LAX - 3/26/2011 (Day 3 of 4 - Image Heavy)

[Zee71]

Updated --- added more images in this thread (3/30)

DAY 3
The morning started out overcast, cold and windy. I don't think it broke 60 degrees until I left on Sunday. During the mid day the sun showed up for a while. I still have about 500 or more photos to go through for day 3 (which I'll post tomorrow), but this is what I've processed so far. This was my only time shooting at night as well for a couple of hours with Josh and Larry. I was very pleased overall with the results except for the Qantas A380, because she never stopped long enough to get a good shot off. Enjoy!

Getting towed to the gate
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/VAustralia02LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233451923_WDMZA-L.jpg

Alaska just about to hit the taxi way
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Alaska01LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452075_sHTkt-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Alaska02LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452112_RRxKa-L.jpg

British Airways heading out
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/BritishAirways01LAX26Mar2011Ra/1233452144_FHK4v-L.jpg

Virgin America getting ready to taxi out (sorry about the lightening rods)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/VirginAmerica01LAX26Mar2011Ram/1233451950_M7HmN-L.jpg

V-Australia heading out as she starts her engines
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/VAustralia01LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452393_AvR2Z-L.jpg

Air Canada getting ready to taxi as well
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/AirCanada01LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452062_kZU4S-L.jpg

Getting towed to the gate
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Qantas02LAX26Mar201124R/1233452219_5rvEb-L.jpg

Qantas A380 getting pushed back (unfortunately she didn't stop long enough to get a sharp image)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Qantas03LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452236_HSjSb-L.jpg

A mixed bag of traffic at the gate area
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Various01LAX26Mar2011Ramp/1233452344_k9aA7-L.jpg

LAX Tower (sorry about the lens flare)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Tower01LAX26Mar2011/1233452332_g9r8o-L.jpg

V-Australia early morning arrival (but got lucky as the sun briefly shined)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/VAustralia02LAX26Mar201125L/1233451875_juhDJ-L.jpg

Volaris with a special scheme
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Volaris01LAX26Mar201124R/1233451974_DUBLz-L.jpg

WestJet
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/WestJet01LAX26Mar201124R/1233452012_vD4dj-L.jpg

Horizon with one of the special college schemes
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Horizon01LAX26Mar201124R/1233452169_EuDuU-L.jpg

Southwest with Arizona scheme
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Southwest01LAX26Mar201124R/1233452275_kgQmd-L.jpg

Thai (from what the local spotters tell me this usually shows up in the evening so it was an unexpected early arrival)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Thai01LAX26Mar201124R/1233452286_rUUNQ-L.jpg

[nssd70]

Where were the night shots taken from?

Doug

[RomNYC]

Seriously solid night shots, Mark. Wow!

I love the interior lightning off the Virgin's :cool:

[Roush6NY]

Mark, the night shots are AMAZING !!!! Great work

[seahawks7757]

Such a sexy night set!

[brontis5]

Wow, great night shots! I wish I was able to tag along on the mission. Mark, great meeting you. If you come back out to L.A., let me know and I will try to meet up at LAX.

[heeshung]

Looks like you nailed those night shots! Wish I could've been there.

[Zee71]

Thanks for the kudos guys! It was a pleasure meeting you as well Brian. I definitely hope to make out to LAX again.

All the night images were taken with my Nikon D700 + 70-200mm f/2.8 lens on a tripod with a shutter release cable (no mirror lock-up). I went with aperture priority and set my f-stop to f/8 and the rest is history!

Here are some more images from during the day.....

This is where I was spotting from for some of the images below (that's Josh in the image)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Delta03LAX26Mar201125R/1234497960_TZTM6-L.jpg

A few images of Eva Air Cargo
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/EvaAirCargo01LAX26Mar201125L/1234497988_29dKD-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/EvaAirCargo02LAX26Mar201125L/1234498009_UXMGH-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/EvaAirCargo03LAX26Mar201125L/1234498044_up6E7-L.jpg

China Cargo 777
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/ChinaCargo01LAX26Mar2011Taxing/1234497896_ykRzZ-L.jpg

The flying Hawaiian
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Hawaiian01LAX26Mar201125R/1234498103_Z2GFD-L.jpg

Some private jet
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/N63XF01LAX26Mar201125L/1234498181_PERNN-L.jpg

Qantas A380 arriving on day 3 (still no sun)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Qantas04LAX26Mar201124R/1234498199_Xsyeo-L.jpg

Singapore A340
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Singapore01LAX26Mar201125R/1234498241_44Pga-L.jpg

Southwest with the Florida scheme
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Southwest01LAX26Mar201125R/1234498265_PFuvD-L.jpg

Turkish with its new tail
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/Turkish01LAX26Mar201125R/1234498288_TtVNp-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/YangtzeRiverExpress01LAX26Mar2/1234498312_NzqCo-L.jpg

Another view of American Flagship Liberty
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/American01LAX26Mar201125L/1234497847_UZ9Mx-L.jpg

Air Tahiti Nui rotating
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/LAX-06Jul2010/AirTahitiNui01LAX26Mar201125R/1234497825_VoUDS-L.jpg