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Folks Still Taking Photos Just After Takeoff or Before Landing?
I always used to do it, with a film camera that is. Airborne photos at altitude are usually lousy on account of atmospheric haze, unlike those taken 1000 feet up.
I was beginning to take similar photos with my digital when a regional airline FA told me I couldn't: "you can't use anything with an on and off switch." Such nonsense, practically speaking.
I think that if I saw a good view, I'd continue to take the photo. Just not in Seat 2A on a turboprop, right behind the FA.
I like to shoot at take off and landing, especially at night. I like the challenge of getting the streaks in the images while trying to keep the engine and wing as sharp as possible. It's a fun way to test my hand holding skills.
As a working pro, some of my clients have included a few airlines and have shot without any restriction at take off and landing when working for them, in fact for one airline I shot wanted a specific shot and ended up kneeling (not seat belted in) and shooting at take off (while trying not to fall over).
The following was shot a few days ago out my window while departing HKG for YVR on Flight 08 - 900
There are many cockpit videos of takeoffs and landings on YouTube taken by airline pilots. So if the pilots can do it and they aren't afraid to show the the videos to the whole world, how bad can it be?
I haven't taken photos at these times for a few years, but in flights prior, HNL takeoffs made decent photos.
As a separate issue, can pax be prevented from photographing miliary bases next to airports, upon landing? I've done this without issue at plenty as it's interesting to see what hardware is left in the view of passengers arriving on the civilian airport.
Not that decent zoom shots would be possible through the plexiglass windows.
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Originally Posted by slabeaume
I like taking pictures of the round rainbows often seen on the clouds from above. Anyone else noticed them?
Yup!
The plane was actually causing the diffraction of light in this one, so the rainbow halo was tracking along on the cloud below for a solid 5-10 minutes (long enough for me to get my camera out )...
Of course, it was above 10K feet, so no risk of being chastised by the FAs for taking it.
There have been the rare situations (and I mean rare) where I have been told to put my camera away during landing which of course I complied. But most of the times, the crews don't even blink when I capture shots during landing.
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