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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:52 pm
by benwynn
Went a bit earlier today, to catch some more internationals! smile.gif Enjoy, and comments please- Hopefully my skills are slowly improving!

Norfolk Air 732


Air NZ A320


Singapore Star Alliance 777-200




Qantas 767


Air NZ 737-300, Operating to AKL


Another SQ 772 Landing from Singapore


JAL 747-400


JAL Racing the Qantas 734


New Livery Qantas 738


Etihad A330 from Singapore





A Couple of Bigger ones, I didnt re size these to 800-600, hope you dont mind.





Cheers Ben

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:11 pm
by victor_alpha_charlie
Definitely getting better! The shot of the Etihad A330 touching down is great!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:31 pm
by Mattnz
Great shots, Ben. Can't even pick a favourite biggrin.gif.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:07 pm
by jastheace
looking very good, very nice shots, didn't happen to see the antonov AN124 there did you?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:13 pm
by deeknow
Lovely shots, nice exposure and framing, lucky to have a little cloud in the sky in Brisbane to break up all that blue winkyy.gif
what sort of kit do you use, must be a nice lens?

how many of you guys have accounts at flickr.com and the likes, or any other photo sharing sites?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:45 pm
by benwynn
Gidday Guys,

Dino- In these shots, I was using a Nikon D60 with Nikkor 70-300mm VR Lens. Its a great little setup. I also have Flickr.

Jason, Yeah I did see the AN124 as I was coming in on the train. Its HUGE. It was parked next to the KC-10 USAF that left later that day, and it made it look small. I couldnt take any pictures though as I cant walk to the Freight/VIP terminal sad.gif

Cheers for the positive comments guys! biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:47 pm
by Kelburn
An Air NZ 733 in Aus. A bit odd.
How much did your D60 cost as I'm thinking of getting one...

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:59 pm
by Ian Warren
Scale - funny to think .. cut part part that 737 fuselage and whack it onto the 77 wing ... thats the engine , the little things we forget to scale these planes tongue.gif

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:59 pm
by Peppermint
Well, I knew ANZ flew A320s over to Aus, but never knew about the 733s! Norfolkair...hmmm not sure what I like most, the simple refreshing livery...or the PLANE IT'S ON!!! Really love these shots.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:08 am
by benwynn
Kelburn- $630 AUD for the D60 with Kit Lens (18-55mm VR) but thats grey import, no warrenty through Nikon.

737s only flying while the upgrade on the A320s is in progress smile.gif

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:30 am
by Daniel
Nice shots Ben clapping.gif
QUOTE
An Air NZ 733 in Aus. A bit odd.[/quote]
A bit weird to see those over there. Won't be too long until the A320s are back on again.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:46 am
by Anthony
I think these are pretty good again Ben thumbup1.gif
Qatas' new livery looks pretty smart.
Are you going to submit any of these to JetPhotos?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:59 am
by twinstarda42
Kelburn wrote:
QUOTE (Kelburn @ Sep 6 2008, 10:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
An Air NZ 733 in Aus. A bit odd.
How much did your D60 cost as I'm thinking of getting one...


as with benwynns post Its been working the Brisbane route for around 2 weeks my sister and her family got stuck with it coming back on the 27 aug although seems the first IFE fitted bus is up and flying albeit going through cert as with this post-Air New Zealand's first IFE upgraded Airbus A320, ZK-OJN, carried out a 3 hour proving flight from/to Christchurch during the course of the afternoon flying over Southland and Otago. This flight was part of the certification process associated with the fitting of the Panasonic inflight entertainment package from http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/ )

Air NZ also operate a 777 as NZ135 on sundays.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:16 am
by benwynn
FYI- NZ135/136 is a Daily Service AKL/BNE, and lately has been with 777, but rotates from 777 to 747.

As for jetphotos, unfortunently only one. As I went early morning, most of these pictures are backlit, and therefore cant be submitted- Though I will be submitting the 2nd last 767 one smile.gif

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:22 am
by AlisterC
Very nice indeed Ben! I was surprised to see the 737 from Air NZ over there!

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:54 am
by Alex
Very nice Ben; clear and consistent. smile.gif

Alex

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:04 am
by jastheace
yeah we saw a AN124 banking on finals over archerfield a few weeks ago when an other one came in, the make an awesome sound and make the 747's that normally fly over appear tiny!!

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:39 pm
by Q300
benwynn wrote:
QUOTE (benwynn @ Sep 7 2008, 09:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
FYI- NZ135/136 is a Daily Service AKL/BNE, and lately has been with 777, but rotates from 777 to 747.

Yea when I went to Brisbane last I had a 747 there then the 777 on return (7 days later)

The shots are good too Ben, There looking almost quite professional thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:09 pm
by twinstarda42
benwynn wrote:
QUOTE (benwynn @ Sep 7 2008, 09:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
FYI- NZ135/136 is a Daily Service AKL/BNE, and lately has been with 777, but rotates from 777 to 747.

As for jetphotos, unfortunently only one. As I went early morning, most of these pictures are backlit, and therefore cant be submitted- Though I will be submitting the 2nd last 767 one smile.gif


cool thanks for that got NZ 135 on a sunday so mindset was 'sunday'.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:52 pm
by Kelburn
Hey did the camera instantly up the quality of your shots?
(Also have you tried long time exposure?)