gonzalu
2010-11-30, 01:36 AM
Made the trip up to my sister's this year for Thanksgiving (we alternate years) and decided it was time to pop the cherry at KALB. My sister has lived in Albany and/or near it for the last 20 years or so and I have never spotted nor taken pictures there. Closest I came was while at a birthday party at a place near runway 1. Anyway, I can;t imagine what I have missed the last twnty years. It is not as exciting as LGA or JFK or EWR of course but it has a sort of nice flow of traffic and one can get lucky with an odd KC-10 or C-130 or 767 cargo as I have been told by my brother in law. Of course Air Force One landed here too which makes for nice interesting ideas of a 747 taking off on RWY 28 :cool:
Anyhow, 28 has to be the sweetest place to shot from rwy 10. I don't know any other airport in the US with this sort of photo op... (but then again I am not the best judge LOL)
The weather was weird. really Sunny for like 20 minutes after I got there and then it covered up and it actually snowed hard enough, two planes had to abort a landing and go to RWY 19 for an ILS approach. So I did not get much good quality light.
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My D2Xs often misses focus at extreme distances at full magnification. Both these shots are front focused just a bit so not sharp at all :mad:
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7869/1109505950_WaVh4-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7904/1109506011_uSxww-O.jpg
UPS 757 from CT and FedEx 727 regulars. I don;t think they move much :cool:
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7925/1109506048_Tsdyz-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7943/1109506175_sifMY-O.jpg
see what I meant about the light?
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7990/1109506219_zL9hr-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC8009/1109506293_ikor5-O.jpg
This Colgan Air was stuck at the end of 28 ready to takeoff for over 30 minutes and was told by ATC that EWR was closed due to high winds? It was odd but they did not return to the gate.
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0936/1109506474_DBBhF-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0944/1109506503_pbj23-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0949/1109506672_TZHb3-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1004/1109506684_RtmRS-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1013/1109506891_Rnm9s-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0993/1109506739_XaMAi-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1055/1109507069_iurK2-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1041/1109507099_wwzGa-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1070/1109507102_4tHz4-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1109/1109507274_mJEkD-O.jpg
Accidentally got the Stop Sign to land on the wheel!
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1083/1109507349_oiRbx-O.jpg
...and some other shots from the entrance of the Army National Guard Unit there...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1113/1109507417_bBqjB-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1117/1109507459_6FF9i-O.jpg
Anyhow, 28 has to be the sweetest place to shot from rwy 10. I don't know any other airport in the US with this sort of photo op... (but then again I am not the best judge LOL)
The weather was weird. really Sunny for like 20 minutes after I got there and then it covered up and it actually snowed hard enough, two planes had to abort a landing and go to RWY 19 for an ILS approach. So I did not get much good quality light.
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My D2Xs often misses focus at extreme distances at full magnification. Both these shots are front focused just a bit so not sharp at all :mad:
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7869/1109505950_WaVh4-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7904/1109506011_uSxww-O.jpg
UPS 757 from CT and FedEx 727 regulars. I don;t think they move much :cool:
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7925/1109506048_Tsdyz-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7943/1109506175_sifMY-O.jpg
see what I meant about the light?
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC7990/1109506219_zL9hr-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/DSC8009/1109506293_ikor5-O.jpg
This Colgan Air was stuck at the end of 28 ready to takeoff for over 30 minutes and was told by ATC that EWR was closed due to high winds? It was odd but they did not return to the gate.
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0936/1109506474_DBBhF-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0944/1109506503_pbj23-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0949/1109506672_TZHb3-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1004/1109506684_RtmRS-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1013/1109506891_Rnm9s-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG0993/1109506739_XaMAi-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1055/1109507069_iurK2-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1041/1109507099_wwzGa-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1070/1109507102_4tHz4-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1109/1109507274_mJEkD-O.jpg
Accidentally got the Stop Sign to land on the wheel!
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1083/1109507349_oiRbx-O.jpg
...and some other shots from the entrance of the Army National Guard Unit there...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1113/1109507417_bBqjB-O.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/ALB-11272010/MAG1117/1109507459_6FF9i-O.jpg