Thank you for the kind words, Doug.
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Thank you for the kind words, Doug.
You've certainly been making good use of your free time down there! I particularly enjoy the photos that are taken when the light is RED and the others that show the terminal/shipping environment in the background. I've never shot at SYD, but it's nice to see they have some elevated points to shoot from. That always adds to the dramatic nature of a photo.
And.. DAMN. This photo:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/...01a5b9dc_b.jpg
Hah, thank you so much! They certainly get some stunning light early in the morning, and I have been told the number of mornings I have gotten with south winds and sunshine is unique, as it usually brings the rain and clouds. These elevated shots are from the new Rydges rooftop deck, and while not free as I have said, I fully believe it to be worth the minimal expense- no different that paying parking at JFK or IAD.
And I appreciate the kind words about that shot of VH-OGG, I was thrilled when she rotated so early!
Time for the catches from the latter half of April and the first few days of May. A bit of a quiet period for me, due to illness, but I made it out a few times.
Samsung's Global Express arriving in the pre-sunrise blue hour
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/...2f60cb02_b.jpgIMG_2130_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
A Jet I had been after for a long while, Qantas Freight's sole 767-300ER freighter
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5313/...32ff96a9_b.jpgIMG_2197_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Face-to-face with a Dash-8
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/...3a69fb46_b.jpgIMG_2230_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/...3ec12c3e_b.jpgIMG_2232_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/...e688338e_b.jpgIMG_2245_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/...0ebf981d_b.jpgIMG_2257_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
One of the many Virgin Australia liveries
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/...b811531c_b.jpgIMG_2274_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
This mysterious all-white A343 apparently runs a charter from Afghanistan to Australia for the local military. Operated under callsign "Aussie". Seen here leaving for Brisbane I believe
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/...a08bf292_b.jpgIMG_2328_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Qantas pilots are now saying the 763s may be gone by end of this year, not 2015 as previously stated. Nothing official yet, though
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/...7a046b35_b.jpgIMG_2343_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Nice looking Falcon
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/...0fa51a1f_b.jpgIMG_2359_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
The "Qantas" 744Fs
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/...133a91f9_b.jpgIMG_2463_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And the target for this afternoon, killed by unforcasted clouds
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/...5ddd0d93_b.jpgIMG_2574_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Cheers!
Nick
That falcon is money! check yer PMs boss
Another fantastic set there, Nick!
Even more cool stuff, Nick!
Thanks, guys!
I guess it is time for me to report back in after another week-ish worth of life down under. This time I actually have a pretty large amount of (what I think to be) decent quality stuff for y'all! So I will just dive right in.
First up, Wings Over Illawarra airshow. Cancelled due to extremely high winds, some decent shots were still had. This first jet made it well worth the price of admission and long trip to the show.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/...2cd921ab_b.jpgIMG_2783_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/...b72560e6_b.jpgIMG_2797_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/...f99182a5_b.jpgIMG_2845_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
She also brought a plain looking sister-ship
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/...310a57e3_b.jpgIMG_2869_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Some general aviation stuff flew in before they closed down the show
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/...50aa7b24_b.jpgIMG_2726_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5457/...7f6e7409_b.jpgIMG_2678_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/...4430e9fa_b.jpgIMG_2658_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2934/...b9468e80_b.jpgIMG_2648_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/...638c2e7c_b.jpgIMG_2598_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/...4412f59d_b.jpgIMG_2908_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Then it was back to SYD, where the rare 25 departures were in use due to the strong winds. A slight delay due to the 25 usage and the different vantage point allowed for some slightly-less-crap lit photos of Scoot and Fiji than have henceforth been possible
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/...9ca7c1c2_b.jpgIMG_2969_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/...cd45869e_b.jpgIMG_2989_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5073/...1590490f_b.jpgIMG_2938_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Then it was a race over to the Rydges Hotel rooftop
