Bruspotter wrote:
Nice work!!! Skystef , which lens did you used for taking this shot? Or which ways to enlarge (optical zoom in combination with lens or something...?)
thx as well Y,
lens is still the Sigma 50-500mm, all contrail shots taken @ 500mm. When cropping to get the plane "in front", the 6,1 million pixels does help. Cruising planes which are a bit lower give very good results, especially the "zenith shots". But the max for contrails self are the distant shots with rising or setting Sun. So there is hope for U2 Avro.
I wonder what a (manual) converter 2x will give, perhaps I will go for that as well in future. Anyone with experience?
Ok , thanks very much Skystef , now I know something. Wow! You can even take those shots with a 500mm? Really cool!!! One day I really must have that to ! :P:P
Idd , very nice when the sun rises or sets. Some days I have to catch the bus of 0627 leaving oevel to herentals. And if it's good weather it's just awsome beautiful seeing that red line on the horizon with the red/blue clouds in front of it!!!! NICE!!!
Thx folks, and also thx for info EHAM, it was indeed heading the way of EHEH.
Unbelievable Dave that you pictured the CX744 too, but 2 minutes earlier.
Today, Sept 24, the weather conditions were less impressive due to radiation.
At 1555LT a monstrous aircraft was cruising S, unmistakable ANA's JA8962,
which I nailed in my backyard at a reasonable horizontal distance.
There are two kinds of contrails: the classic "engine exhaust contrail" and the "aerodynamic contrail". The latter is "a cloud" due to reduction of pressure. They are often seen at the ends of wings as quick dissipating wake vortices. But sometimes when the air is almost saturated they may form huge (lasting) contrails just above & behind the aircraft.
This pic shows what I mean, a climbing DAL B767-300 cruising W with combination of a huge aerodynamical contrail and a weaker exhaust contrail.
Brief visit in the backyard on October 1, but worthfull:
Air France B744 cruising N at 1458LT with huge aerodynamical & exhaust contrail .
Global Supply B744 cruising W at 1508LT with small contrail at distance (not on pic).
TNT A300 at 1513LT low cruising W without contrail which presumable t/o from EBLG.
As contrail is "a cloud" it was on my web, by the jury of me myself and I, promoted to the weatherpicture of the month.
For a closer inspection, just press on the picture of October.
on October 3 (on P-day) there was an Hercules cruising NW around 1337LT.
It was presumable from the Canadian Air Force, but would like some confirmation.
Any helping hand (with ACCAR report?) would be appreciated.
Today, October 10, turned out to be a relative good dot spotting day. There was some radiation around the midnoon period. There were even some airplanes which could be read off:
A330-200 OE-LAM of Austrian cruising W around 1248LT.
OK-DGL the special B737-500 of CSA passing W around 1411LT.
F50 PH-LXJ, one of the several KLM's Fokkers a day cruising SE, this one around 1440LT.
And around 1838LT a Classic B747 in the basic colors of Atlas Air cruising W.
I guess this could be N508MC or N509MC.
:P:P 
