shamrock838
2007-07-08, 03:50 PM
Greetings,
On a recent foray to the parking lot off Cross Bay Boulevard (JFK Spotting Site A) I caught the usual mid-afternoon departures from 31L.
Later on I noticed an increasing number of departures on 22R … it was one of those &%$# transition times from 31L to 22R. When I realized most of the “heavies” were using 22 I got down to Rockaway Beach by foot and bus just before sunset. The following images were shot with my since-retired EF 100-300mm in fast fading light from about Beach 94th Street to catch the 22 departures … then at some altitude and climbing. [A shooting site perhaps further west would reduce the number of “bellies.”] And … oh … had I got down there an hour sooner …
Anyway … here’s what I got in a strong wind from the SW. Most of these shots were cropped and exposure-enhanced out of necessity.
BTW … the surf was up and the twilight surfers were out in force.
Mike (shamrock838)
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9094a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9100a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9101a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9106a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9107a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9108a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9109a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9120a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9121a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9122a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9123a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9124a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9125a.jpg
On a recent foray to the parking lot off Cross Bay Boulevard (JFK Spotting Site A) I caught the usual mid-afternoon departures from 31L.
Later on I noticed an increasing number of departures on 22R … it was one of those &%$# transition times from 31L to 22R. When I realized most of the “heavies” were using 22 I got down to Rockaway Beach by foot and bus just before sunset. The following images were shot with my since-retired EF 100-300mm in fast fading light from about Beach 94th Street to catch the 22 departures … then at some altitude and climbing. [A shooting site perhaps further west would reduce the number of “bellies.”] And … oh … had I got down there an hour sooner …
Anyway … here’s what I got in a strong wind from the SW. Most of these shots were cropped and exposure-enhanced out of necessity.
BTW … the surf was up and the twilight surfers were out in force.
Mike (shamrock838)
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9094a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9100a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9101a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9106a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9107a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9108a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9109a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9120a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9121a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9122a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9123a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9124a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/ROCKAWAY%20BEACH%20STAND-IN/IMG_9125a.jpg