Nice Photos.

A fine 'muse' you have there Kevin. Very photogenic.

Not a "good photo" but somebody might just like the general view.

If anybody has guidance on how to take pics from the air, through "perspex", please post !!

Cheers

Don

Obviously the cleaner it is the better. Try to shoot through the cleanest bit of the window.

Get you camera very close to the window surface, but don't have it touching or you'll pick up vibration.

Make the cabin as dark as you can. If you have no control, try to shade the window so no direct light is falling on the perspex in front of the lens.

If your camera has a high contrast or "vivid" setting, use that.

Use a fairly high shutter speed. A wide f-stop and shallow DOF doesn't matter as everything in the shot is "distant", but I wouldn't use your lens wide open unless you needed to.

The perspex will mute the contrast and de-saturate and soften the image a bit. You can usually get it back in processing, by playing with contrast, saturation, brightness and "exposure". Or use "curves" if you're clever. Also consider some subtle post processing sharpening.

Pros will usually use a special bubble window that is very clean and optical-grade plastic. Those shooting from the windows of commercial planes have to make do. Doesn't mean that some shots aren't worth getting, though...

mountains near UB by winkyintheuk, on Flickr

Don,

   That's better than any photo I've managed through Perspex. Nice one

Reflections at Blakeney, Norfolk.

And try not to get a seat over the wing...

Yeh, because the photo you are taking will be nowhere near where you thought you were landing !

Cheers Steve. That is my niece and she LOVES having her picture taken!

Many thanks Winky, I'll give your guidlines a try later this week if the weather is clear. they all seem so obvious, now that you've siad them.

I'm only using a D-Lux 4 without any additions, but I try those suggestions that I can implement.

cheers

Don

PS where is UB ?

I may be wrong, but I recall many years ago that people used to use a polarising filter to cut out glazing type reflections ?

Kevin,

    No offence, but you post so many pictures of your family, I would be worried going out with you, if I were in your clan !!

Nice picture jamie.

My seat is usually front-right when i'm teaching, occasionally front-left when i'm up alone for fun. Either way, because we only use small training aircraft, it's akward to keep the wings/nose/coaming out of the picture. And the wings and wingtips on a PA28 don't attract interest like Ryanair!

Cheers

Don

Paul,

Yes I use a polarizer on my Canon, but I never got round to buying an adapter and filters for the D-Lux. Thanks for the reminder, I really should do something about that.

Cheers

Don

River reflections taken a few days ago...

Up Squamish Valley Road? Many eagles about?

This one also from Squamish (Alice Lake)...

reflections by winkyintheuk, on Flickr

"My seat is usually front-right when i'm teaching, occasionally front-left when i'm up alone for fun."

Aha, I see. You should try it in back sometime. You don't know what you're missing!

That was the road to the "Spit" Winky. There were a few eagles about as well! That 400mm 2.8 of yours would come in handy around here this time of year....click for flickr.

Absolutely. That's a very useful tip. A polarising filter can really help cut haze and softening when shooting through a window, especially if direct light is falling on the window from either outside or inside. You need to spin the filter whilst looking through the viewfinder (with an SLR) or at the live display (compacts and some DSLRs) to get the best orientation. Trickier with a rangefinder.

Thats a stunning photo Sandy. Would be great to print very large scale (say A0) and have framed as art work

Thanks Cbr...not sure how it would look blown up as it was taken hand held. Might have to start dragging around the tripod on my walks.

Gorgeous shot Winky, and thanks for the useful tips.

Best, Chris

Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia.

Ah ! Nice.

Cheers

Don

Wink, I like your Mongolia set on Flickr. Did you actually stop in Mongolia or just fly over it?

I've always wanted to visit there - was supposed to go in 1987 when I was in Siberia and Central Asia but visa problems and terrible weather (it was November) prevented me from going there.