Aircraft on "finals" at LHR (Large File)

johnaalex · 17-07-2007, 8:21 PM

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

Regards

John

vulkan75 · 17-07-2007, 8:27 PM

#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

SweetGirl · 17-07-2007, 8:33 PM

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...

**senu** · 17-07-2007, 8:46 PM

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

**senu** · 17-07-2007, 8:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SweetGirl

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

!!

Mark123 · 17-07-2007, 9:51 PM

Like the second one... what lense you using for these?

Arcam_boy · 17-07-2007, 9:56 PM

the jumbo's the best plane and looks the best picture some nice shots mate!

jonnypb · 17-07-2007, 10:17 PM

i like the jumbo shot, best of the lot IMO

johnaalex · 18-07-2007, 8:20 AM

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.

Regards

John

johnaalex · 18-07-2007, 8:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark123

Like the second one... what lense you using for these?

Nikon D80 with AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED.

Regards

John

Gordon @ Convergent AV · 18-07-2007, 8:31 AM

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....

G

charliecossie · 18-07-2007, 1:10 PM

Sorry about this but......

They're all underexposed and the RJ isn't sharp at all.
More practice necessary.

**senu** · 18-07-2007, 1:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charliecossie

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

charliecossie · 18-07-2007, 1:36 PM

OK, never mind.

**senu** · 18-07-2007, 3:30 PM

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Originally Posted by charliecossie

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

johnaalex · 18-07-2007, 4:51 PM

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

TeeDoubleUDee · 18-07-2007, 5:00 PM

You'll need a wider lens when the A380 starts landing there

**senu** · 18-07-2007, 9:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnaalex

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

Ouite so

Quote:

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

Quote:

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

**senu** · 18-07-2007, 10:09 PM

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!