JFK 4/10/11

[NLovis]

Yes I already have shots for 4/10. Not the best shot but the best i could do with all the stuff in the way.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6302/dpp0607.jpg

[Roush6NY]

Great catch !

[steve1840]

Nice! I love waking up in the morning and already seeing a post for that day :tongue:

[gonzalu]

Nice! When does she leave?

[NLovis]

She left an hour 1/2 later. shes an overnight bird. Once a week during the spotter quiet hours.

[Zee71]

Nick........nice catch on the Nippon.

Decided today to treat myself to a new lens (for my up coming B-day) and purchased a Nikon 300mm f/4 lens. Here are a few shots from the backyard as they were using 13L. These shots were taken with the Nikon D300 + 300mm f/4 lens (except for the Martinair Cargo, which was taken with the D700 + 70-200mm lens). Enjoy

Unfortunately I didn't have good light to test out my new 300mm f/4 lens.

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/ChinaEastern01JFK10Apr201113L/1247025007_RmjeA-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/CargoLux01JFK10Apr201113L/1247024966_uwjPx-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/BritishAirways01JFK10Apr201113/1247024935_GHBbW-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/MartinairCargo02JFK10Apr2011Ra/1246954019_9XXZK-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/MartinairCargo01JFK10Apr2011Ra/1246953968_A9TLs-L.jpg

Two latest additions..........saw the Lufthansa A380 heading for 13L and caught these two shots.
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/Lufthanas01JFK10Apr201113L/1247083009_JiaeH-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/Lufthanas02JFK10Apr201113L/1247082378_YAZLD-L.jpg

[Roush6NY]

Congrats on your new toy Mark ... Great shots, Love that 1st shot of the A380 !

[eric8669]

Great shots Mark.

Manny and I hit up Bayswater for the afternoon. Expecting nothing but clouds but the sun made an appearance and turned out to be a good day.

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110410-IMG_1940.jpg

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http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110410-IMG_2122.jpg

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http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110410-IMG_2205.jpg

[MarkLawrence]

Is that Maroc a B738? Is that what they are sending these days??

[eric8669]

Is that Maroc a B738? Is that what they are sending these days??

Maroc Air Force, VIP. went off on 13L

[MarkLawrence]

That explains it - thanks Eric!

[Zee71]

Great stuff Eric!

I snapped off a few shots of the Maroc 737, but decided not to post it because it may be too sensitive.

[NLovis]

Great stuff Eric!

I snapped off a few shots of the Maroc 737, but decided not to post it because it may be too sensitive.

Little late now. Anyway I got some suicide shots of the bird at the triple hangers. I will have those up then off to bed as I have a 6:05AM dep time.

[seahawks7757]

Those Lufty shots are :eek:

[NLovis]

Those Lufty shots are :eek:

Incomming whale. I got her too. Here is mine for the day.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1672/dpp0609.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8471/dpp0612.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2496/dpp0614.jpg

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4205/dpp0615.jpg

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9003/dpp0616.jpg

If only I had my 300mm on my camera I would have had a nice rotation as a main photo.

http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/128/dpp0617.jpg

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/434/dpp0618.jpg

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http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2295/dpp0621.jpg

Whale

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7119/dpp0623.jpg

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http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/3331/dpp0629.jpg

[gonzalu]

Eric and Mark covered it all so here are a few they may not have gotten as they were taken as I was leaving for home.

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0267/1247489801_p9jdf-O.jpg

Eric, look at the tail... this is what I saw while en-route to Bayswater :-) Now I am convinced it was the CargoLux we saw from below.

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0278/1247489812_yH3Qb-O.jpg

OK from here, apologies for the quality... ISO 1250 and from a moving car... all of these were suicide shots on the way out of Kennedy :-)

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0332/1247489886_mKWta-L.jpg

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0368/1247489913_Njehg-O.jpg

For Nick Lovis... Evergreen...

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0408/1247489923_e8Lmd-O.jpg

First time I see Air Europa at all in the air and actually some light left in the sky. If she comes in early enough one night, I may get a great shot at ISO 800 or so!

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0447/1247489797_gecze-L.jpg

sorry for the blurry shot, but, the strobe looked nice ;-)

[gonzalu]

Martin Air was still there when I left... looks like she will depart late or in the morning.

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G9736/1247508734_7Hz7F-O.jpg

[gonzalu]

Mark, on your Cargolux and China Eastern, if you pan down to the Belt Parkway, you can see my car :-) They passed over my head as I sat in traffic. The new toy looks good at this size, what does it look like in real full frame output? I bet it is sharp corner to corner!

[NLovis]

Hey manny no DAL skyteam? She was 2 before EIA if im correct.

[gonzalu]

I was on the move and had a friggin Yellow behind me and in front of me, no place to slow and shoot... You're right, she was in there :-)

[Roush6NY]

Awesome stuff Manny !

