30,000 ft

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited February 19, 2006 in Landscapes
My flight back home to LA from Orlando, FL started with a nice floridian sunrise:
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gave me a nice aerial view of Orlando:
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continued though the very clear plains of the South:
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gave me some perfect views of our own perfect contrail:
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and finally let me see our own shadow (does it mean the winter is gonna last six more weeks?):
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Of course, 5.5 hours of flying is no fun, but at least I got a few shots:-)

The rest is here: http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/1211701

Enjoy cross-country shooting!
"May the f/stop be with you!"

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  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Neat stuff.

    My last flight I had some incredible stuff out the window and a sleeping 4 year old on my lap.

    It was all I could do to let her sleep and miss the photo.... :cry :D
    Steve
    www.finesart.com
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:

    and finally let me see our own shadow (does it mean the winter is gonna last six more weeks?):
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    !
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    I like it!
    Sid.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Steve
    SteveF wrote:
    Neat stuff.

    My last flight I had some incredible stuff out the window and a sleeping 4 year old on my lap.

    It was all I could do to let her sleep and miss the photo.... :cry :D

    Thanks!

    I guess it's time to get one of those Sony DSC-T7s, then you can take the shot with two fingers and keep the baby happy... :):

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Thanks Sid!
    wxwax wrote:
    rolleyes1.gif
    I like it!

    I guess I was watching HBO too much. And I like that movie:-)
    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    You actually look out the window when you flyeek7.gif

    Cool shots Nic!
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Great shots thumb.gif unusual
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  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Makes me feel better, I am not the only one pointing a cam out the window, but it seems that I usually get a dirty window, they take in-flight requests to clean the outside of the window kinda poorly.

    James.
    http://pics.jamesjweg.com
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    If I can:-)
    Thusie wrote:
    You actually look out the window when you flyeek7.gif

    Cool shots Nic!

    My flight in was a redeye, could not see a thing. But I was rewarded on my way home:-)

    Thanks!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Awais,
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Great shots thumb.gif unusual

    Thanks, man!
    For some reason I never had sun at such an angle while having air so clear and still, so our contrail shadow can reach the surface 10km below us undisturbed...

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    You're not alone:-)
    JamesJWeg wrote:
    Makes me feel better, I am not the only one pointing a cam out the window, but it seems that I usually get a dirty window, they take in-flight requests to clean the outside of the window kinda poorly.

    James.

    And yes, I usually get a dirty window too ne_nau.gif This flight was a rare exception. There was some dirt in the upper third quarter, but I managed to avoid it shooting downward...:):

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    And yes, I usually get a dirty window too ne_nau.gif This flight was a rare exception. There was some dirt in the upper third quarter, but I managed to avoid it shooting downward...:):

    Cheers!1drink.gif

    Yeah on my trip in january I only even tried once and this is about the best I did, that is not dust on my sensor.

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    This is a whole gallery of the Philippines from a jet window.

    http://pics.jamesjweg.com/gallery/297899

    Somehow I am never happy with what I get from a jet. Did you shoot MF? or was your AF working through the window? I have had a lot of focus searching when I tried to use AF. In auto mode my P&S fired the flash too. :uhoh Bright light? who me?

    James.
    http://pics.jamesjweg.com
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Yeah, had that a lot, too..
    JamesJWeg wrote:
    Somehow I am never happy with what I get from a jet. Did you shoot MF? or was your AF working through the window? I have had a lot of focus searching when I tried to use AF. In auto mode my P&S fired the flash too. :uhoh Bright light? who me?

    James.

    I shot AF simply because it worked fine, but couple of times I switched to MF. I was shooting during the bright day, so my aperture was pretty high and I was able to set up for kinda hyper-focal distance, even though there was no such mark on my zoom lens...

    I had similar very dirty windows on my few transatlantic flights. Tedious rubber stamping in lighten/darken blend mode is usually the only choice.ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2006
    Oh my don't get any beter then this
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    Awesome Nik

    Fred
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Thanks, Fred!
    USAIR wrote:
    Oh my don't get any better then this...
    Awesome Nik
    Fred

    I wish I switched to continuous drive at the point, but no sir...
    Anyway, thus far it was the best series of landing shots I ever had:-)
    Glad you liked it:-)
    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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