Igor, Geologist's seat over the Atlantic. In front of the wings and on the shady side of the plane. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Igor Roshchin<[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks everybody for your kind words. > > Luiz, > I was playing with various crops, and this was the most ghm.. powerful, > I guess. At least so I thought at the time of playing with it. > There are a few reasons for that: > "8" is naturally inscribed in a elongated (non-square) rectangle. > Another point is that I wanted to keep the bottom "spiraling out" > part, while having the center of the "8" in the middle. That's why > I didn't remove the buildings at the top. > > It was taken from a large commercial jet (MD-80 or Boeing 737) > on the approach for landing at DFW airport. > Whenever I am flying I usually try to get a window seat in the front > of the economy class, so that the view down is not obstructed by > the wings. Also, for some cities I have a favorite side. > E.g. flying to/from San Diego, - I take the left side > (great view of downtown at the extent of your hand distance for normal > landing, and nice overview of the bay and the down town on take off > if flying East). Flying to JFK - left side, flying from JFK - right > side. Flying to Chicago (ORD), - coming from West Coast, - right side - > depending on the landing route (which varies), - sometimes you get nice > views of the downtown, (albeit from a distance, but still a nice view). > I don't remember for sure about flying to Boston, - I think I had better > views on the left side. Flying from Boston, - right side - nice > view of downtown. > > Does anybody else has any similar preferences/hints for other cities > anywhere around the world? > (I'll be flying to Turin, Italy with a connection in Paris, CDG in about > a week - any recommendations?) > > > Igor > > > Wed Sep 2 12:55:20 CDT 2009 > Luiz Felipe wrote: > >> Igor's eight is very interesting, wonder about a square-ish crop leaving >> the buildings out and trimming a little of the bottom, too. Were you >> flying a small plane? Very well done. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
