Welcome to another edition of ‘A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos’. I will review some of the photos I uploaded to Flickr during the past month. For each photo I will share the following information:
- Subject
- Location
- Date & Time
- Equipment
- Camera Settings
- Comments
In a nutshell, I hope these posts will not only help you to appreciate some of my Flickr photos, but will hopefully also assist you in becoming a better photographer yourself.
Now, let’s get started by reviewing some of my Flickr photos I uploaded in February 2018, shall we?
- Subject: Sun with AR 2600 and Emirates A380
- Location: Mechelen, Belgium
- Date & Time: February 10th 2018 – 11:16 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 400mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
- Comments: The Sun as seen through a Mylar filter, designed for solar observing. Clearly visible in this picture is NOAA AR (Active Region) 2699. When this photo was taken, AR 2699 was classified as a Beta region (Mount Wilson magnetic classification system) and consisted of 13 sunspots. The size of AR 2699 at moment of observation was 210 millionths of a solar hemisphere (MH) (covering 0.021% of the earth-facing solar surface) equalling 639 million square kilometers. As an added bonus, Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EDL showed up at 11:16 local time, flying in an easterly direction as flight EK8 LHR-DXB and making a perfect crossing. The aircraft had just reached its TOC (top of climb) and was cruising at FL 370.
- Subject: Emirates Boeing 777-31H/ER A6-EQJ
- Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
- Date & Time: February 13th 2018 – 12:30 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 24mm | 1/1600s | f/4.5 | ISO100
- Comments: Landing RWY 25L. Flight EK183 DXB-BRU.
- Subject: Jet Airways Boeing 777-35R(ER) VT-JET
- Location: International Airspace
- Date & Time: February 13th 2018 – 12:07 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 400mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
- Comments: Inflight. Altitude FL310. Flight 9W119 LHR-BOM.
- Subject: Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner C-GHPQ
- Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
- Date & Time: February 24th 2018 – 12:02 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 100mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
- Comments: Takeoff RWY 07R. Flight AC833 BRU-YUL.
- Subject: Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner C-GHPQ
- Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
- Date & Time: February 24th 2018 – 12:02 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 100mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
- Comments: Takeoff RWY 07R. Flight AC833 BRU-YUL.
- Subject: United Airlines Boeing 777-222/ER N218UA
- Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
- Date & Time: February 24th 2018 – 12:09 LT
- Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
- Camera Settings: 340mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
- Comments: Takeoff RWY 07R. Flight UA951 BRU-IAD. Special Star Alliance livery.
That concludes this episode. I hope you enjoyed reading.
Previous episodes in this series:
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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2016 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
2017 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
2018 | 01 |
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