Saturday, 11 June 2016

Views from above ...

Continuing from a bird's perspective,  this is a collection of "plane window shots". 
Occupying a window seat on a plane with a camera in the lap, ideally in front of the wings meaning business class, waiting for the plane to make a turn before it goes through the cloud layer, makes one feel like an idiotic "All-of-Europe-in-a-Day" tourist next to the business guys hacking away on their notebooks. I guess, I feel stupid, but they are envious...  But it is the easiest way to get aerial pictures short of renting a high-resolution camera drone. 

Camera settings should be on a fast shutter-speed for obvious reasons and focus on manual - otherwise the camera will inevitably focus on some dirt or scratches on the window.  Then, sometimes, if you are lucky with the weather, and if you have good light, if the pilot flies a steep curve in your favour soon after take-off or just before landing, and if you are quick to spot the image - many if's - , pictures can turn out quite pleasing. 

So enjoy this Quick-and-Easy-Grand-Tour-Around-the-World from above! 


 Sicily from above

patches of olive groves in Sicily 





Africa, the Okavango Delta, Botswana:





in the Okavango Delta,  Botswana


 Boma in Kenya, Masai Mara

Tansania:



Australia:

 in the Outback, Northern Territories


Salt Lake, Lake Amadeus


Kata Tjuta mountains with Uluru in the back


Uluru

The Great Barrier Reef:





UAE, Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed Mosque:



Dubai:

 dotty neighbours

The Palm, Dubai


fishing fleet, Dubai


The Himalaya and Mount Everest 


Singapore

Hongkong

Storm clouds over Java, Indonesia


Iguacu Waterfalls, Brazil 

London




Frankfurt, with the Taunus hills in the background


somewhere over Thuringia approaching Berlin


River Havel with the lakes of Brandenburg around Berlin and the TV tower in the back

Berlin

...and who is the photographer? 


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