Freshly Painted Delta (NWA) Heavies

[A2EVOMR]

I used the 70-200 f/2.8 IS for all of these, taken at DTW on 2/23.


N661US
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3304541919_4a3f480642_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3304542141_a0b078ce10_o.jpg


N802NW
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3305369464_3a1de6690f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3305369688_5d73aed296_o.jpg

[poppie guy]

Nice photos, the first is my favorite!

[Laramie]

Good stuff. Very sharp and good color.

[Naturalist]

Its amazing how airlines are trying to save $$ but end up adding thousands of pounds of paint on the thing making it less fuel efficient.

Oh, nice sets of shots BTW. I really like the first one with a touch of cloud in there.

[By-tor]

Very nice shots....

[jdando]

As usual good stuff Andrew! Nothing but grey skies and no heavies here at MSP :(

[A2EVOMR]

Thanks everyone for your comments!


As usual good stuff Andrew! Nothing but grey skies and no heavies here at MSP :(
Thanks! I was hunting 802NW as I saw him on ACARS, 661US was a surprise once I herd him on the radio. I also was fortunate to catch one of the mysterious Northwest A330-200s today.

[johnathan]

Splendid detail and colors ! Cheers

[RyanM]

very nice. love the 747-400

[Grentz]

Wonderful. Nice sexy new paint jobs as well ;)

I am curious, do you have a viewing area you shoot from or how do you get so nice and close? (sorry, noobie to airplane photography)

[FlyingPhotog]

Great Set...

Rumor mill says United is going to grab US Airways so there may be more repaints ahead!

[Peter Camyre]

I like those shots, nice series.

[A2EVOMR]

I am curious, do you have a viewing area you shoot from or how do you get so nice and close? (sorry, noobie to airplane photography)

No viewing area at DTW. You can use the top floors of both parking garages at times. All of these were taken by just me sitting in my car, pulled over on some lonely dirt road about 1 1/2 miles from the airport, listening to the scanner... And then jumping out at the last minute to get the shot! (it's cold outside)

Rumor mill says United is going to grab US Airways so there may be more repaints ahead!


Bring it on! I'm always for something new to get.

[ies photos]

Those heavies look good in the new DL scheme. Seen a few A330s at LHR recently

[Scout7id]

Nice paint scheme and even nicer photos!

[JHenke]

Great shots.

[fishfoto]

I LOVE the Airbus A330 in DL colours

[carlover2218]

pictures are beautiful, but my opinion, i like the nwa paint job better on that 747 then delta.

[reconstyle]

I really like that first one!

[PhotosGuy]

And then jumping out at the last minute to get the shot! (it's cold outside) :D To paraphrase Betty Davis, "MI ain't for sissies!"
Very nice shots!

[Field of 33]

I'm still not a fan of the DAL 744. There is just SO much white on it. They really need something to break up the monotony. When I saw N661US at McChord AFB a few weeks ago, it looked more like a cargo plane than a new commercial plane.

[N23]

Love the spotting pictures. I'm always afraid of getting run off by security especially at airports now-a-days. But I'm glad to see these.

[policy]

Nice series.

[LowriderS10]

beautiful planes...and great shots...the first one is awesome!

[turbo212003]

Did you crop these at all or were you just that close?

[A2EVOMR]

Did you crop these at all or were you just that close?

Very little cropping, mostly just to center the fuselage and make the JetPhoto screeners happy. For the 744, the first shot was taken at 100mm, the second was at 80mm. And for the 330, the first shot was at 78mm and the second at 85mm. So yes, I was just that close :lol:



And thank you for the nice comments everyone!

[say_cheese]

I'm guessing this was somewhere near Merriman Rd.? At one time you could park just off Goddard/I-94 service drive, the planes would come really low as the runway threshold was only about 100 yards away. "They" probably don't let anyone stop there nowadays, especially with a lethal looking big white lens.

[A2EVOMR]

I'm guessing this was somewhere near Merriman Rd.? At one time you could park just off Goddard/I-94 service drive, the planes would come really low as the runway threshold was only about 100 yards away. "They" probably don't let anyone stop there nowadays, especially with a lethal looking big white lens.

No, I actually took all of these along Pennsylvania Rd. No parking on the service drives anymore, unless you can time it just right with the radio and flightaware, drive in, pull over, shoot, and get going again.