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50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

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50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by andygolfer » Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:13 pm

you can almost predict that the weather will be bad when the planewatch scheme's spotter Saturdays at the Aerozone are taking place :mad: Yesterday was as grey as a grey seal covered in maldon's famous grey mud, I got there at 9.15 and just made out the tail of a Ryanair on the adjacent taxiway, I missed the Cargolux departure a few minutes earlier but so did everybody else who was already there, the only difference was that they heard it! We couldn't see the runway until nearly 10.00! The fog shifted quite suddenly but the cloud stayed low all morning and by 12.15 the cloudbase was about 200 ft and it was very dark, the lights stood out well though (as you can see from some of the pics)! Coupled with drizzle it was only for the hardy (or foolish!). Shame was the business side was as full as I've seen it for ages, over 30 bizjet etc on the ground at one point - shame more didnt move. My pics:

the scene when I arrived:
ImageRyanair in the fog at 09.22 Stansted 10-12-2016 3772 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

not Ezy to see, even on the taxiway:
ImageG-EZOX A.319 EasyJet at 09.34 Stansted 10-12-2016 3779 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some of the biz which were photographable:
ImageP4-MGU A,.319 Stansted 10-12-2016 3808 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageC-GUAC Lear Jet 35 Stansted 10-12-2016 3871 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageN421QS Gulfstream 4 Stansted 10-12-2016 3889 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageG-FLCN Falcon 900 Stansted 10-12-2016 3905 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageM-ABGV Lear Jet 45 Stansted 10-12-2016 3938 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageXA-BUA Gulfstream 5 Stansted 10-12-2016 3956 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageN880ET Challenger 600 Stansted 10-12-2016 3977 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageN168NJ Gulfstream 5 Stansted 10-12-2016 4074 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a rather large biz jet, shame about the weather- and the pole, one day I'll get a decent pic of it
ImageA7-HBJ B.747-8 BBJ Stansted 10-12-2016 3808 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a few regulars:
the China southern left when the weather was about at it least bad (can't say good!)
ImageB-2072 B777 China Southern, Stansted 10-12-2016 3880 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

at least the lights on the taxiway and aircraft were bright - nice and seasonal:
ImageG-EZBE A.319 EasyJet at 09.34 Stansted 10-12-2016 3875 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageEI-FOV B.737 Ryanair Stansted 10-12-2016 3987 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

my last but one frame of the Panalpina, in the next one it was in the cloud at abot 200ft!
ImageN850GT B.747-8F Panalpina dep 12.24 Stansted 10-12-2016 4059 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

amazing really, the lights were bright enough for someone with dark sunglasses to follow the centre line but this one still went one side of them
ImageTC-CPF B.737 Pegasus Stansted 10-12-2016 4090 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and this one was just before I left, I took it with +1/3 aperture adjustment and have only just tweaked it back on the editing to zero
ImageTC-ATT A.320 Atlas Global Stansted 10-12-2016 4039 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and this one was taken when it was quite dark and i did tweak the light down about a stop on the editing an tried a farty-arty effect with enhancing the colours and contrast a bit, hope it works but I'm no expert on 'in depth' editing
ImageEI-ENR B.737 Ryanair Stansted 10-12-2016 4048 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

C&C welcome and there are a few more in the flickr album

thanks for looking
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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by PorkScratching » Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:45 pm

We are definitely overdue a crisp sunny day for these events! We did have a good selection of biz that taxied close to us, as can be seen in your shots, so that was a positive. I think the last one works very well indeed, well done!

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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by Mike » Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:05 pm

Plenty of interesting stuff there, it's just a pity about the weather.
There's always next time to look forward to ! :)
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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by keithnewsome » Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:13 pm

Oh dear ! Just think how good that photo shoot could have been ?? If only we could control the weather ?? But you have made the best of the day ..... Nice one Andy !

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Post by Paultojo » Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:05 pm

Nice shots in grim weather :thumb:
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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by Tally-ho » Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:44 am

It may be "50 shades of grey" but still a very comprehensive mix of aircraft. The up-side is you still enjoyed yourself and probably had the vantage points to yourself to enjoy the peace and quiet. Thanks for showing.

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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by talldan76 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 4:50 pm

Might have been some carp weather, but there are some nice shots there...

Dan

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Re: 50 shades of grey at Stansted 10-12-2016

Post by andygolfer » Thu Dec 15, 2016 6:35 pm

talldan76 wrote:Might have been some carp weather, but there are some nice shots there...

Dan
it was too cold for fishing :D :D

thanks Dan, it's been misty too often lately, yesterday and sunday were the only days it's been clear and I couldn't get there on either day :mad:

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