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Postby leek on Tue May 31, 2005 7:26 pm

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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...

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Postby Alex on Tue May 31, 2005 7:42 pm

John,

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

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Postby kipper on Tue May 31, 2005 8:01 pm

Looks like a Cathy Pacific Cargo Plane. I got a shot of one of these at Tullamarine a few weeks back.
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Postby leek on Tue May 31, 2005 8:24 pm

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...
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Postby thaddeus on Tue May 31, 2005 8:36 pm

hi leek
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Postby stubbsy on Tue May 31, 2005 8:40 pm

John

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

The front on works exceptionally well and the OOF buildings almost look like engine vapour.
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Postby sheepie on Tue May 31, 2005 8:46 pm

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 :(
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Postby leek on Tue May 31, 2005 8:58 pm

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...
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Postby leek on Tue May 31, 2005 9:00 pm

stubbsy wrote:John

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

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...
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Postby sheepie on Tue May 31, 2005 9:35 pm

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! ;)
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue May 31, 2005 9:55 pm

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 :P Just kidding mate, top pic! :)
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Postby ozimax on Tue May 31, 2005 10:20 pm

Great symmetry, plane shots are a dime a dozen but this a goodie, nicely taken, Max
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Postby Catcha on Tue May 31, 2005 10:47 pm

Great shot, like someone mentioned before too bad wings were clipped.
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Postby marcus on Tue May 31, 2005 11:27 pm

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

Great effort.
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Postby dooda on Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:20 am

stubbsy wrote:John

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

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.
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:15 am

:lol: :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 :cry:
He has done a great capture, he'll bring the full scale of an Airbus 380 to you soon, stay tuned 8)
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Postby leek on Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:22 am

Birddog114 wrote::lol: :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 :cry:
He has done a great capture, he'll bring the full scale of an Airbus 380 to you soon, stay tuned 8)


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...

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Same problem with wing clipping though... but I got slightly more of the wings this time...
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Postby BBJ on Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:51 am

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.
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Postby cordy on Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:18 am

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 :D 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

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