Mt. Fuji in the clouds

[eikin]

雲中の富士山

[ndroo]

Aaah... very pleasant colors ... deserves a large large print!

[SilverSurfer66]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[Cheesecake]

swee swee lah!

[roadrunner_552]

woooo chio.

[night86mare]

Chio leh! So surreal!

And this was through the airplane window? You should have broken the window so that you can get even more breathtaking shots! =)

[eastwest]

Originally Posted by night86mare And this was through the airplane window? You should have broken the window so that you can get even more breathtaking shots! =)

I tend to find that the stewardesses get stressed when you do that!

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by eastwest I tend to find that the stewardesses get stressed when you do that!

Naw, they'd be too busy flying out of the window.

You can even get shots of flying air stewardesses over Mt Fuji while you're at it as a bonus!

[CYRN]

I love pic 2.

Can frame and sell liao.

[qwertbabe]

Sugoyi!

I'm heading out there myself later this year and am looking forward to it, hopefully to catch some photos (that can be a quarter-like) these too!!!!! (me super beginner )

[eikin]

thanks ndroo, SilverSurfer66, Cheesecake, roadrunner_552, night86mare, eastwest, CYRN and qwertbabe

night86mare: i think it'll get rather messy if the plane window is broken, and the guy beside me probably had enough of a shock when i took my backpack down 15min before flight lands to take my lens

qwertbabe: take the window seat on the left side of the plane ... also i think a digicam with sufficient zoom should be much more convenient, these are taken at 180mm (with crop factor approx. 270mm)

[Simon_84]

a 10x to 15x, 35mm optical zoom lens should be able to capture a view of mt fuji when the plane departs from tokyo.

[eikin]

Originally Posted by Simon_84 a 10x to 15x, 35mm optical zoom lens should be able to capture a view of mt fuji when the plane departs from tokyo.

actually i think it's easier to photograph when the plane goes into tokyo, some planes fly out of tokyo in south east direction, might just miss out or go too far away from mt. fuji

[photographique]

I just saw the film about global warming by Al Gore, hmmm...if we don't hurry up...^^;

Nice images.

[Tetrode]

Eikin,

Ditto what the others said.

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by eikin thanks ndroo, SilverSurfer66, Cheesecake, roadrunner_552, night86mare, eastwest, CYRN and qwertbabe night86mare: i think it'll get rather messy if the plane window is broken, and the guy beside me probably had enough of a shock when i took my backpack down 15min before flight lands to take my lens qwertbabe: take the window seat on the left side of the plane ... also i think a digicam with sufficient zoom should be much more convenient, these are taken at 180mm (with crop factor approx. 270mm)

do you have to use a polariser to deal with the reflections?

[eikin]

thanks Tetrode

zoossh: no polariser, i stuck my lens flat onto the window glass

[dennisthetiger]

very beautiful!!

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by eikin thanks Tetrode zoossh: no polariser, i stuck my lens flat onto the window glass

and i believe their windows must be very clean. becos these windows are at least double layered with distance in between, some dirt can appear more prominent, esp those at the further distance. those budget airlines didn't really take care of that and getting quality pictures through the windows isn't really that possible.

i also believe that is partially the reason of the softness of the pictures through the multi-layered windows that adds to the picture, am i right to say that?

[eikin]

thanks dennisthetiger

zoossh: the window glass wasn't very clean, and coupled with the cloud mist and glare from the sun, it was actually impossible to use autofocus, had to switch to manual. the original pictures are rather flat actually, i had to ''pull'' the histogram to get the colours