JFK 02/23/2011

[gonzalu]

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[eric8669]

Nice Shots...

I couldn't make it out today.

[MarkLawrence]

Nice shots Manny!! Love my fav South African!! :)

[gonzalu]

Nice Shots...

I couldn't make it out today.

I was wondering why I was all alone the whole time I was there by The Mounds :biggrin:


Nice shots Manny!! Love my fav South African!! :)

Thanks Mark... that shot is soft unfortunately :frown: I guess it was heat shimmer or what not... but I just adore that angle. Only way to get that shot any other way would be to have a spot closer to the ground and a quicker turn... or an air to air situation LOL.

[steve1840]

Nice shots Manny. Definitely just made up my mind for me if they are using the 4s next time I come down. If they are, I am definitely focusing on departures after seeing those angles. Were you up on the mounds or on the other end of the soccer field for those shots?

[Roush6NY]

Awesome set Manny !!!! I see you finally caught the PSA in action

[RomNYC]

I love how the Mounds offer great angles for departures. Now if I could learn how to shoot...

Great set Manny.

[Zee71]

Popped in after work and here are some of mine. Manny.....great catch on the PSA and was that cat spotting (probably spotting for field mice)?. The late afternoon light was fantastic, unfortunately I couldn't stay that long.

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[NIKV69]

That cat is always at the mounds! He rocks!

[gonzalu]

Thanks guys...

Yes, the cat is a regular but I had not seen her in a while. 'Twas nice to see our friend.

I was in my car by the telephone pole at the end of the wooden fence to the field. When something interesting took off (and if they were using the full length of the runway) I'd get out and move to the sidewalk by the fence (to avoid the heat of the car) and shoot and sneak back in.

I was in my work suit and dress shoes so I was not about to head into the mounds hahaha.

The PSa was a surprise as I did not look for it by the BAW terminal 7 :-( and all the small guys were above me. I would have used Woodmere Park had I known she was around.

[TSGSpotting]

Nice shots guys! Emirates is my favorite!

[gonzalu]

Mark nice abuse of the gorgeous light yesterday :cool: It was really hard to leave in the middle of the day

[ANITIX87]

Great stuff, as always! I presume the departure shots were taken from Woodmere Park, and not the Mounds (to clarify, for those who may be confused)?

Or, it could be that I'm wrong, which is not uncommon...though I've never seen that angle from the Mounds.

TIS

[Zee71]

It was a truly gorgeous day yesterday. I wish I could have been out spotting all day. On the bright side........there will be plenty of opportunities..........the weather is getting warmer, days are longer, and a bunch of vacation days on tap.

[steve1840]

It was a truly gorgeous day yesterday. I wish I could have been out spotting all day. On the bright side........there will be plenty of opportunities..........the weather is getting warmer, days are longer, and a bunch of vacation days on tap.

I cannot wait for the warmer and longer days to get here so I can head down again. I've been checking the arrivals schedules into JFK lately to find out what I can see once it starts staying light later. Does anything really change depending on the seasons there in NYC. What I mean is, do the flight times, or frequency change during spring and summer, etc for the over seas flights?

[gonzalu]

Great stuff, as always! I presume the departure shots were taken from Woodmere Park, and not the Mounds (to clarify, for those who may be confused)?

Or, it could be that I'm wrong, which is not uncommon...though I've never seen that angle from the Mounds.

TIS


Antonis,

I really don;t like Woodmere that much because it is such a hassle to get to :-( so unless I must, I will use The Mounds.

The Mounds is bad usually for small or cargo aircraft but the foreign heavies always deliver :-) Besides, you could get away with a 70-200 on a crop sensor for a frame fill... but, if you're after domestics, Woodmere is your best bet for 4L departures.

BTW, Woodmere is a quite distant from 4L if you care about image quality and putting as many pixels as possible on a plane... for photography's sake, Woodmere is not that great (for me anyway) For pure spotting, it is much more flexible than The Mounds for departures.

[gonzalu]

I cannot wait for the warmer and longer days to get here so I can head down again. I've been checking the arrivals schedules into JFK lately to find out what I can see once it starts staying light later. Does anything really change depending on the seasons there in NYC. What I mean is, do the flight times, or frequency change during spring and summer, etc for the over seas flights?

Frequency will certainly change.. more volume in summer. But the regulars will likely stick to their time tables as people count ton them being on time the same time everyday. You may just get added traffic.

I know from experience flying out of JFK, in the summer, I am stuck on the taxiways much longer than in winter flights.

[steve1840]

Frequency will certainly change.. more volume in summer. But the regulars will likely stick to their time tables as people count ton them being on time the same time everyday. You may just get added traffic.

I know from experience flying out of JFK, in the summer, I am stuck on the taxiways much longer than in winter flights.

Great! Thanks Manny, Would definitely like to catch more international flights. Hopefully that means even more added variety on the quipment used as well. Not that there isn't already.

[ANITIX87]

Antonis,

I really don't like Woodmere that much because it is such a hassle to get to :-( so unless I must, I will use The Mounds.
Oh, right. They use 4L to depart, not 4R. Mounds make sense now.

I, personally, much prefer Woodmere. I like the angle for the turn better and in the summer the sun's angle is a bit better for lighting up the side of the aircraft (from the Mounds, it can be a bit high). I feel the distance is fine on my 50D + 100-400L, so maybe having a full-frame is a limitation I should be happy I don't have to deal with?

TIS

[gonzalu]

Well aside from the crop factor, there is no difference from your 400mm than mine even between FF and Crop sensor.. zero. The difference is not one of Focal Length but crop, which just means the amount of pixels concentrated on the same spot. This is actually even more fun with a WA and Telephoto comparison.
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