Show us your best shots from 35,000 feet!

[Chris_D]

how do you guys manage this? i always get banged next to the wing, and so I've never had a chance to try. What sort of settings?

In this case, I flew British Airways, checked in online, and chose a seat forward of the wing (more because I was able to have the seat at the front of Economy Class with the same legroom as Business Class, but it worked out well for the photos too ).

I haven't yet taken an SLR on a flight, so I can't comment on settings.

 

[Just Dave]

monkeh

 

[timr]

An aerial shots thread and I am banned!?!

There wouldn't be much left of you once you'd reached 35,000 feet with your motor Gary

In other news, your photos have prompted me to take up paramotoring, so I've booked myself on a course next month!!

 

[Woodsy]

I'm yet to go up that high... Will you accept a shot taken from about about 1/10th that height?

 

[chris321]

Mine was my entry into the competition last month, this one of Afghanistan!

 

[wez130]

not my pic, but i love this one...

http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dubai-clouds.jpg

 

[timr]

Wez that is astonishing!

 

[Matt T]

Over Greenland on the way to Toronto.

Love your take on it, makes a change from all the wing shots, and its wonderfully exposed (inside and outside window)

The above cityscape cant be real can it??? Looks amazing

 

[CopeImages]

Cant make my mind up which is best LOL

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cheers Chris

If I was on a commercial flight and had these boys tracking us so close I'd be mighty worried someone on board was about to do something he/she shouldn't and I don't mean join the mile-high club or smoke in the lavs..

 

[foodpoison]

If I was on a commercial flight and had these boys tracking us so close I'd be mighty worried someone on board was about to do something he/she shouldn't and I don't mean join the mile-high club or smoke in the lavs..

Use their Nintendo DS during take off or landing?

 

[Freester]

Late submission from me:

 

[FeTT]

A few from my flight to St Lucia last year

#1 Boeing 747-400 wingtip

#2 Not a great photo but for some reason I like it

#3 Not sure what Island this was passed over it not long before landing in St Lucia

#4 Same island as above I think

Sean

 

[MisterE]

This lot were taken on a flight to Hong Kong, crossing Siberia, Mongolia and China. I think the first three are Siberia region. They originally had gps info embedded but it has been removed at some point during processing history. I'll put its restoration on the list of things to do.

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Here I think we're in to Mongolia

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More to follow later

 

[68lbs]

An aerial shots thread and I am banned!?!

Take heart... at least you get airborne... I've only been in a plane once in my 40 years on this planet (well, twice if you count coming home) and it was 20 years ago, and only to Paris.

Best I can hope for is set the camera on timer and throw it as high as I can in the air!

 

[Sandds]

Hi all.

Here's one taken with my SE C905 camera phone heading over The Alps into Genoa recently;

 

[MisterE]

Now we're over Mongolia

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The next two show some sort of encampment, probably military. Totally isolated and no other signs of life as far as the eye could see.

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Northern China now

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[Fred Dawson]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/424244055_caa96652fb_o.jpg

Most of the Isle of Wight

 

[Fred Dawson]

 

[corky]

Heading west along the south coast of lake Ontario

 

[erding]

Reykjavik, Iceland

 

[Dom_Cabarete]

just out of common interest i fly all the time but i never get the camera out and im due for a 9 hour flight in march. What lens do you use? Id like to see if it varies

 

[Yv]

Took this one with the then new D300 on a flight out of Dublin in October 08. Might have pp'd it a little

Got a few more on the flight in, when not sat over the wing, but they still reside on my laptop, so this thread has reminded me to move them onto main puter, may post some soon.

 

[MisterE]

These were taken somewhere north of Bucharest and Budapest

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[Wail]

A thread that needs a bump

 

[reddeathdrinker]

I've one or two...

Somewhere over the North Sea on the way from Aberdeen to Newcastle in a Saab 2000...


Couple of Nimrod wings...

 

[MisterE]

Nice ones. Get those Nimrod pics before they get scrapped!

 

[doozie]

The last two look like they were taken whilst hanging out of the window

 

[ruvor]

coming in to land at Queenstown, NZ

 

[mobilevirgin]

Mount Everest - Buddha Air

 

[Guy Fawkes]

This is my attempt -> flying into Alicante airport, the Rock of Calpe can just be seen in the distance.

 

[nikc1]

one when flying back from Olu Deniz last summer. (Dalaman to Edinburgh).

 

[Naboo32]

one when flying back from Olu Deniz last summer. (Dalaman to Edinburgh).

Love that ! I'd gladly hang that on my wall (Mark Rothko, eat your heart out ).

 

[Just Dave]

Another One from me,

Chitzen Itsa Mayan Pyramid Mexico, Julie calls it Chicken Pizza

 

[Dark Star]

Now I get it

 

[a1ex2001]

If I was on a commercial flight and had these boys tracking us so close I'd be mighty worried someone on board was about to do something he/she shouldn't and I don't mean join the mile-high club or smoke in the lavs..

My old man was on a comercail flight over Russia and they had a mig escort at about that range, they hung around for 10-20 minutes and then just shot off. He's got some old film shots at home somewhere, the passengers were not sure wether to take pics or pray apparently.

 

[Just Dave]

Now I get it

 

[nikc1]

Love that ! I'd gladly hang that on my wall (Mark Rothko, eat your heart out ).

Thanks for the compliment! i already have it hanging on my wall!!
it was taken with a canon A720is..

 

[sowen6]

I fly all over the place and am usual on a plane every other week or so, why oh why have I never tried this!!!!!!:bang::bang::bang:

These are great!!! I WILL be trying this next week!!

 

[sidxms]

These were taken on a trip to Peru so somewhere over South america and the islands are possibly like West indies or something

 

[mrsamo]

Here's a shot over Australia :

and :

And yes they were from the kit lenses.