The London Eye (or Millenium Wheel as it is also called) is clearly visible in this shot of London City Center taken last weekend as my plane banked on approach to Heathrow Airport.
We arrived around 7am when it was still dark. Thankfully I had my camera in a small bag at hand because I had missed some great shots of Tuscon, Arizona because my camera had been tucked away in the overhead bins.
Sorry for the large file size. It's a noisy image, and Jpeg compression isn't that great with random noise.
28 Ноябрь 2009, 05:11 ladyb wow, love that...
28 Ноябрь 2009, 20:48 Alan Cotter wow!! That's great. there's a lot of great stuff you can see there. Waterloo looks rather good from above as well
29 Ноябрь 2009, 10:53 Neil Dorgan very impressive shot... i like!.
30 Ноябрь 2009, 01:53 katiecor Very lucky & skillful to get such a great shot through a plane window.
30 Ноябрь 2009, 23:13 Lloyd Budd brilliant shot
01 Декабрь 2009, 13:29 JohnFinn Wow! Is this an image you had wanted to / planned on capturing or did it just land in your lap?
02 Декабрь 2009, 12:35 Donncha @ InPhotos.org Very impressive Donncha. The noise is very well controlled even at 3200 ISO.
03 Декабрь 2009, 09:02 Fenstar
Thanks everyone! It was hard enough to get
good shots. I had to:
1. Use ISO 3200 (a custom function setting on
the 20D)
2. -2 EV because I didn't care about
exposing for the darkness
3. The aperture wide open at F/3.5.Even then it was a longish exposure on a fast
moving plane with bumps and shaking. I was
*very* glad when I saw the shot come out!If I had my camera in my lap while
approaching Tuscon I might have grabbed a
couple of stunning shots because of the
American street grid system and the land was
so flat. I didn't want to miss another chance
after that!
04 Декабрь 2009, 02:48 nylboh that's outstanding, well done
04 Декабрь 2009, 06:39 oZ mAnIaK cool pic
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