JFK 01/30

[gonzalu]

Mark, the light in that shot is magic. The deep blues of the sky, the tonality of the aircraft. Love how you captured more gangway than plane, just pure magic that shot. Keep em going (not coming)

Was that your departure to the north?

Brandon, come on over to HoBe. Can't promise you the Cargos will help you but the foreign heavies always deliver exciting takeoffs with usually nice banks. Why, do they only fly straight lines up by you?

[hiss srq]

Interesting note, that Swiss 330 made one of the smoothest landings I have ever seen of any jet... It did not even generate smoke it was soo smooth... The aft bogies touched down very gently and spun up than just hung there for about 2 seconds and than he slowly let the second set down with the same result.

[gonzalu]

OK here are mine. Fell asleep last night while editing them LOL ... when I got home, LATE after sitting in the north parking lot of JFK (it's called the Van Wyck) for about 35 minutes, and another half hour on the GCP, I finally made it home about an hour and a half after I left the airport looking for that Song Bird. Oh well.

We'll start with the damaged A380



Engine number two... tried for a better shot but there is security nearby so I could not risk it.



Now for the regular shots.

ABX suicide shot from the bridge... didn't have time to make it to the parking lot. Thank god for that shoulder ;-)



Finally in better light: Flagship Independence ... but alas with my D2Xs which is having more trouble than the D3 with the 200-400mm :-( this image is soft, apologies for the quality



Smoky engine start



I LOVE this retro... finally caught it. I now have PSA and Piedmont!! Both accidental, not planned which makes it all the better





Stealth Cargo... actually Evergreen N491EV operated for Saudia Cargo



Today's special visitor, didn't make it in time for Panera, so another dive to the side of the road. Thankfully, not a main road and more like an alleyway



The only plane I shot at Panera :-) very rare for me to only get one shot at Panera...

[ANITIX87]

Nice meeting everybody (Nick, Chris, Kaz) and seeing the other guys (Mark, John, and ALMOST seeing Manny again! Wendy's is SLOOOOOW!)

That 737-200 was an awesome surprise, as was US Piedmont scheme and the new LX 330-300 (my favorite plane in my favorite livery!)

I'll put some shots up tonight. Looks like the light came back in full-force at HoBe later on in the day! Most of my shots (especially those from Woodmere park) are killed by that weird haze that seems to show up when you upload your pictures to your computer (haha!). They all looked great on my camera's LCD, but I guess that's always a problem.

TIS

[lijk604]

It's hard not to post what others have already put up, however this was my first time shooting with the 7D, and I must say I am pleased. VERY little work done in post, mostly cropping and sharpening...as for noise, maybe if you pixel peep, but throw 10NR in Lightroom and it's barely noticeable.

Singapore B747-400


SkyKing B737-200


China Eastern A340-600


Caribbean Hybrid B737-800


Delta B737-700


Southern Air Cargo B747-200 SF SUD

[sporky]

Why, do they only fly straight lines up by you?

We don't have the airspace restrictions that are part of the NYC airspace. Normally the first bank after departure is after about 10 miles, depending on flow and where the plane is going. Once a year, for 4 days there is a good bank on short final/right after departure from Seatac due to the Blue Angels performing in the area. Unfortunately with only 4 days to practice we do not get much chance up here.

-Tad

[ANITIX87]

Here are my shots from yesterday! No editing except noise reduction and some brightness/contrast, so ignore the sharpness.











Enjoy!

TIS

[Zee71]

Hey John.............terrific images.....that's a great combo you have there!!! Hopefully the weather will start getting better and we'll have better spotting days ahead. Here are a few more from Sunday.

[megatop412]

I also got a KILLER shot of 249TR. Light was absolutely gorgeous.

Awesome and epic

[gonzalu]

Antonis, I missed you? oh too bad... my fault, I had shopping to do and was stuck in line at Costco :-( but I did miss the bad light.

John, that 7D is probably TOO sharp lol. Looks like you get tons of detail to work with in cropping!

Tad, 10 miles? oh my goodness... only time we would see that is 22R departures or maybe 13R/L departures... those are typically RWY heading. 4L and 31L are usually hard left or right turns. 4L has had a 1.5DME hard right 100 degrees for the past few weeks I have paid attention to it. It could be good or bad. Evergree, Asiana, Lufthansa and most cargo, and most small CRJs like American Eagle, are gone way before they even clear the perimeter. Only the pax heavies deliver nice long turns past our "official" spot at The Mounds. Regardless, any other spot for 4L departures sucks... it is all residential and/or full of wires, trees, etc. etc.

[NLovis]

It's hard not to post what others have already put up, however this was my first time shooting with the 7D, and I must say I am pleased. VERY little work done in post, mostly cropping and sharpening...as for noise, maybe if you pixel peep, but throw 10NR in Lightroom and it's barely noticeable.

Southern Air Cargo B747-200 SF SUD

That is actually a 747-300. Take a look at the stretched upper deck

[Derf]

actually no, it is a 200 with a SUD (STRECHED UPPER DECK)

[ANITIX87]

Antonis, I missed you? oh too bad... my fault, I had shopping to do and was stuck in line at Costco :-( but I did miss the bad light.

Yeah. I went to Wendy's, came back, and they said you'd stopped by and then gone to Wendy's yourself. And while you were in there for 40 minutes, the light got bad. I didn't expect it to pick up again so I called it a day (which apparently was a dumb idea based on some of the shots I've seen...).

Next time we'll meet up!

TIS

[PhilDernerJr]

Every photo in this thread is impressive with that gorgeous winter light. Good job taking advantage, guys!

[TSGSpotting]

I need to make it down there again! just got home from Denver last night. Love how steep the Avianca climbed out!