Chilean dust cloud VS the storm. by blinkings
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I have just dropped a friend at the airport for a trip to Cairns. Flights have been cancelled for a while now due to the Chilean dust cloud, but finally it was all systems go. This was the plane to Cairns. It struck me as ironic that the mother of all storms was approaching the airport just as the dust cloud finally left! I had to shoot this through a window and a very dirty one at that. Luckily the dirt was on the inside, so I spent 10 minutes polishing the part of glass I was going to point my lens through. This caused no end of bemusement to a group of Japanese tourists who were watching every move I made! Please view zoomed.
Comments (21)
Lashia
Love the intense sky behind- thanks for sharing! :-)
ysvry
great foto.
jayfar
Hey Andrew, the Spirit of Australia on the 4th of July, coincidence or what??? Great shot especially through those dirty windows. Also congratulations on being a member for 5 years yesterday! Jeff.
Crabbycabby
Excellent, well worth the effort.
durleybeachbum
How interesting! A most moody pic.
geoffwoods
mate nice plane photo great depth and perspective.
dakotabluemoon
Very cool capture on this beauty.
alanwilliams
excellent angle Andrew, the plane seems to glow
Faemike55
Great capture the skies don't look too friendly right now
evinrude
Nice work; sharp perspective.
jmb007
bonne photo!
beachzz
You'd never know you shot this thru a window; it's so clear!!
pat40
Great pic,
m_j_s
I can see you now mate, frantically polishing away to everyone bemusement. The image in my mind cracks me up!! Well worth it though, a wonderfully moody sky and the DOF field is superb! Martin
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. Lol was the Japanese tourist satisfied with what they saw?
lior
So stunning!!!!!!
bmac62
Sorry I am late on this one Andrew:) Sometimes I look at modern airliners and go ho hum...but all your window polishing was "spot on"...the detail, the light, the moody sky...all go together to make this a first rate image.
Chipka
I rather like the idea of maybe capturing the Japanese tourists showing their bemusement at your window-cleaning efforts. They paid off. I happen to be one of those weird guys who likes passenger jets. There's just something about them. I think it's those pointy noses with radar stuff crammed inside of them, and the fact that they have a space shuttle kind of a look to them, sort of...if you really stretch it. Or maybe it's just that they're always so whompin' big, even the little ones, and it's just fun to imagine how fast they have to go and how much work they have to do just to fly somewhere. And well, on top of all of that, I really like this nose-to-the-window view, kinda like the plane is sniffing the airport? Or something like that. And that looks like a Chicago sky from a few days back...I was wondering were all those clouds went!
danapommet
That is a nasty looking sky back there and an amazing shot of the plane. The the airport offer you a window washing job - you do fine work. :>) Dana
bobrgallegos
Awesome photo with great detail and perspective!!!
debbielove
Ah! Aircraft shots at airports! These while starting of looking very samey, get very addictive mate! I can assure you.. Oh look, there is a special paintwork, there is a new tailfin, thats a new airline and so on... Honest, its so BAD!!!!!! And that does not include Royal Jets etc! Good shot mate, the first of many? Name what is it? LOL Rob