A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos – December 2020

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 December 2020, shall we?


Sunrise – Mechelen – 2020 11 25 – 01 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Sunrise
  • Location: Mechelen, Belgium
  • Date & Time: November 25th 2020 – 07:59 LT
  • Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
  • Camera Settings: 47mm | 1/100s | f/4.0 | ISO125
  • Comments: The sky appears to be on fire as the Sun is about to rise on a lovely autumn morning.

Lockheed C-130H Hercules – Belgium-Air Force – CH-09 – Brussels Airport (BRU EBBR) – 2020 12 18 – Landing RWY 25L – 03 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules CH-09
  • Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
  • Date & Time: December 18th 2020 – 10:36 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 | 1/125s | f/14.0 | ISO100
  • Comments: On Thursday 17 December 2020, the Belgian Air Force and 15th Wing Air Transport officially said goodbye to one of their Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft, CH-09. However, just one day later, on Friday 19 December 2020, they operated one more (and this time the real final) flight with CH-09. The aircraft was flown to Schaffen for an aerial drop in the early morning and at around 10:30 LT (CET) / 09:30 UTC, the aircraft was flown back to Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) (located on the northern apron side of Brussels Airport), its home for the past 47 years. Before landing on RWY 25L, CH-09 performed a low level flyby over RWY 25L with open cargo doors. It then entered a left traffic pattern for a final landing on RWY 25L few minutes later. The end of an era that started in February 1973. At moment of writing, the Belgian Air Force still operates 6 Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft. By the end of 2021 all of these are expected to be retired as well, marking the end of the Lockheed C-130H Hercules in service of the Belgian Air Force. They will be replaced by the younger Airbus A400M Atlas, of which the 15th Wing Air Transport already received 2 aircraft in 2020: CT-01 (Luxembourg) and CT-02 (Belgium). So long, CH-09, godspeed and thanks for the 47 years of loyal duty.

Airbus A400M Atlas – Belgium-Air Force – CT-02 – Brussels Airport (BRU EBBR) – 2020 12 22 – Landing RWY 25L – 13 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Belgian Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas CT-02
  • Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
  • Date & Time: December 22nd 2020 – 13:42 LT
  • Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
  • Camera Settings: 180mm | 1/160s | f/7.1 | ISO200
  • Comments: Landing on RWY 25L after a low level flyby of RWY 25R which was immediately followed by a steep right hand turn. CT-02 is the second A400M for the Belgian Air Force-Luxembourg Armed Forces cooperation and the first one for Belgium and with Belgian Air Force markings. It arrived at Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) after operating delivery flight BAF636 SVQ-BRU. The aircraft will be based at Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) together with 7 other Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft, six of which will be delivered later. The new type will replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in the Belgian Air Force.

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner – Etihad Airways – A6-BLV – Brussels Airport (BRU EBBR) – 2020 12 17 – Landing RWY 25L – 02 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A6-BLV
  • Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
  • Date & Time: December 17th 2020 – 11:54 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 | 1/500s | f/8.0 | ISO125
  • Comments: Landing RWY 25L. Flight EY57 AUH-BRU. Special Abu Dhabi Grand Prix livery.

Airbus A400M Atlas – Belgium-Air Force – CT-02 – Brussels Airport (BRU EBBR) – 2020 12 22 – Landing RWY 25L – 07 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Belgian Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas CT-02
  • Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
  • Date & Time: December 22nd 2020 – 13:42 LT
  • Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
  • Camera Settings: 180mm | 1/160s | f/7.1 | ISO200
  • Comments: Landing on RWY 25L after a low level flyby of RWY 25R which was immediately followed by a steep right hand turn. CT-02 is the second A400M for the Belgian Air Force-Luxembourg Armed Forces cooperation and the first one for Belgium and with Belgian Air Force markings. It arrived at Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) after operating delivery flight BAF636 SVQ-BRU. The aircraft will be based at Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) together with 7 other Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft, six of which will be delivered later. The new type will replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in the Belgian Air Force.

Spider Web – Mechelen – 2020 09 14 – 01 – Copyright © 2020 Ivan Coninx

  • Subject: Spider Web
  • Location: Mechelen, Belgium
  • Date & Time: September 14th 2020 – 08:41 LT
  • Equipment: Apple iPhone 11
  • Camera Settings: 4,2mm | 1/927s | f/1.8 | ISO32
  • Comments: A beautiful spider web with thousands of small dew drops, on a nice and humid September morning, few moments after sunrise. The sun itself peeps through the center of the spider web. Photo taken in ‘Provinciaal Groendomein Vrijbroekpark’ with iPhone.

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
2015                     11 12
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 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
2019 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
2020 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11  

 

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