[gonzalu]

A few more from Sunday

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0013/1247849056_2gbYL-O.jpg

Just when you think things are slow at JFK, something exciting happens

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0077/1247849066_NY9q4-O.jpg

Gordon I dedicate this to you... it looked amazing in person

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0086/1247849065_YzBrb-L.jpg

The A340 is a beaut!

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-04102011/D3G0122/1247849077_QHMms-L.jpg

[gonzalu]

Awesome stuff Manny !

Thanks Kaz.. where were you? huh? :tongue:

[steve1840]

Manny, those shots of the Iberia A340 are quite impressive! I love the Air India as well! My bearing seem to be off a little, where were those taken from? If its from a sensitive place shoot me a PM. It looks like Bayswater or HoBe, but I can't tell.

[eric8669]

Manny, those shots of the Iberia A340 are quite impressive! I love the Air India as well! My bearing seem to be off a little, where were those taken from? If its from a sensitive place shoot me a PM. It looks like Bayswater or HoBe, but I can't tell.

BAYSWATER! Good for 13R departures......

[gonzalu]

As Eric said, Bayswater !! God I love that place... few places give me as much excitement of all the spots. Something about seeing the airport and such. If only it had grandstands!

[gonzalu]

... a few minutes later, the same plane went around and tried it again from 22R just for Eric and me...

http://manny.smugmug.com/photos/1247864313_ybg7M-O.jpg

BTW note this is Iberia's Alternate Universe counterpart, Bieria!


Can you tell I am busy today at work? :tongue:

[steve1840]

Manny, you got that right! After having finally been able to got to Bayswater my last time down, I have got to say that it is my favorite, followed closely by the mounds. I can't wait to get my first taste of 13L departures from there!

As far as grandstands go, remind me next time I come down, I'll stop at home depot and load up the back of my truck with lumber and we'll build some bleachers at Bayswater :biggrin:

[Spunker]

great shots one and all

[Roush6NY]

Thanks Kaz.. where were you? huh? :tongue:


I was ready all day to be out there, but I saw nothing but clouds and did not think anything was going to change :(

btw, LOVING last Iberia shot .......... Awesome !!!!!!!!!

[Zee71]

Great stuff Manny!!! Wish I could have jointed you guys at Bayswater, but I had stuff to do for work while I was playing around with my new toy! I haven't tried it on the full-frame yet (maybe this weekend if the weather cooperates). I need to slap my 1.4 and 1.7 converters to see how it fairs. So far on the DX body under less than desirable conditions I think the 300mm f/4 shined (I just wish it had VR on it).

When I departed this morning from JFK, I noticed that Airbus A320 (correction A318) was still sitting by the old TWA hanger (which I believe they are slowing starting to demolish).

[gonzalu]

Mark,

You don;t need VR on that lens... it is so light and easy to handhold... above 1/500th sec it is not gonna need VR anyway. Under that, I'd use a monopod... The optics are stellar!

The A320? You mean the special I shot at the end? It is an A318 luxury jet I think. It was listed as a AC/DC Band Tour jet some time back...

And the demolition is for a brand new Spotting Deck for RWY13R/31L for NYCAviation, didn't you know? :tongue:

[Zee71]

Yeah.....I kind of figured that no VR is needed, and it is very very lights compared to the 80-400mm lens. I saw that luxury jet out of the corner of my eyes as I was heading to JFK to catch my flight out early this morning. There was no chance in hell me getting a shot of the that considering where it was parked (I might have been able to get it if we were taking off on 13R, but we took off on RWY 22R.

Manny........the spotting deck was supposed to be kept under the wraps until the NYC Aviation logo went up...........now the whole forum knows!!!! :P

[Iberia A340-600]

Gorgeous shots of the Iberia, Manny. Thanks for the dedication. :)

[NIKV69]

VR doesn't do anything for objects that are moving. You are better off with faster lens and bumping up the ISO a litlte and using a monopod. Much better results. You will be happy Mark if we ever see the sun again.

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Mark,
The A320? You mean the special I shot at the end? It is an A318 luxury jet I think. It was listed as a AC/DC Band Tour jet some time back...

You are absolutly right about the A318 - AC/DC visited Denmark last summer. They played one concert in Horsens I think.

The Royal Danish Airforce was doing airshow same day, so the concert was a no go for me..

Anyway - here is the plane in Billund in Denmark

http://foto.icebox.dk/fly/2010-06-05_EKBI/

[kc2aqg]

Nice shots all!

Just out of curiosity, did anyone catch N382DA departing 13R on 4/10? If so, that was me going back to ATL!

[NLovis]

Nice shots all!

Just out of curiosity, did anyone catch N382DA departing 13R on 4/10? If so, that was me going back to ATL!

I was around JFK but on my turf and wasnt doing dep. Sry man.