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Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:42 am
by UrsaMajor
In May of this year I was on a business trip which involved a change of planes at the Atlanta airport that took place at about sunset. Looking out the terminal window, I saw an image that I found appealing - which is not a surprise since I have been making my living in the aerospace industry for over 50 years.
Since I had my NEX-6 around my neck, all I had to do to capture the image that I wanted was to take a few steps to one side to change the horizontal angle slightly, squat down a little bit to change the vertical angle slightly, thank the airport staff for keeping the windows clean, and press the shutter.
The result is now the wallpaper on my computer screen at work, and is shown below. It may not be anything special to most people, but it is very satisfying to this engineering geek who also happens to be a photo enthusiast.
- Tom -
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:20 am
by Birma
That's a cracking shot Tom, and a nice advert for the Nex 6 with its kit lens. It combines the beautiful sunset with the airport paraphernalia really well.
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:54 pm
by Greg Beetham
I'm up for a plane photo anytime, I was trying to guess what that one was, a 737 variant maybe?
Nice photo.
Greg
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:23 pm
by UrsaMajor
Greg Beetham wrote:I'm up for a plane photo anytime, I was trying to guess what that one was, a 737 variant maybe?
Nice photo.
It is a Boeing 757.
The easy way to tell the difference from the 737 series is that the 737 aircraft all have very short landing gear and the fuselage is closer to the ground. In addition, as a consequence of the low ground clearance, the 737 aircraft have engine inlets that look like they are dented inward on the bottom, rather than pure circular inlets.
With best wishes,
- Tom -
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:43 pm
by david antony
Wonderful captureTom. Nice bit of info re difference.
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:53 pm
by mark111
Love that photo, well captured such a beautiful sunset
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:30 am
by Dr. Harout
A very nice shot.
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:43 am
by Greg Beetham
UrsaMajor wrote:
The easy way to tell the difference from the 737 series is that the 737 aircraft all have very short landing gear and the fuselage is closer to the ground. In addition, as a consequence of the low ground clearance, the 737 aircraft have engine inlets that look like they are dented inward on the bottom, rather than pure circular inlets.
With best wishes,
- Tom -
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Ah yes of course, that’s the thing was I was subconsciously missing, the flat bottoms on the fan intakes. When they went from the earlier smaller diameter engines up to the much larger diameter intake fan engines on the later 737’s the bottom of the engine was then much closer to the ground, which of course aren’t present on the plane in the photo.
Something else didn’t look right either, the nose wasn’t pointy enough I think.
Actually I don’t think there are any 757’s in service here with any airline and that’s rather odd, Boeing usually manage to sell at least some of a given model to one airline or another here.
Maybe it was the Airbus penetration into the aviation scene here that was responsible…hard to say.
Greg
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:17 pm
by aster
Nice photo, Thomas.
I love planes and that can take to the air, manufactured or otherwise. A sunset shot with a plane in it is a lot better to enjoy. : )
Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz
Re: Sunset Flight
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:59 am
by caporip
Nicely done