LAX and LAS in FEB

Hi guys,

It's been quite a while since I posted, but I regularly read thru and look through your images.
I'm a bit bored atm, so figured I'd post some LAX and LAS pics, from my visit back in mid-February.

Shame you couldn't join Tom, even though weather wasn't the best most of the time.
Also, was good to meet Nick again. Hope you like the pics.

Had a nice room at the Marriott Courtyard at Century Blvd. 6th floor, 5mins walk from In and Out Burger, and a gooood view of the 24s.

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/dhl762.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/NWA.jpg

Over the next few days I had a good mix of sightseeing and shooting from the museum, imperial hill and in n out.

We're goin to Hawaii 8)
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...alaskabank.jpg

....and to Disneyland too!
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...kaspecial1.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/fedex.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...fedexsmall.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery.../stalllogo.jpg

Big red...!
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...ntaswunala.jpg

and big blue :wink:
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/atnui.jpg

Two sunny shots from the museum
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery.../anzrotate.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...lanairside.jpg

and two rainy ones. The EMB 120 is from Imperial Hill, they were operating on the reverse pattern.
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...atriplewet.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...mb120night.jpg

In n Out Burger, 24R sunset landing
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery.../baspeedie.jpg

and Tinkerbell...
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...kerbellone.jpg

Also, some LAS shots:

The planespotter's favourite fish - without sun :evil:
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/salmon.jpg

75th anniversary logojet. No sun, of course...
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...r/0R8G7051.jpg

Cali One
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/calione.jpg

Shamu One
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...r/shamuuuu.jpg

Star Alliance the 2nd
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...staallusaw.jpg

Not too rare around here
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...hillypines.jpg

off we are again, heading for LAX
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery...r/vegasair.jpg

and again, heading for PHX
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/ana773.jpg

Thanks for looking :borat:
Florian

Awesome stuff, Florian. How long were you in LA? That's a ton of special schemes for one trip!

Awesome set Florian! Really awesome.

Florian,

Beautiful shots!!. The panning shots are amazing.


Eric

Wonderful shots! Those really are fantastic!

Wow. I am even more impressed with the quality of your photography than I am with the number of special schemes you caught!

Amazing sunlight in those shots! You must have some special agreement with God or something. haha

Great stuff Florian! Happy you were able to make it out there and enjoy the wonderful winter light at LA!

Florian, just to confirm, the DHL & NWA were taken from your hotel room???

Amazing shots ya got there!
Especially on the panning ones.

Man Florian, those are some supper awesome shots you got!

I love the American 777 in the rain and the 747 at sunset. Gorgeous!

At the museum do they let you stay as long as you want taking pictures?

Florian,

The sunset shot taken by In-N-Out is beautiful, there is no other way to put it. It makes me want to go back to LAX so badly. Thanks for sharing! Later, Brian

Florian, WOW! Just an amazing set of shots. Something to drool over! But crap! a new AS scheme, time for me to head to SEA and get her. The Salmon Thirty Seven was my first ever shot on JP and I love that bird!

Excellent shots, I like the panning shot of the AS Salmon the most...

Wonderful pictures Florian!

I love the shot of American 777 departing LAX along with the water splashing..

Wow guys, thanks so much for the replies, didn't expect them to be that many :borat:

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How long were you in LA?

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Actually five days, however weather was crap on two, I did about 2,5 days of shooting at LAX. I even got more special schemes (Arizona Cardinals, AWest retro 319, Lone Star One and Nevada One!), however they all were in sh*t weather or crap angles hehe.

LAS was one day only and definitely worth it :mrgreen:

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The panning shots are amazing.

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Thanks Eric! To answer your PM, the EMB 120 panning was 1/4th, f5.6 at ISO 2500, full 400mm. Lucky I guess :shock:

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just to confirm, the DHL & NWA were taken from your hotel room???

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Yup :wink: Was surprised (positively I'm sure!) that I was able to open the hotel room windows on the 6th floor. My room was facing East, so I had to lean out a bit to shoot the arrivals, passing the hotel to the North. The NWA 744 is as side-on as you can get there, after that they disappear behind the hotel.

I had to pay attention quite a bit because there was a parking garage on the other side of my room blocking the view of the approach path, so the aircraft were visible for like 10 seconds :roll:

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At the museum do they let you stay as long as you want taking pictures?

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Hmm I'm not sure exactly. A friend of mine volunteers there, so we stayed out quite a bit, and others did too!
The thing is there has to be one of the museum employees out with you, and if none has spare time, you don't get to go I guess, but normally they're really friendly and go out with you.

The museum closes at 3pm afaik, so it's only good for the morning.

Once again, thanks a lot for the kind words :borat: Think I gotta post more often again hehe.