PHL 11/23/07 - First outing with my first DSLR!

[flyboy 28]

I wound up getting a 400D from my parents for a combination birthday/Christmas/early graduation present for myself along with a Tamron 70-300mm lens. I met up with a friend of mine who lives in Cherry Hill and we headed on over to PHL for a few hours. Absolutely balls-cold, but definitely worth it for some great catches. We went back and forth between arrivals and departures.

In no real order...





I like how this one turned out.


















And definitely the catch of the day.


-James

[moose135]

Congratulations, James - looks like you are a quick learner, you have some nice shots there!

[adam613]

Congrats on the new camera! And some very good pics, especially for your first trip out. (What were you shooting with before?)

How's the spotting at PHL these days? Cops bother you? I need to get out there one of these weekends...

[AirtrafficController]

Fantastic shots for your first time out.

[Alex T]

FYI Man.

The 2nd WN shot, is N551, and that's NOT a WN Aircraft, it was bought from Air Sahara, and is reconfigured with 3 bathrooms, a full sized galley with an oven, and 128 seats on board, instead of the usual 137.

Should be changed by 2008. Just a little FYI for ya!

Alex

[JZ1]

Excellent shots and congrats for catching the Pan Am 727.

[PhilDernerJr]

Nice stuff. Congrats to you!

[ngreed]

Great shots for you first time out with the new camera!

[flyboy 28]

Thank you, guys. Adam, we were along Hog Island shooting arrivals and a cop drove by. He looked at us, and I gave him a nod and he replied with a wave and a smile. You can't really complain about something like that!

[njgtr82]

Great shots James and congrats on the new camera. I've been wanting to get down to Philly to try to get one of these AN-124's they have been getting almost daily and some US Airways stuff.

Bill