Brian,
I've done that once, 4 years ago. Overall, I was underwhelmed about the photo opportunities. A few reasons for that is that 1) the "glass" (plastic top) of the cabin is rather scratched and dirty, and 2) the visibility to the things below you is limited, and seems to be even smaller than what you get on board of a commercial passenger plane. The only exception to the latter was that the pilot could make a turn for me, - exposing some views while the plane was tilted. But even then, the wing and other parts of the plane were often in the way. I think, I'd be more happy to do photoshoots from the pilot's cabin of a light (small charter) jet. If only I was that reach! (or had good friends with such resources.) I am not sure what plane you'll be on, but here is a photo of a single-motor Cessna 172 that I was in: http://flightaware.com/photos/view/29032-5ced495b5043a9dbfb39caefcc5be368def9e2e5/aircraft/N5400J/sort/votes/page/1 Also, it will be very noisy inside the plane. I hope that you'll have the working headphones so that you can communicate with the pilot. Otherwise, make sure you have good earphones (to protect from the noise), and work out some agreements and signs with the pilot - what maneuvers s/he can do and how you can ask for them. For some reason, the color gamma of the photos was a bit too green. I am not sure if it was the result of the plastic or just the scenery. Igor On 8 July 2011 08:45, Brian Walters <supera1000 at fastmail.fm> wrote: > G'day all > > In a few weeks my wife and I will be heading off to Central Australia. > On the way we plan to take a flight over Lake Eyre* in a light > aircraft. > > I've never photographed from a plane before so I'm wondering is there > any special "gotchas" I should be aware of. Lens choices, shutter > speeds, filters, etc.... > > Any advice will be gratefully received. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
