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Old 17-07-2007, 8:21 PM   #1
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Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

All these were shotg on the same day within about an hour from the Bath Road near Heathrow Airport:



I like the sky on this one.



My plane of choice, preferred seat 2K



Yes, they do let small planes land at LHR.



A Lufthansa airbus.



The 777s are OK, but I still prefer the jumbo

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Old 17-07-2007, 8:27 PM   #2
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

#2 fo me...really nice details....I suppose you were a bit to close to afford them a bit more room in the frame....that aside very nice
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

Nice shots John

I like no. 2 too.

I will be passing that way tommorrow - mum lives near terminal 5.

You get some good view of the big birds landing and taking off there...
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

Nice.. Where I live you can see up to 15 planes circling Heathrow at a time.on a nice clear day...At night they look like moving stars but Ive never though of moving toward the A4 ( Bath Rd) to shoot them

Very clear shots
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

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I will be passing that way tommorrow - mum lives near terminal 5.

You get some good view of the big birds landing and taking off there...
Didnt know any one actually lived near T5 I just see it off the M25!!
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

Like the second one... what lense you using for these?
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

the jumbo's the best plane and looks the best picture some nice shots mate!
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

i like the jumbo shot, best of the lot IMO
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Thanks for all the nice comments. These were taken using a Nikon D80 with the 18-135 kit lens. I like the shot of the BA jumbo, but I only just got in frame hence the tight crop. As for the others I have cropped all tight to keep the file size within limits.

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Old 18-07-2007, 8:23 AM   #10
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

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Like the second one... what lense you using for these?
Nikon D80 with AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED.

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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

Nice shots. Like the composition of the little plane myself.

Can't remember the name of the road as I haven't been down it in a while, could be A4. It's the one that goes in to London and has a PC World on it near Brentford? I seem to remember going down there and seeing a jumbo coming in and due to the perspective it looked like it was just about to knock chimneys off the roofs of houses on the street. I'd have thought a long lens and some patience could get you a nice shot showing some sort of scale as well. .....mmmm....got me thinking....

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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

Sorry about this but......

They're all underexposed and the RJ isn't sharp at all.
More practice necessary.
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

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Sorry about this but......

They're all underexposed and the RJ isn't sharp at all.
More practice necessary.
All of them??.. Not on my monitor

Perfect ?.no ., Worthy of posting.. ? Definitely
Can be improved on ?Yes... I agree with practice and some PP
but
All underexposed.. ?? No Sir
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Old 18-07-2007, 1:36 PM   #14
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

OK, never mind.
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Old 18-07-2007, 3:30 PM   #15
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

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OK, never mind.
Dont be like that..

If you can improve them in software Im sure the OP wont mind a play in Photoshop .. we all have something to learn
but
Sincerly they dont all look underexposed on my monitor, TBH a little dull but that and any lack of sharpness ( not on the Jumbo, 777 and Airbus) could just as easily be due to compressing for the web

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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

I agree the Luxair RJ could have been sharper, but I think the sky makes the shot.

I resisted the temptation to do any PP in either NX or Elements other than cropping. I think it is sometimes to easy to boost colours to an artificial level.

I suppose it is down to personal taste - one man's pink is anothers cerise

Thanks for the comments, good and not so good.

John

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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

You'll need a wider lens when the A380 starts landing there
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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

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I agree the Luxair RJ could have been sharper, but I think the sky makes the shot.
Ouite so
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I resisted the temptation to do any PP in either NX or Elements other than cropping. I think it is sometimes to easy to boost colours to an artificial level.
Actually If you are going to post on the internet, the compression alone makes a case for PP .. If say, like me you shoot RAW there is no avoiding some PP of sorts...perfectly valid IMO..
No amount of enhancement can rescue a truly crap shot..they get deleted

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I suppose it is down to personal taste - one man's pink is anothers cerise
Absolutely however
Im all for .. "its not that great" but Id rather that were followed by "this is what I would do"

Thanks for sharing

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Re: Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

This evening on my way back from Hounslow I remembered this thread and moved off the Bath Road (A4) to LHR Perimeter Rd.. Stopped to take a few planes landing and realised how hard it was to get very good ones! ( especially without prior thoughts of doing so)

Rather than open a new thread I thought Id just pop them here as it really is the same theme.. Remember this was not planned and I was "expected" at home ASAP so if they are rubbish just feel free to say so..!











cut off its tail


The full monty !!



It was fun to do I guess Ill have to go again with a proper plan in mind!
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