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I had half an hour to kill at the airport today and managed to get this head on view of a cargo 747... Another 20mm zoomed out and I would have got the wing-tips as well... Next time... I'm quite happy with the shot though...

The 747 was turning off the run-way after landing and I only got the rushed shot because of the VR...

80-400VR - f/5.3 - 1/1600 - 280mm

John,

I like this shot a lot. Very staight. Head on indeed.

Alex

Looks like a Cathy Pacific Cargo Plane. I got a shot of one of these at Tullamarine a few weeks back.

kipper wrote:Looks like a Cathy Pacific Cargo Plane. I got a shot of one of these at Tullamarine a few weeks back.

Correct... Cathay Pacific it was...

hi leek
if you are interested in aviation photography, check out
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... entry=true
his stuff is amazing

John

Excellent pic - shame about the fact you clipped it's wings

The front on works exceptionally well and the OOF buildings almost look like engine vapour.

I like

One of these days I must spend my lunchtime down there and see what I can get - keep meaning to, keep getting too busy

sheepie wrote:I like

One of these days I must spend my lunchtime down there and see what I can get - keep meaning to, keep getting too busy

I used the lookout round the back of the old control tower... It's a pretty good spot...

stubbsy wrote:John

Excellent pic - shame about the fact you clipped it's wings

The front on works exceptionally well and the OOF buildings almost look like engine vapour.

Thanks Peter... The OOF buildings are actually oil tanks and there was a bit of heat haze involved...

leek wrote:The OOF buildings are actually oil tanks and there was a bit of heat haze involved...

There's a couple of Ethylene tanks there as well - pretty full at the moment too!

That's a great photo Leek! Love the haze in the background Too bad the dumb pilot had to point the wheels to his right, otherwise it would've been a nice symmetrical shot...heheh could always photoshop it Just kidding mate, top pic!

Great symmetry, plane shots are a dime a dozen but this a goodie, nicely taken, Max

Great shot, like someone mentioned before too bad wings were clipped.

Same here don't like the clipped wings, but love the heat haze!

Great effort.

stubbsy wrote:John

Excellent pic - shame about the fact you clipped it's wings

The front on works exceptionally well and the OOF buildings almost look like engine vapour.

I would actually argue that the clipped wings don't take away from this image. One of the reasons (I think) you took the picture of this particular machine is that it is so large, and the clipped wings add a little mystery to just how large it is. It creates a little bit of tension, and I say the clipped wings are a good thing.

You guys are too hard and to fussy!, take it easy with leek, otherwise he will sneak out from work again and waiting for taking a photo of the same aircraft non-clipped wing, then he get no job after
He has done a great capture, he'll bring the full scale of an Airbus 380 to you soon, stay tuned

Birddog114 wrote::lol:
You guys are too hard and to fussy!, take it easy with leek, otherwise he will sneak out from work again and waiting for taking a photo of the same aircraft non-clipped wing, then he get no job after
He has done a great capture, he'll bring the full scale of an Airbus 380 to you soon, stay tuned

Thanks Birdy - and thanks to everyone else that commented...

I've been playing with the image a little more and here's a cropped version of the same NEF that might emphasise the scale of this beast even more...



Same problem with wing clipping though... but I got slightly more of the wings this time...

Leek, well i like this pic, i dont think it takes anything away from it having the wings clipped. I think it looks fine the way it is.
Cheers
John

leek wrote:

sheepie wrote:I like

One of these days I must spend my lunchtime down there and see what I can get - keep meaning to, keep getting too busy

I used the lookout round the back of the old control tower... It's a pretty good spot...

ahh the beach you can actually wander around to the fenceline at the end of the carpark and get pics like this http://www.airliners.net/open.file/553692/M/ (and yes, that is my pic). I never really appreciated the size of 747's until I got up close

Chris