Bluejake

I enjoy taking pictures from planes, and I'd like to share a few tips. First: get a window seat several rows back from the wing. You want to be far enough back so that you don't see the wing blocking the view, but close enough to the engines to get some of that cool air distortion. Second: you generally only get good pictures at the very beginning and end of a flight, when you're close to the ground (exception: exceptionally clear days over the desert or farmland of the midwest.) Third: an SLR is critical here for focus, setting a good shutter speed (1/1000 or faster), etc. Finally, you need to correct everything fairly hard in Photoshop, because shooting from that high up gives everything a blue tinge. Anything else worth mentioning?

See also: 405/90 Exchange