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Old Jun 29, 2007, 1:48 am
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Here are a few I've just stumbled across:

Kilimanjaro (somehow the clouds are greenish and I don't know why):



The French/Italian Riviera including Monaco:



The Alps:

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Old Jun 29, 2007, 2:17 am
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These are all veeeery nice pictures. Just a short question though: What are the settings on your cam? I usually have quite problems with the pictures.

Apart from disabling the flash, what seetings do you recommend on the Digicam for such sharp and detailled pictures?
Thanks for tips
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Old Jul 2, 2007, 5:19 pm
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Talking Here's how I do it (Auto is NOT a bad thing!)

Originally Posted by Wombelero
These are all veeeery nice pictures. Just a short question though: What are the settings on your cam? I usually have quite problems with the pictures.

Apart from disabling the flash, what seetings do you recommend on the Digicam for such sharp and detailled pictures?
Thanks for tips
W
It *honestly* depends on the time of day and the position of the sun. A lot of the time, I wing it on auto (yes, I know, bad me slap hand)... but if i want control....

Bright Sky - ISO 100, f8-f13, Shutter at 1/200 or above (1/400 is normal)
Subduded light - ISO 400 f6.3 Shutter at 1/125 (compensating up or down)
Past Sunset - ISO as far as I can dare (1600), f4 or below (f1.8/f.28 is perferable to let as much light in as possible, risking shallow Depth of field), shutter at 1/100 or above (higher the better - remember, you're moving at considerable speed!)

Here is one I took on approch to LHR from BRU. Taken 22/06,
Lens: 17-40L (Canon), Body: Canon 20D, ISO 1600, f4, 1/60 (yes, I've broken my own rules - I was lucky), WB as Shot, Not toned, scaled to 1000 by whatever for Photoblog. Looking at it now, I think i could had got away with ISO800, and doubled my shutter speed (and halved my noise).... but i wasn't in the mood to chance it

Context of image: http://dev.photoblog.com/user/kevincm/2007/07/02/

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Old Jul 5, 2007, 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by ajax
Thats an amazing pic man. ^
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Old Jul 5, 2007, 8:21 am
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Thats an amazing pic man. ^
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Old Jul 6, 2007, 5:19 am
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Originally Posted by santos
Thats an amazing pic man. ^
Thanks. It was a beautiful summer's day in 2004 on a Kenya Airways flight from NBO-LHR. We went straight over southeastern France and the Cote D'Azur. I somehow managed to sit in Business Class and the view was completely unobstructed. Needless to say, my face was glued to the window for about an hour!
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Old Jul 11, 2007, 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC


Actually... 57000
Ah, ScottC but did you get one of these?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9954407@N07/776457903/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/9954407@N07/776457917/
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Old Jul 13, 2007, 4:52 pm
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Awesome thread!

I too am stunned by the beauty of the Earth seen from above...

Some of my pics:


SEA/SFO
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plequere/757282328/


IAD/SEA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plequere/514249562/


NRT/SEA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plequere/424637583/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/plequere/424629589/

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Old Jul 13, 2007, 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC


Earth at 57000 feet.
I thought people said you could see the curvature of the earth when riding on the Concorde. It doesn't look to curvy to me.

The earth is flat????
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Old Jul 13, 2007, 5:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Jassy-50
The whole world seems to be at your fingertips.



Taken on approach to LHR. What a way to arrive!
This photo is so clear. It's worthy to be turned into a post card. You may have money coming to you if you sell yourself!
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Old Jul 13, 2007, 5:11 pm
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Grr... now look what you lot have done... I wanna go to SEA now just to do pictures of Mt Rainer

*refires up the booking engine for a PhotoMilage Run in October*

Lovely contribution Pat+
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Old Jul 13, 2007, 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by 777-100SP
This photo is so clear. It's worthy to be turned into a post card. You may have money coming to you if you sell yourself!

If you've seen the new Fantastic Four movie, he just might have sold it!
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Old Jul 14, 2007, 9:33 am
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Originally Posted by 777-100SP
I thought people said you could see the curvature of the earth when riding on the Concorde. It doesn't look to curvy to me.

The earth is flat????
From photos it is hard to see, but looking out the window (wider) you most certainly can see it. Sadly I was just using a P&S so didn't have anything with wide zoom.
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Originally Posted by 777-100SP
This photo is so clear. It's worthy to be turned into a post card. You may have money coming to you if you sell yourself!
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment!

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If you've seen the new Fantastic Four movie, he just might have sold it!
REALLY?!? Hmmm, guess I'd better check out the movie. I may have to have a little discussion with them regarding copyrights.

P.S. I'm a she.
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Old Jul 15, 2007, 11:04 am
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Ok, sorry, Jassy!
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