share your air travel shots!

Andy

i was perusing some of my old stuff ...

early morning commuter plane to beantown (sony f717)


i really dig how you can see the faintest outline of the prop here on this one. same plane as above, landing in boston. (sony f717)


sometimes, you can get really lucky with the atmospheric conditions (this one taken with a sony p&s, a p9)


high above the sierra nevada, heading to california. this one looks so cool, printed big at 13"x 19" (canon 10d, 16-35L)


won't you share some of your air travel shots?

52Caddy

I love taking pictures in an airplane. Oh well.
One of my favorite shots, just because I've never flown over the Grand Canyon! I haven't adjusted anything on these shots, so they're not the best. Actually forgot about them until Andy's suggestion. Thanks Andy!!
Did somebody drop something?



Leaving San Juan


Some mountains


A fire someplace in AZ if I remember

SeeMoon

Like the Sierra Nevada one Andy!
I've made some too;

Greenland;


Iceland;


Somewhere on our way to San Francisco;


Afghanistan;

SeeMoon

Oh, and another one; northern provence Friesland, Holland;

Andy

simone ...
i kind of thought you'd have a shot or two

lovely. i like the crop circles, very much. and the shot of holland is so rich. amazing what detail we can get from 30,000 feet, eh? thanks for sharing

Nir

Beautiful shots guys!

I never have time to take photos during flights - I have to keep an eye on the pilot ...

wxwax

Beauty, Simone.

dugmar

tmlphoto

Cool shot. I hope you don't mind me playing around with it a little.

devbobo

Hey Andy,

That first shot reminds me of when I was doing some work up in Northen Quebec, taking these little commuter planes (between Montreal and Alma). Funny thing was, they would read the safety stuff in French then as an after thought, say does anyone speak english.

David

andy wrote:

i was perusing some of my old stuff ...

early morning commuter plane to beantown (sony f717)

52Caddy

Hey, that looks much better!

tmlphoto wrote:

Cool shot. I hope you don't mind me playing around with it a little.

Andy

devbobo wrote:

Hey Andy,

That first shot reminds me of when I was doing some work up in Northen Quebec, taking these little commuter planes (between Montreal and Alma). Funny thing was, they would read the safety stuff in French then as an after thought, say does anyone speak english.

David

thanks for looking dave i know exactly how you feel

Andy

hey dave ...

andy wrote:

thanks for looking dave i know exactly how you feel

forgot to say,

welcome to dgrin!

Thwack

A few recent shots
Mt. Hamilton - as seen from the air. I had the exposure comp set at -1.0 and the white buildings are still blown out (late afternoon, early evening). Sitting up in the open like that, they were almost like mirrors reflecting the sun. I tweaked the brightness and contrast a bit (the originals are worse):

If you bring up the original (full) size and look in the brown grassy area (lower right portion of the pic) you can see some of the twisty road leading up to the observatory...no wonder it's a favorite with local riders.




Here's a shot taken from the last row of seats looking forward during flight. I think Andy's plane was considering larger than what I was in...





And here's a shot showing one of the problems trying to take pics from the air. We were flying over a local reservoir that I fish in from time to time. The water level is really low and that exposed some structure that I wanted to record (so I can find the little island in Spring when the water is up and the bass are hanging around it).

I had to shoot out the left side of the plane and the sun wasn't cooperating. That's not a double-exposure, it's my reflection on the window (which didn't show up in the tiny 1.5" LCD screen on the back of my camera...d'oh):



Oh well, at least I know where that island is now...

Thwack

Ooops, I left one out
As we entered the pattern for landing, I had to sun behind me and grabbed a quick picture of the airport we flew out of...Reid Hillview in San Jose, CA.



If you've ever flown through Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Reid Hillview is sort of the opposite.

cmr164

52Caddy wrote:

I love taking pictures in an airplane. Oh well.
... I haven't adjusted anything on these shots, so they're not the best. ...



A fire someplace in AZ if I remember

If I may add my touch....

cmr164

Shots from airplanes are really suceptible to level adjustments.

devbobo

Thanks Andy

andy wrote:

forgot to say,

welcome to dgrin!

dugmar

Flying to Montana for Thanksgiving. I'm hoping our flightpath takes us over some mountainous terrain. I will post to this thread with my results.

Doug

JoRobert

These are all great images.

I am like a kid in a plane, always looking out the window, watching the land move by. I took this some time ago using a 1.3mp digi. All my air travel shots need alot of work to look decent. This is of San Bernardino mountains.

JoRobert

One more picture, this is of the Grand Canyon. Its hazy, worked on alot, and the two white blobs lower center are my reflection.

Joel

Andy

jorobert ...
nice work on your shots

obelix

Somewhere over Utah / Arizona
Flying from Miami to San Francisco.

landrum

These were all taken leaving Miami in June 2004.

GREAPER

I love this thread, I have never taken a shot out the plane window, I bet next time the camera doesnt spend the whole trip under the seat in front of me.

Great shots all of you.

I always fight me wife and kids over the window seat, I cant stop watching the world go by underneath.

Allen

Slow travel
Had the thrill of flying in a Ford Tri-Motor resently.





Dig them overhead bins.



Only a short flight but exciting.
Al

dugmar

Allen wrote:

Only a short flight but exciting.
Al

Wow, some basic instrumentation. This tri-motor looks completely unrestored. Pretty amazing.

wxwax

obelix wrote:

Flying from Miami to San Francisco.

Wow, great stuff.

photocat

Some of my air travel shots...
I am afraid of flying. My husband has to sedate me to get me in that plane.The only thing that makes it slightly bearable is that I can take pics out of the window. I am looking forward to my first flight where I can take my D70... The ones below are with my minolta dimage 7I


This is flying from Phoenix to Chicago. Too bad that there is no way of knowing where you are flying over...


The crop circles. If anyone could help me out as to where they are, I would be so pleased. It is again flying from Phoenix to Chicago

obelix

wxwax wrote:

Wow, great stuff.

Thanks Sid.

obelix

photocat wrote:

I am looking forward to my first flight where I can take my D70... The ones below are with my minolta dimage 7I

Nice shots, interesting set of camera, I had / have the same ones.