photo: landing

[Godfrey]

Olympus E-PL7 + Macro-Elmarit-DG 45mm f/2.8 ASPH
ISO 200 @ f/6.3 @ 1/2000​

Sometimes I happen to be in the right place at the right moment to catch a landing or take off like this.

G

 

[charjohncarter]

Right place at the right time, but also the right skills to pull it off. Good one Godfrey.

 

[bobbyrab]

I know this is rude, I'm not dismissing the photo, and I'm sure we all need encouragement, but what exactly are the right skills that are required. It seems quite straightforward to me.

 

[Godfrey]

Right place at the right time, but also the right skills to pull it off. Good one Godfrey.

Thanks John!

The camera did a good job on the capture, albeit slightly underexposing due to the backlighting. If I'd had time I'd have set exposure compensation by +.3-.7EV, but there wasn't time.

G

 

[Out to Lunch]

I am mostly sitting in them when they're landing.

 

[zuiko85]

Thanks John!

The camera did a good job on the capture, albeit slightly underexposing due to the backlighting. If I'd had time I'd have set exposure compensation by +.3-.7EV, but there wasn't time.

G

Still probably close to a naked eye view of the underside with a clear sky. In the early 70's there was a place just outside the fence at O'Hare that you could photograph the planes coming in. If there was a good stiff wind they appeared to be almost sideways, crabbing into the wind. Today I suppose one would be at least questioned if not arrested doing the same thing.

 

[Godfrey]

I know this is rude, I'm not dismissing the photo, and I'm sure we all need encouragement, but what exactly are the right skills that are required. It seems quite straightforward to me.

Yes, it is rude; thank you for not dismissing the photo; and while I don't really need the encouragement in general, I appreciate it anyway.

First skill is to see the photo. The rest are to operate the camera properly in a rush, and then to render the capture properly. Whether this is "quite straightforward" or not is up to you to decide, that's your opinion. Whether I achieved them is also a matter of opinion. 🙂

G

 

[Godfrey]

Still probably close to a naked eye view of the underside with a clear sky. In the early 70's there was a place just outside the fence at O'Hare that you could photograph the planes coming in. If there was a good stiff wind they appeared to be almost sideways, crabbing into the wind. Today I suppose one would be at least questioned if not arrested doing the same thing.

The Coleman Center shopping mall is about one mile away from the start of the airstrip at San Jose International Airport, and Guadalupe River Park is a public walk and bicycle park that runs right up to the end of the airstrip. There are takeoffs and landings there all the time; it's easy to set up a camera if you have the time and photograph planes on approach or on take-off, depending on which way the wind is blowing. I've not had any park rangers or police ask me any questions even though I've often seen them within sight as I made a few exposures.

This one was taken from the Coleman Center parking lot. I liked the angle, although with only a 90mm EFoV the plane was a little smaller than ideal in the image. I've cropped about 30% image area away from the upper right, maintaining the 4:3 proportion, and that nets the photo I had in my head. It would have been nicer if I'd had the 75mm lens on the camera, but you work with what you have... 🙂

G

 

[zuiko85]

Well for a 'grab shot' it looks like you were pretty quick on the draw.

Another place in Chicago you could get very close to the end of the runway was Meigs Field, now sadly gone, a victim of Chicago politics. It was fairly busy with general aviation and the occasional biz jet. It was fun to watch Lear Jets hot dog it on takeoff to the north. They would have wheels up and climbing out clean barely off the end of the runway.

Microsoft filght sim made this airport famous.

 

[biomed]

Nice capture G.

 

[Rob-F]

Good shot, Godfrey.

 

[robert blu]

...Microsoft filght sim made this airport famous.

True, I landed and took off many times with various machines 🙂

robert