos Borda From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 538 posts, RR: 52 Reply 8, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1577 times:
Glad to hear you enjoyed that shot Chris... thanks.
I take no offence to what your trying to explain, but I'm not really sure what it "is" your trying to say here.
What "valid questions" and what "people are thinking but don't want to say"? Could you explain in more detail...
Personally... I never want us (Americans) to ever forget what we once had and how quickly it was taken away from us by terrorist. WTC was a symbol of many things to this country... economic power, freedom and pride to name just a few.
Again... thanks for the nice comments on the shot.
~Los
Chris writes:
>>With all due respect to Carlos and that picture, PLEASE dont take offense to this, but... "... and much to my surprise in the corner when I pulled this slide, I see an aircraft"
Now, last time i checked, this IS "airliners.net" not "reallygoodpictures.net" And although i dont nessasarily disagree with that picture being here, it does raise some very valid questions...
Once again, dont misunderstand me, it is an awesome picture, when i first looked at it i stared at it and was like "wow" the artistic value to it is incredible... But, i just wanted to point out what i think alot of people are thinking but dont want to say (since it is the WTC and all... )
Carlos Borda From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 538 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1567 times:
500mm and thru the fense with obsticles... and rotating never the less. Nice shot Vasco... just curious, but what type of lens did you use for it? The clarity is very sharp.
~Los
Vasco writes:
>>Nonetheless this shot was a difficult one, had to shoot thru the fence at 500mm and there were some other obsticles in the way as well.
Mikephotos From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 2923 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1564 times:
Carlos...I think Chris was really saying that your shot sucked big time and he couldn't even see a plane with a 30x loupe. Hey, but I like it
Carlos Borda From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 538 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1564 times:
Hahaha.. good one Mike.
I was actually kinda surprised myself at the time when Johan accepted it for that same reason. But in light of what the WTC tragedy meant to so many around the world... I understand why he added to the datebase.
~Los
F5 Mike writes:
>>Carlos...I think Chris was really saying that your shot sucked big time and he couldn't even see a plane with a 30x loupe. Hey, but I like it
Fly-K From Germany, joined May 2000, 3120 posts, RR: 53 Reply 12, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1539 times:
I think most of the photogs who are also spotters and take an interest in aviation itself know pretty well what they have shot. For some, that's the whole reason to go out shooting, and that's why many note down what they've seen/shot.
Konstantin
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been...
Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57 Reply 13, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1535 times:
Personally, I am completely nuts about aviation, but somehow, when I am there spotting, I am there as a Photographer, and not as an aviation hobbyist. I don't quite care what a/c it is, as long as I can get a good picture of it! Usually the photo's I remember the most are the ones I get disappointed with, and the unsuspected ones are often the most rewarding. (the ones you didn't remember you shot)
Da fwog From United Kingdom, joined Aug 1999, 867 posts, RR: 9 Reply 15, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1519 times:
A couple of examples for you: in this first shot, I never noticed the heron in the foreground, even though it was quite large, and right in my line of sight. When I looked at the pic afterwards I laughed out loud - it looked so comical
This second example, I never saw the third a/c (Emirates A330) until after I had fired the shutter and thought I missed it, but as I was gradually moving the camera up as the BY 757 was climbing out, it just sneaked into the top of the frame, which was a nice surprise (This one's sitting in the queue - not sure it will be accepted, as all the aircraft are quite small):
AKE0404AR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 2534 posts, RR: 50 Reply 16, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1504 times:
Carlos wrote:
"500mm and thru the fense with obsticles... and rotating never the less. Nice shot Vasco... just curious, but what type of lens did you use for it? The clarity is very sharp."
It was shot with the lens I shoot 90% of my stuff, Sigma 170-500mm. Gives great results with the right light as soon as it gets dark, well then of course it lacks a little......
Luis wrote:
"Vasco, did you upload that photo with that Copyright banner in that position? "
No, not really I resized it for faster loading and added the copyright, just in case!!!!
Joe pries From United States of America, joined May 2000, 1957 posts, RR: 55 Reply 17, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1493 times:
Hey Vasco,
I am very impressed with your shot at full 500mm sigma lens- my old sigma f2.8 70-210 at full 210mm wasnt always as sharp as your 500mm. nice work.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 18, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1469 times:
I didn't expect this to come out, something I've been trying to get for awhile. I'm quite happy with it. I'm kinda worried that it will get rejected because I'm missing the tail.....
Justin
Thomasphoto60 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3723 posts, RR: 25 Reply 19, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1465 times:
First, I want to say to the Screeners and Johan....Please upload Justin and Vasco's pics..... both are simply stunning!
Like Vasco, I am not too attentive to reg #s, I too am more concered with light, composition and a unique angle. However, I am always paying close attention to what aircraft style and airline that I am photographing. I have had few suprises.
LGB Photos From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1458 times:
I usually keep track of the date, airport and a few regs. Then I put them in a plastic bag together in the refrigerator until I get them developed. That way when I get them back from the developer, I know that every slide out of that bunch was shot at (for example) LAX on December 17, 2001. I can then stamp the correct date on the slides. So yes, I usually always know what I have shot.
Jderden777 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1747 posts, RR: 33 Reply 21, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1444 times:
As well as being a photographer, i love flying as well and am working on my ppl...i love flying around with flight sims and i know pretty much everything that i shoot...because i've loved aviation ever since i was little i've picked up on the different aircraft types over the years...so i definitely know what i'm shooting...and if i don't, i shoot it anyway so i can look it up and find out what it is!!!
Tguse From Germany, joined Jan 2001, 108 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1417 times:
Seems like the bird is a spotter, too!!!
Torben
25 Carlos Borda: Hope he had a ramp pass around his neck.... ~Los Torben writes: >>Seems like the bird is a spotter, too!!! Torben>>
26 N509JB: The only reason that pic was taken was because of the 9-11 events. The aircraft is, without a doubt, "too far in the distance" A great shot of a build
27 Chris28_17: The only reason that pic was taken was because of the 9-11 events. The aircraft is, without a doubt, "too far in the distance" A great shot of a build
28 Carlos Borda: Not always necessarily Brian.... "Too far in the distance" is not always a good reason for a photo not to be accepted on here, if the image depicted i
29 Carlos Borda: In reality Chris.... "anything" belongs on this site as long as Johan Lundgren says it does. It's his site, his rules so that makes him the boss of al
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