On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:36 -0400, "Igor Roshchin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brian, > > I've done that once, 4 years ago. > > Overall, I was underwhelmed about the photo opportunities. > A few reasons for that is that 1) the "glass" (plastic top) of the > cabin is rather scratched and dirty, and 2) the visibility to the things > below you is limited, and seems to be even smaller than what you get on > board of a commercial passenger plane. > The only exception to the latter was that the pilot could make a turn > for me, - exposing some views while the plane was tilted. > But even then, the wing and other parts of the plane were often in the > way. > I think, I'd be more happy to do photoshoots from the pilot's cabin > of a light (small charter) jet. If only I was that reach! (or had > good friends with such resources.) > > I am not sure what plane you'll be on, but here is a photo of a > single-motor Cessna 172 that I was in: > http://flightaware.com/photos/view/29032-5ced495b5043a9dbfb39caefcc5be368def9e2e5/aircraft/N5400J/sort/votes/page/1 > > > Also, it will be very noisy inside the plane. I hope that you'll have > the working headphones so that you can communicate with the pilot. > Otherwise, make sure you have good earphones (to protect from the > noise), and work out some agreements and signs with the pilot - > what maneuvers s/he can do and how you can ask for them. > > For some reason, the color gamma of the photos was a bit too green. I am > not sure if it was the result of the plastic or just the scenery. >
Thanks, Igor. The plane will be something similar - possibly a Cessna 210. I guess I'll just have to blast away and see how we go. I don't expect photographic masterpieces - it's more the 'experience'. Marg will have the ist DS and I'll be using the K200D - she will probably end up with better photos than me..... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > On 8 July 2011 08:45, Brian Walters <supera1000 at fastmail.fm> wrote: > > G'day all > > > > In a few weeks my wife and I will be heading off to Central Australia. > > On the way we plan to take a flight over Lake Eyre* in a light > > aircraft. > > > > I've never photographed from a plane before so I'm wondering is there > > any special "gotchas" I should be aware of. Lens choices, shutter > > speeds, filters, etc.... > > > > Any advice will be gratefully received. > > > > -- > 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. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- 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.
