Being naughty on the plane
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Anyone who's flown lately has heard something like this: "Alright, we've decended below 10,000 feet, so shut off all those electronic gizmos or suffer horrible beatings!".
Or something.
But feeling defiant, I kept my camera on and, just before landing in Ontario, CA, I thought it wise to take a shot of the traffic conditions. I-15 northbound usually is backed up to I-10 during the evening rush hour, but the only thing backing up was the smog (pretty typical this time of year). I had to do some editing or else you wouldn't be able just barely make out the mountains to the north:
Or something.
But feeling defiant, I kept my camera on and, just before landing in Ontario, CA, I thought it wise to take a shot of the traffic conditions. I-15 northbound usually is backed up to I-10 during the evening rush hour, but the only thing backing up was the smog (pretty typical this time of year). I had to do some editing or else you wouldn't be able just barely make out the mountains to the north:
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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
It's really grainy due to the high ISO and a little blurred from the motion and the slow shuter speed, but it's got a nice initial impact.
More from the same trip:
http://newpics.huntsvillecarscene.com/gallery/1306974
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I once missed the ultimate shot. I was sitting in a seat a little forward of the wing and they had a light on their logo on the wing. As we came into a turn, the night sky below spinned. If I would've had a steady hand focused on the wing, the lights below would've looked like spinning stars with the company logo and wing in full focus.
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Canon 20D, Canon 50 1.8 II, Canon 70-200 f/4L, Canon 17-40 f/4 L, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 430ex.
My other Nikon (E5400) has one feature I'd like to try--time lapse photography--to make a movie of the passing scenery. However, two things can be limiting:
1) the 30-second minimum interval (I wish it could be shorter)
2) how to mount the camera on the window without upsetting the FAA!
I took this while en route to Italy for my honeymoon last June. I thought it was OK to use a camera in flight but the flight attendant got upset and gave me on of these: :nono The whole cabin saw it. So this was the only shot I got of some mountains in northern Italy as we flew into Rome.
I still love my little Canon S1 IS Powershot. For a P&S, it's great!
Cheers,
Michael