Civilian Aviation

This beauty arrived at Stansted on Monday and is still present and nicely positioned for photos from the northern fence line ( accessed from the track by the Ash pub in Burton End), lovely to get so close to one of these, an 18-55mm lens was sufficient...

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 7416 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 7445 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 7471 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 6903 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and also this A.340 arrived last evening......
A7-HHK A.340 Qatar Amiri Flight Stansted 16-10-2020 6864 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a morning well spent!!!

there are a couple more in my flickr album
C&C welcome
Andy

Good of them to park the Il-76 in that spot, well captured too Andy.

Impressive machine that IL-76. Nice Qatari too !

following on from the previous photos I went back on Friday evening to try some night shots - I got there before dark to get set up and tried a few angles with the camera taking pics through the fence on a carefully placed tripod so the lens was close as possible and the tripod steady, then a long wait for darkness and then experimenting with different settings to try to get the light right, not just the normal point and shoot! After an hour of photography it was time for a careful narrow plank ditch crossing in the dark on my way back to the car.

these were some of my results................

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 6946 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 6976C by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 6991 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 7004 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 7004C by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

RA-76511 IL-76 Volga Dnepr Airlines Stansted 16-10-2020 6969 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I was reasonably happy, the strongest light was from the front which was trying to burn out the nose a bit, a bit more side light would have helped but they're static lights on tall poles, not set up like an organised night shoot so I had to work it out for myself but got there just about.

hope they are of interest
C&C welcome
Andy

Fantastic additions Andy. That lighting definitely looks difficult with it being so bright at the front, but rather dim elsewhere. Good to see a "blue hour" shot as well as those with a near-black sky (both work very well).

Excellent nightshots !

There is always something special about il76 photos and in my humble opinion, even more so at night. It seems to add something extra .
Many thanks for the complete post.

Really nice shots Andy