LAX and LAS in FEB

[INNflight]

Hi guys,

It's been quite a while since I posted, but I regularly read thru and look through your images.
I'm a bit bored atm, so figured I'd post some LAX and LAS pics, from my visit back in mid-February.

Shame you couldn't join Tom, even though weather wasn't the best most of the time.
Also, was good to meet Nick again. Hope you like the pics.

Had a nice room at the Marriott Courtyard at Century Blvd. 6th floor, 5mins walk from In and Out Burger, and a gooood view of the 24s.

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/dhl762.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/NWA.jpg

Over the next few days I had a good mix of sightseeing and shooting from the museum, imperial hill and in n out.

We're goin to Hawaii 8)
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/alaskabank.jpg

....and to Disneyland too!
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/Alaskaspecial1.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/fedex.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/fedexsmall.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/stalllogo.jpg

Big red...!
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/qantaswunala.jpg

and big blue :wink:
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/atnui.jpg

Two sunny shots from the museum
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/anzrotate.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/lanairside.jpg

and two rainy ones. The EMB 120 is from Imperial Hill, they were operating on the reverse pattern.
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/aatriplewet.jpg

http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/emb120night.jpg

In n Out Burger, 24R sunset landing
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/baspeedie.jpg

and Tinkerbell...
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/tinkerbellone.jpg

Also, some LAS shots:

The planespotter's favourite fish - without sun :evil:
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/salmon.jpg

75th anniversary logojet. No sun, of course...
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/0R8G7051.jpg

Cali One
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/calione.jpg

Shamu One
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/shamuuuu.jpg

Star Alliance the 2nd
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/staallusaw.jpg

Not too rare around here
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/phillypines.jpg

off we are again, heading for LAX
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/vegasair.jpg

and again, heading for PHX
http://www.floriantrojer.com/gallery/bilder/ana773.jpg

Thanks for looking :borat:
Florian

[Matt Molnar]

Awesome stuff, Florian. How long were you in LA? That's a ton of special schemes for one trip!

[wunaladreamin]

Awesome set Florian! Really awesome.

[eric8669]

Florian,

Beautiful shots!!. The panning shots are amazing.


Eric

[MarkLawrence]

Wonderful shots! Those really are fantastic!

[adam613]

Wow. I am even more impressed with the quality of your photography than I am with the number of special schemes you caught!

[PhilDernerJr]

Amazing sunlight in those shots! You must have some special agreement with God or something. haha

[T-Bird76]

Great stuff Florian! Happy you were able to make it out there and enjoy the wonderful winter light at LA!

[lijk604]

Florian, just to confirm, the DHL & NWA were taken from your hotel room???

[nikon50bigma]

Amazing shots ya got there!
Especially on the panning ones.

[Iberia A340-600]

Man Florian, those are some supper awesome shots you got!

I love the American 777 in the rain and the 747 at sunset. Gorgeous!

At the museum do they let you stay as long as you want taking pictures?

[brontis5]

Florian,

The sunset shot taken by In-N-Out is beautiful, there is no other way to put it. It makes me want to go back to LAX so badly. Thanks for sharing! Later, Brian

[stuart schechter]

Florian, WOW! Just an amazing set of shots. Something to drool over! But crap! a new AS scheme, time for me to head to SEA and get her. The Salmon Thirty Seven was my first ever shot on JP and I love that bird!

[JZ1]

Excellent shots, I like the panning shot of the AS Salmon the most...

[AirtrafficController]

Wonderful pictures Florian!

[Delta777LR]

I love the shot of American 777 departing LAX along with the water splashing..

[INNflight]

Wow guys, thanks so much for the replies, didn't expect them to be that many :borat:


How long were you in LA?

Actually five days, however weather was crap on two, I did about 2,5 days of shooting at LAX. I even got more special schemes (Arizona Cardinals, AWest retro 319, Lone Star One and Nevada One!), however they all were in sh*t weather or crap angles hehe.

LAS was one day only and definitely worth it :mrgreen:


The panning shots are amazing.

Thanks Eric! To answer your PM, the EMB 120 panning was 1/4th, f5.6 at ISO 2500, full 400mm. Lucky I guess :shock:


just to confirm, the DHL & NWA were taken from your hotel room???

Yup :wink: Was surprised (positively I'm sure!) that I was able to open the hotel room windows on the 6th floor. My room was facing East, so I had to lean out a bit to shoot the arrivals, passing the hotel to the North. The NWA 744 is as side-on as you can get there, after that they disappear behind the hotel.

I had to pay attention quite a bit because there was a parking garage on the other side of my room blocking the view of the approach path, so the aircraft were visible for like 10 seconds :roll:


At the museum do they let you stay as long as you want taking pictures?

Hmm I'm not sure exactly. A friend of mine volunteers there, so we stayed out quite a bit, and others did too!
The thing is there has to be one of the museum employees out with you, and if none has spare time, you don't get to go I guess, but normally they're really friendly and go out with you.

The museum closes at 3pm afaik, so it's only good for the morning.

Once again, thanks a lot for the kind words :borat: Think I gotta post more often again hehe.