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Big Ant
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:06
A few pics of a Virgin 747 taking off from Manchester today. Still an awesome sight :D


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/Manchester203-1.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/Manchester204b.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/Manchester205-1.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/Manchester206-1.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/Manchester207.jpg

Thanks for looking

Ant

c & c welcome
RCoulter
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:10
#1 is awesome,I love the comparison in size of the GA planes against the 747 :)
RolyRatman
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:14
I like the first capture with the smaller aircraft adding to the scale of the 747, I work at Gatwick and see this site everyday and it never fails to impress watching the big birds gracefully take flight. I must get around to taking my camera into work for the day..
kaitanium
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:23
i would straighten out the horizon, but otherwise nice shots!!
goldboughtrue
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:29
The first shot makes the other planes look likes toys. And the last shot is really good.
Eagle
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 18:31
All are nice shots. I like the size comparison you get it the first shot as well.
JWright
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 19:43
I still think the 747 is all just an illusion... Those things are just too large to fly.
PhotosGuy
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 21:29
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Shasta
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 22:29
The other planes look like dinky toys, that thing is massive. Great captures.
RadAL
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 23:36
perfect shots and not too cropped or didn't cut off anything!
Big Ant
28th of July 2007 (Sat), 06:53
i would straighten out the horizon, but otherwise nice shots!!


Now with the horizon straightened out, thanks for that tip :D

What a difference, I just get too excited at times and overlook the basics

Ant
kaitanium
28th of July 2007 (Sat), 12:27
yeeee haaa now those are great edits
kaitanium
28th of July 2007 (Sat), 12:31
oh hey did you guys know that G-VAST, the reg of the plane you took pics of, was involved in the show TOP GEAR's cars vs the 747's thrust?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UWZZuC4k43o

heres a shot of the host doing the show
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0666832/L/
khall
29th of July 2007 (Sun), 06:17
Nice pictures. How did you keep up with 747? As they don't look like you have taken them all from the one spot.
Big Ant
29th of July 2007 (Sun), 14:14
They were all taken from the same spot. The aviation viewing area at Manchester:)

You get an excellent view of the whole take off procedure(checkout the background)

I just panned the 747 from the start of the take off until it was in the air

tbh with it being so large I seemed to have plenty of time to follow it and zoom in a bit more when i needed too

It was my first shot of a 747 so I was quite happy with the results

Cheers
Ant:D