Manchester on 14 December

[Paul Zietsman]

I managed to injure my foot on my way home from my Birmingham trip in November and have not taken the camera out for a month. So I was pleased to be able to pop up to Manchester Airport on Friday. To say it was cold would be an understatement. There was a fair bit of frost around but as a bonus, the mud was also frozen which made the walk from the car much more pleasant. There is a small pond near where I normally set up the tripod and this was frozen over.

My ISO varied from 4000 on the first images I am posting here to ISO 200 on the last. The Logan Air Embraer, the TUI 737 Max 8 and the Swiss A220 were new for me and I didn't notice the Max 8 until I went through the images in Lightroom.

The images are in time sequence - or highest noise removal to lowest!

01 Eurowings A320 D AEWM a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

01 Eurowings A320 D AEWM by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

02 Aer Lingus A320 EI DVG b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

03 Etihad 787 A6 BMC a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

04 BA A319 G EUOB b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

05 LoganAir Embraer135 G SAJB b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

06 EasyJet A319 G EZAF b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

07 TC A321 LY VEC b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

08 TUI 737Max8 G TUMA a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

08 TUI 737Max8 G TUMA b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

10 Jet2 737 G GDFW a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

10 Jet2 737 G GDFW b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

11 AirFrance A320 F HEPK b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

12 Jet2 737 G JZHF a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

13 RyanAir 737 EI EKJ by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

14 United 757 N14106 b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

15 TC A321 G TCDC b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

16 Swiss A220 HB JCS b by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

17 KLM 737 PH BXH by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

18 Emirates A380 A6 EUY c by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

19 TC A321 LY VEG a by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

[EGNH1909]

Some lovely early morning light on those shots. Every credit for getting out that early. Thats the only problem on that 23L path at this time of year though- if its mild theres's loads of mud and if it's cold its frozen solid! Roll on spring and summer!
Best Wishes
Pete

[Paul Zietsman]

Thanks Pete. I also wish the runway was open a bit longer in the off season - but the way time flies, it will soon be spring again.