Winter pics...

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Here are some from just the other day. We've had some intense snow storms for the whole of Christmas vacation, and was finally able to get out to an airport last week to take a couple of shots. I was hoping to take some friends and family flying sometime in the last two weeks, but unfortunately haven't had a single decent flying day! Of course, now that school starts tomorrow, the weather will be getting better.



Here are some from my house...

This one is actually of my neighbors home in the nice fresh snow.

Here is a big Maple tree alongside our driveway.

Then our little snow-covered windmill.

These next ones were taken at the airport I fly out of, just wondering around when I was there last week.

Cessna 185.

Russian two-seat MiG-17 Fresco

And that same MiG-17 again...

Enjoy.

 

[wallaby]

mm, beautiful snow. the cessna was my favorite picture, good use of black and white.

 

[AdrocK48]

man now they are some really awesome shots! man i wish i was in canada see that for real!

 

[~Mrs. A2J~]

As always awesome pics!

 

[lisah]

I love snow! Russian two-seat MiG-17 Fresco is my favorite of the planes. That one really pops.

The first picture is probably my favorite of the others. The snow covered trees really dwarf the house. It has the feel of a postcard.

Do you ever have trouble with your lens fogging up due to moving from warm to the cold outside?

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Thanks, everyone! Obtaining the photos of the airplanes was a little uncomfortable, having to practiaclly wade through 4 inches of very wet slush... but was worth the shot, I feel.

Lisah - I didn't have any fogging issues in those pictures at all. I left my camera gear in the car over night. Oops. I put my camera and lens through a lot...

On other pictures, however, I have had serious fog issues. Once I noticed it I just turned the camera off, removed the battery and waited for it to clear.

 

[utdbear]

Nice shots of those MiGs and good HDR work on the landscapes. You shooting a 40D?

 

[JCFantasy23]

Incredible pictures!

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Thanks! I'm still shooting with my RebelXT original. I may be upgrading to the 50D soon, though.

 

[utdbear]

Thats awesome, those pics came out really well. Do you spot up at Boeing Field much or do you stay around the smaller airports up there?

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Thank you. I occasionally spot at BFI. Usually it's only while the Blue Angels are in town, for obvious reasons. It's just too far away from where I live to go down there on a regular basis.

Paine Field, however, is only about a 30 minute drive away and during the week day it is quite busy with freshly assembled 747, 767, and 777s. I fly out of Arlington and, as you'll see in my other topic, there is quite a variety of aircraft to shoot up there on the weekends.

I tend to enjoy the smaller airfields more. Since I fly out of a lot of them, they hold a special place in my heart so I like to photograph them most often.

 

[Arch Angel]

Beautiful pictures BBA...Well done! Thank you for sharing....

 

[utdbear]

Thank you. I occasionally spot at BFI. Usually it's only while the Blue Angels are in town, for obvious reasons. It's just too far away from where I live to go down there on a regular basis.

Paine Field, however, is only about a 30 minute drive away and during the week day it is quite busy with freshly assembled 747, 767, and 777s. I fly out of Arlington and, as you'll see in my other topic, there is quite a variety of aircraft to shoot up there on the weekends.

I tend to enjoy the smaller airfields more. Since I fly out of a lot of them, they hold a special place in my heart so I like to photograph them most often.

I've gotten to where I enjoy the small airfields more myself. I am about 60 miles away from KNFW and KAFW where the military jets are, but I'm about 1/2 a mile away from KADS, which is one of the busier private airports, lots of Gulfstreams and Cessna's there. If I get bored I head out to either KDAL or KDFW and shoot the commercials.

 

[white dove]

Here are some from my house...

This one is actually of my neighbors home in the nice fresh snow.

Here is a big Maple tree alongside our driveway.

I like how the dark clouds appear so menacing, yet the sunlight peeks through just enough to create a bit of an interesting contrast.


Your plane pics are the best though.