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/...bd21b1bf_b.jpgIMG_3042_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/...18a27b81_b.jpgIMG_3026_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7326/...cf308f2d_b.jpgIMG_3194_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5032/...184c07a8_b.jpgIMG_3174_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
The runway 25 departures were very unique from the rooftop
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/...a19cd75e_b.jpgIMG_8833_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/...fa6ff8fa_b.jpgIMG_3155_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
This flight normally leaves rather early in the morning, so this was a rare opportunity
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/...11184419_b.jpgIMG_3137_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5276/...12ea642a_b.jpgIMG_3071_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Finally got my re-match with the RAAF BBJ
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/...73125fd2_b.jpgIMG_8905_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/...246023aa_b.jpgIMG_8862_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Here goes Tom Cruise's Gulfstream
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/...3514e86f_b.jpgIMG_8820_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And the ability to check ZK-OKC off my "To Shoot" list a scarce 48 hours after I first saw her
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/...0566d8de_b.jpgIMG_8881 by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And finally, out briefly the next day for Virgin Atlantic's last flight and a shot I had been after for a while.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/...e2803f0d_b.jpgIMG_9102_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/...f7939eb1_b.jpgIMG_9067_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
I had no idea how quickly a 747 could get off the ground and climb until this flight, an empty ferry hop minus the hour worth of fuel needed to get to Brisbane, rocketed off of 34L
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/...40988f1a_b.jpgIMG_9054_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Here went Virgin Atlantic's last departure from Sydney. Lots of locals came out for the last day, it was clear that she will be missed by the spotters and enthusiasts alike
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/...f682f6c3_b.jpgIMG_8999_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And since Jared has already sworn to never talk to me again ;)
A photo I had in mind since I first shot the Etihad A340-600 from Rydges back in March, A6-EHJ and the weather were kind enough to finally oblige me
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/...a459131f_b.jpgIMG_9037_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
I hope you enjoyed!
Cheers,
Nick
love it !!!
Thanks 727C47!
Another week another update. Since the regular traffic has been well documented, just a few to cease boring you all with duplicates.
There is talk of this one losing this wonderful livery in the coming weeks, so I was thrilled to finally catch her in the air
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/...bf18cd4f_b.jpgIMG_9275_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Fiji only has one of these 737-700s, and I had never seen her depart 34L before. Lucky catch for me to say the least
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/...5958c8c2_b.jpgIMG_9241_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Finally caught the Thai 747 departure! Lots of weird runway swaps had prevented it up until this point.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/...2188e28f_b.jpgIMG_9345_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Having bagged the new Air New Zealand livery, I wanted to grab a good shot of the old one too. ZK-OKE got up really fast for the quick hop to Auckland
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/...7788870c_b.jpgIMG_1508 by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And last light on a QF A332
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/...27887d23_b.jpgIMG_9476_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Cheers!
Some more images from another week down under
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2896/...21f7ab30_b.jpgIMG_9950_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/...1f1211ea_b.jpgIMG_9904_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2936/...e658d4c1_b.jpgIMG_9866_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/...9f4f307f_b.jpgIMG_9831_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/...f5f0cd6f_b.jpgIMG_9813_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
The final Qantas 747 I needed photos of.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2928/...59a01470_b.jpgIMG_9751_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Rocking the new World Cup Decals
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/...9a5bf3a0_b.jpgIMG_9633_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/...4db01664_b.jpgIMG_0002_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
And one final image from the week before last, of VH-OJL departing on her last revenue round trip, to Singapore. She retired today flying SYD-LAX-VCV
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/...0105e9e9_b.jpgIMG_9258_filtered by Nicholas Peterman, on Flickr
Great shots and planes - you'll get there a pretty good collection of planes.
I wish, some more special planes Qantas would send to JFK.
Nick where are all the shots of the beautiful Australian women! Their accents drive me nuts!
Awesome shots from the last few weeks
Nice shots Nick, that A332 last light shot is incredible!