KJFK 02/12/2012

[gonzalu]

For those who are interested in catching her, Etihad Formula 1 is inbound to JFK Today at 4:30pm or so.

EY0101 - A6-EHJ

[DWaviation]

Ill try to catch it but going to the terminal 8 on the parking deck. To go by bike.. to COLD!

[NIKV69]

Dennis if you ride your bike today you are my hero!

[steve1840]

Damn! I knew that once I got in my truck this morning I should have made the turn south to NYC instead of west for Hartford. Happy hunting guys!

[NIKV69]

Looks like Turkish Soccer team is 53 mins out too.

[gonzalu]

Yup.. .and as per Eric, quite a few other nice visitors so far.

[steve1840]

Yup.. .and as per Eric, quite a few other nice visitors so far.

Why do I have a feeling I'm going to cry when I see the photos posted later???

[DWaviation]

Arrgghh Sunday dinner with my family! ill miss it.. sorry guys! :(

[Cary]

Astrojet? :tongue:

[eric8669]

Astrojet? :tongue:

That's one of 8 specials I've seen so far.

[eric8669]

And number 9 just went by as the sun came out and she looked beautiful.

[nexpos]

Looking forward to seeing your pics guys!

[steve1840]

Astrojet?? Seriously???? WTF?!?!!?!? I definitely should have come to JFK today :frown:. I guess its a good thing I didn't though or else you guys wouldn't have gotten these specials since it seems I usually chase them away when I come down lately. lol

[NIKV69]

Astrojet?? Seriously???? WTF?!?!!?!? I definitely should have come to JFK today :frown:. I guess its a good thing I didn't though or else you guys wouldn't have gotten these specials since it seems I usually chase them away when I come down lately. lol

Doesn't grace JFK often, actually been visiting MIA quite a lot lately as well.

[Roush6NY]

Im still im too much pain to be out, I pulled something on my right side pretty bad, i would have toughed it out but saw too many clouds ! Cant wait to see your pics guys

[chrisparypa]

Damn I was thinking to maybe go home for couple days.... But then Im thinking: looks like crazy cold in NY, weather sucks I,m not going....

[Zee71]

It was a darn cold and windy day. Thank goodness they were on the 31s, I don't know if I would have braved the mounds. Sitting in a nice warm car felt much better. Photo's to follow shortly.

[eric8669]

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_0930.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_0977.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_1012.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_1224.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_1313.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_1417.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20120212-IMG_1487_8_9.jpg

[nexpos]

Wow nice shots! I love that HDR shot - you have a few of my faves in one frame.

[NIKV69]

Wow nice shots! I love that HDR shot - you have a few of my faves in one frame.

Yes that shot came out nice Eric.

[gonzalu]

Astrojet definitely doesn't come to NY often and when she does, it is not always in great weather or time. I got very lucky last time I saw her at JFK in February 4th since I had missed her on the 3rd :-( She graced us again the next day for me to grab a snap. I saw her twice in one day at KMIA last October but always too far away

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[steve1840]

Nice catches! Too bad the skies were less than desirable conditions.

[PhilDernerJr]

Eric, that HDR is one of the best aviation HDRs I've ever seen. Great stuff.

[gonzalu]

Truly... great HDR... the skies helped :-) I barely made it for the arrival of the F1...

An arrival before

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-XGhB5J3/0/L/D3G8925-L.jpg

The star of the day

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-V3GtrhV/0/L/D3G9008-L.jpg

A Delta turning left onto Taxiway Alpha off RWY 31R

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-VdDM6Tw/0/L/D3G8968-L.jpg

EY0101 Pulling into Terminal 4 Gate 5

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-CDW5nFv/0/L/D3G9379-L.jpg

Cargolu 744. Unfortunately not the 748

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-VRNJ7kM/0/L/D3G9495-L.jpg

And since Eric threw up some artsy stuff, I'll throw up a couple of mine :tongue:

Could not catch the Astrojet as she taxied way away ...

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-gRGZX3r/0/L/D3G9608-L.jpg

and F1 turning onto the ramp.

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-DQG34wP/0/L/D3G9237-L.jpg

[NIKV69]

Manny went and did it!

Was at the Marina just enjoying nice shooting conditions when she popped in. I didn't check ACARS for that afternoon so I was happy to be surprised.


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[eric8669]

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and F1 turning onto the ramp.

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-DQG34wP/0/L/D3G9237-L.jpgUOTE]

I like it, but why would you take the color out of a subject with such nice colors.

[gonzalu]

Eric, the reason I picked this one should be obvious :tongue: It is heavily backlit, the dark side has little data in it and boosting the colors would only push noise ... so I just used the luminance channel in L*a*b

[ANITIX87]

Manny, any artificial blurring here, or did you just stop way down to f/4?

TIS

[Zee71]

Here are some of mine........even though it was a cloudy day, the sun popped out at the right time. Nice stuff Eric and Manny!

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-Fsvh2LM/0/L/Etihad01JFK12Feb201231R-L.jpg


Manny..........thanks for letting me use the lens (here's the shot with it after a little cleanup)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-PVnxk3R/0/L/Etihad02JFK12Feb2012Ramp-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-Cq784hH/0/L/ELAL01JFK12Feb201231R-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-FX3426J/0/L/American01JFK12Feb201231R-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-xnZhKhR/0/L/VirginAtlantic01JFK12Feb201231-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-zvS7Dm9/0/L/Qatar01JFK12Feb201231R-L.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-7Xg9ppX/0/L/TurkishAirlines02JFK12Feb20123-L.jpg

[Bellucciman]

Wow! Fantastic photos!

[gonzalu]

Antonis, even at f/4 it would not have been that shallow at infinity :tongue: Totally fake... it was shot at f/8 Here is a better look at the scene as it really looked!

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-02122012/i-q2RKb33/0/O/D3G9320.jpg

[gonzalu]

Mark you're always welcome to use any of my lenses or gear. Thanks for the heads up on the El-Al Olympic nose

[Mateo]

DL Breast Cancer was also there.

I've seen Etihad Formula 1 a couple of times now - has anyone noticed that when EY brings a 346 instead of the usual 345, it's almost always F1? Don't know if I've ever seen a shot of an Etihad 346 at JFK that wasn't this one.

[heeshung]

DL Breast Cancer was also there.

I've seen Etihad Formula 1 a couple of times now - has anyone noticed that when EY brings a 346 instead of the usual 345, it's almost always F1? Don't know if I've ever seen a shot of an Etihad 346 at JFK that wasn't this one.

1/2/12
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/3/8/1/7/12205_1325553718.jpg (http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7285736)

1/9/10
http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/5/3/3/97796_1263796335.jpg (http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6760398)

1/16/10
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/3/1/6/87081_1263757613.jpg (http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6760091)

[Roush6NY]

Great work guys .. Beautiful shots as always

[NickPeterman]

I am pretty sure that 1/16/2012 was also a non-Grand Prix A346

[ANITIX87]

Nice, Manny. The "fake" depth-of-field looks quite good. I think it's time Nikon made a 200-400 f/1.4 for you!

TIS

[megatop412]

A 200-400 f1.4, if such a thing were ever to exist, would need to be mounted on a jazzy or similar vehicle

[ANITIX87]

A 200-400 f1.4, if such a thing were ever to exist, would need to be mounted on a jazzy or similar vehicle
Manny's car is big enough. And if not, we'll just put his SUV alongside Mark's, and voila, a octa-pod!

TIS

[mirrodie]

You guys are balls to the wall talented. Nice stuff there!!!


And you are balls to the wall for bravin' those temps!!!'