BRU 25/06/2011

[KriVa]

Let's try this again:
OO-JAH B738 ETA 08.15LT(06.15z) Remark: new Boeing 737-8K5 for Jetairfly with Sky Interior.

ETA subject to change, I'll keep you posted.

[tangolima]

Hello,

OO-JAH will come a little bit later.

You can expect 08.15LT + 1h30min.

Greetings,

[nlspot]

Is the OO-LTM still flying? What times?

[tangolima]

Hello,

Today(24/06) the OO-LTM is still doing some SN flights. But I don't know which one it will operate on the 25th.

Greetings,

[Malaysia]

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Flight   STD   DEPT    DEST  STA
JAF666P  BIKF  0420 	EBBR  0745

[tangolima]

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Flight   STD   DEPT    DEST  STA
JAF666P  BIKF  0420 	EBBR  0745

Hello,

This are UTC times correct?

Greetings,

[Malaysia]

Yes

[arianne]

Landed on the right around 9h20...

[KriVa]

Some pictures from today can be found here(Flickr)

[Established02]

Some pictures from today can be found here(Flickr)

Wow KriVa, I'm impressed by the light and sharpness of those cockpit pictures. What's your recipe?

[sn26567]

Is the OO-LTM still flying? What times?

OO-LTM on approach right now, flight SN3170 from Naples

[andorra-airport]

Wow KriVa, I'm impressed by the light and sharpness of those cockpit pictures. What's your recipe?

His recipe? A semi-fast lens, 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4.1 I do not mean this negative. I realy like his photo's too!!!

[nlspot]

My Request of today:

757 American Airlines

[tangolima]

My Request of today:

757 American Airlines

Hello,

Your answer of today N198AA

Greetings,

[KriVa]

My recipe? Knowing how to use a flash creatively and efficiently. Instead of just nuking your subject with a bare flash head on, try to bounce it using something big and pale, put something between the flash and the subject, go wild. In the case of a 737 flight deck, the aft overhead panel will do just fine, or the bulkhead behind the seats, or the flight deck door,...
I always carry a couple of pieces of A3 paper with me, folded away they don't take up much space, and they make great improvised bounce cards.
But the most important part: Practice. Try to get the picture in you head, and often you will get something you didn't expect, that's a great way to learn.

What I do, well... The way I do it, can be accomplished with way cheaper equipment, instead of that fancy D700 of mine. You can get the exact same results, except for the high-ISO performance, with a D5100 if you wish. It'll take you longer to get your settings right though. But if there's no pressure, who cares?
Of course, I do some post-processing, but I won't edit a picture if I don't like the way it came out of the camera. I keep post-processing to a minimum, and try to make sure I fix what I can before I take the shot, so I don't spend too much time in Photoshop or Lightroom. I will look at the pictures I don't really like and think about what I could've done better. Often, that's the best way to learn

P.S.: Don't try to follow any of those "golden rules", go nuts, try something completely different, completely wrong even, and see where that takes you. You'll learn a lot more this way.

Should you have read my post this far, care to guess how old the lens is I took these pictures with? Or even how much it cost me? I think you'll be surprised by the answer

[MIVB-reiziger]

My recipe? Knowing how to use a flash creatively and efficiently. Instead of just nuking your subject with a bare flash head on, try to bounce it using something big and pale, put something between the flash and the subject, go wild. In the case of a 737 flight deck, the aft overhead panel will do just fine, or the bulkhead behind the seats, or the flight deck door,...
I always carry a couple of pieces of A3 paper with me, folded away they don't take up much space, and they make great improvised bounce cards.
But the most important part: Practice. Try to get the picture in you head, and often you will get something you didn't expect, that's a great way to learn.

What I do, well... The way I do it, can be accomplished with way cheaper equipment, instead of that fancy D700 of mine. You can get the exact same results, except for the high-ISO performance, with a D5100 if you wish. It'll take you longer to get your settings right though. But if there's no pressure, who cares?
Of course, I do some post-processing, but I won't edit a picture if I don't like the way it came out of the camera. I keep post-processing to a minimum, and try to make sure I fix what I can before I take the shot, so I don't spend too much time in Photoshop or Lightroom. I will look at the pictures I don't really like and think about what I could've done better. Often, that's the best way to learn

P.S.: Don't try to follow any of those "golden rules", go nuts, try something completely different, completely wrong even, and see where that takes you. You'll learn a lot more this way.

Should you have read my post this far, care to guess how old the lens is I took these pictures with? Or even how much it cost me? I think you'll be surprised by the answer

The classical rule: 90% of the result isn't determined by the equipment, but rather by who's standing behind it... the same goes for trouble btw

[Established02]

Thanks for these comments, Kriva. It shows you're creative and passionate about this hobby.

> Knowing how to use a flash creatively and efficiently.

I was actually thinking that most of these cockpit pictures were probably taken without flash (as I could not see any flash shadows) and thus I was indeed expecting the use of fancy equipment!

> care to guess how old the lens is I took these pictures with? Or even how much it cost me? I

10 years & 100 EUR

[KriVa]

By "bouncing" your flash (not lighting the subject directly aka. "nuking" it), you create a MUCH bigger light source, which reduces the shadows a lot. I won't go in to too much detail, but just try it and you will see what I'm on about

As for the price and age thing... The lens was made in 1987 and cost me about 10-15 EUR (and a pint )
Just goes to show you don't need all that fancy equipment to take decent photos, a lot is down to the photographer.

[Established02]

just try it and you will see what I'm on about

As you say, it's a matter of practice. Oefening baart kunst!

> you don't need all that fancy equipment to take decent photos, a lot is down to the photographer.

Absolutely.