JFK 02/04

Hey guys.

Today I was at Panera for my first attempt ever at capturing the birds, so here's my first set. Keep in mind that my photography/editing skills are still limited. I also don't really know how rare certain aircrafts are, so I apologize if you've seen those a gazillion times before. Any constructive criticism is welcome!

I noticed a fellow spotter in his car. Might have been Manny if I refer to the "show off your car" thread, but maybe it was just somebody else :redface:


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Wow - great catches for your first set!!! All the specials are a great start!!!

Looking good ! Caught some nice specials for sure

Rom,

Great stuff for your first outting! I stopped by briefly by Panera to have lunch before heading over to Inwood for a few shots hoping to catch the Finnair MD-11 (which I missed, because I decided to relocate when ATC told Finnair they were going to be vectored for 31R). I should have known better!!! I'll post some of my photo's later tonight. By the way I did bump into Manny at Costco.

Rom, I must have missed you by 5 minutes... I was there for about 1 hour before I relocated to Costco to also try and catch the Finnlusive MD-11 Cargo. I never quite heard the vectors while listening to Approach (CAMRN) as there was a lot going on... then Mark and Conrad and I stepped out of our cars to wait and they must have requested 31L and gotten it from the tower :-(

ONLY REASON I calmed down (I was very upset as yet ANOTHER WEEK goes by and no Finn MD-11) is that the weather turned not so pretty by the time she came in...

Here it is on 31L from Costco...

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This one however more than made up for the loss of the Finn ;-)

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What are the odds that the AstroJet, a very VERY RARE visitor to JFK would show up the next day after I missed it for not paying attention to the departures? Must be 1,000,000 : 1 ... here it is yesterday after I realized it was too late. I figured I would NEVER get another chance lol.

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Rom, I forgot... your images have a bit of vignetting... what lens/camera combo? Lightroom 3.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.x (ACR) have a wonderful new lens correction module with built in profiles for many lens/camera combos. It does a remarkable job of minimizing Vignetting and CA...

ROM, love Qatar & Virgin...
Manny the Astrojet is a golden shot indeed! BTW I love the LR's lens correction, however I cannot find profile for Canon 100-400. Any suggestion.

Raj,

It is indeed there :-) But you should have LR 3.3 or ACR 6.x ... that is the latest version and has the most profiles.

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Nice catch on the Astrojet!!

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Rom, I forgot... your images have a bit of vignetting... what lens/camera combo? Lightroom 3.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.x (ACR) have a wonderful new lens correction module with built in profiles for many lens/camera combos. It does a remarkable job of minimizing Vignetting and CA...

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Thanks for your input Manny, and although I have just learned what vignetting means, I cannot agree more. This is the first thing that I noticed when importing my photos. I use a D60, with a Nikkor 55-200mm VR f/4 5.6G ED lens. I will try to get my hands on the software you suggested. But in any case, yes, I would love to find a way to fix this.

Could it be caused by the way I shoot? I totally assume my newbie status, and I've been shooting in auto all day. There's a lot that I need to learn.

EDIT: I now have Lightroom 3.3.

WOW looks like very good day at least 5 specials.... wish to be there... good job guys....

Skyteam, Susan G. Komen, CRJ Pink Ribbon, all came in ... very nice indeed

Rom,

Yes, the way you shoot that lens is important to reduce the effect, but I hate to tell you this, it will still have a hint of it no matter what. The camera is not at fault, your lens design is. In making lower cost super zooms, the engineers have to compromise on certain things. One of them is size. By making the barrel smaller, they introduce vignetting.

One way to combat it is to STOP DOWN your exposures... meaning you use a smaller aperture (higher numerical f/stop) or as stated before, through software compensation.

Lady Penelope

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A pic of the American 777 Pink Ribbon

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Cathy Cargo (no silver bullet :frown: )

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and as usual, Gordon's A340-313 :-)

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..although I think this is not the one he likes (is it a -642 that you like?)

Makes sense Manny, and I appreciate the advice. I will work on this, until I can afford a better lens.

Love your shot of Lady Penelope! :cool:

Well here are some of mine for today............another ice cold day!!!

Not the cleanest shot, but it will do!
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Nice to catch the flying elephant in good light
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OneWorld from Costco
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My verison of the pink ribbon
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What the heck.........China Eastern from a different perspective
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FedEx morning departure off 31L
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SkyTeam on short final from Inwood
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Finnair MD-11 from Costco (Why the heck did I ever leave Inwood???)
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Good stuff everyone! I love the variety you get there at JFK.

Come on down Jeremy.........always plenty of stuff here, with some unexpected visitors once in a while. Just don't bring any cold weather with you.

Hi Rom, I've shot the 55-200 on a D40x body and the key with that lens is...f/8, f/8, f/8. Shoot in Aperture Priority and go with the lowest ISO you can to support shutter speeds 1/250 or better. Also, use the center focus point to make shots to stay in control of where the camera is focusing.

You will probably want a more versatile lens after a while. A relatively inexpensive step up is the 70-300mmVR. Both of these lenses have correction modules available with the D60 in DxO which is the raw editor that I use that take care of the color fringing and vignetting, and their default preset works pretty well.

Love the Lady Penelope shot, by the way! Hopefully I get on her on my trip overseas this summer

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Come on down Jeremy.......... Just don't bring any cold weather with you.

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It follows me around, I took it to Montreal last month :mad:

I am thinking about stopping by 14 March???!

William, somethign tells me you might get her. She has been a regular staple the past few weeks.

Nice shots.... love the EK Whalejet.

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Raj,
It is indeed there :-) But you should have LR 3.3 or ACR 6.x ... that is the latest version and has the most profiles.

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And thanks Manny... I will have to update from the older version to 3.3. Although, I don't seem to have that much issue with Canon lens as compared to my old Sigma lens.