As the job that pays the bills denied me any time to go shooting these past days I need to dig in last weeks archive to send you into the weekend. All these photos are from past Thursday and I took them on my Delta flight from Portland to Los Angeles on my way home to Nuremberg. Camera was my Olympus PEN-F with the mZuiko 12-40mm F/2.8 Pro Zoom. I post the images in sequence from Mount Jefferson that we passed soon after Takeoff from PDX to the streets of Los Angeles while landing in LAX. For the full series continue after the jump….
I took my usual approach using manual focus set to infinity and a wide open aperture to minimize image degradation from the airplane window. The raw files were converted to B&W in Lightroom CC using a preset I have developed for this type of aerial shots as a starting point for my tweaks.
On this flight I looked specifically for textures and patterns that I was sure would look great in monochrome.
Can you spot the famous Hollywood Sign ?
It was an amazing, crystal clear day and I was lucky to have gotten a window seat. I was not so lucky on my next leg from L.A. to Amsterdam, I could only peak over my sleeping neighbor down to the crisp landscape of the western US as we headed back to Europe on a very southerly routing, crossing the USA towards New England where we headed out into the Atlantic.
Next Monday I’ll head back the other way for two weeks in the Rose City (aka Portland, Oregon).
I wish you all a great weekend!
Marcus
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Really cool compositions!
Airports, as you commented in your blog, are indeed fantastic scene for street photography…
Thank you, so much appreciated! Marcus
PS…first comment, had only seen Mt. Jefferson! Sorry. All others are spectacular, too!
Thanks, Jane, this really means a lot. Tomorrow there is supposed to be sun and I plan to go skiing on Mt. Hood 🙂
Wow! Have fun. Rain is hitting here by Monday…
Wow! Fantastic capture and post-processing, Marcus. 🙂
Genial! Hat absolut was von Endzeitstimmung. Wie aus nem Film!! Und gleich gibts den großen BÄÄÄÄÄNG!!! 😉 Super gesehen und gemacht!!
Danke….Dein Vergleich gefällt mir, das war schon ein bisschen so, speziell der Anflug über den L.A. Moloch…
Das glaub ich gern!!
Beautiful shots and love the dramatic black and whites showcasing the concrete jungle. And once again you were so so close to me. I waived 😉
And I waived back 😉
😉❤
Loved these monochrome shots Marcus!
Thank you for your kind words! Marcus
These are cool Marcus! I don’t see the sign. 🙁 And do you know I just googled it and I live 7.5 miles from it… and I have NEVER been there. What the heck?!? I’m going to try that this weekend! Love these images. The squares is really cool. It’s like looking at a map! I’m still looking for my house. 😉
❤ thanks 😊🙏
I could spot it! Stunning pictures. You really had a good seat on the plane. Especially like the one with all the farmland that looks like a chess board!
Thanks 😊🙏 ! Happy Weekend! Marcus
Such great pictures. Maybe someday I will get a window seat that is not obscured by a wing so that I can follow your advice for good pictures! (Where is the Hollywood sign?)
It will happen 😀👍! The Hillywood sign is the white dot on the right hill in the Hollywood Hills Image. I also got a closeup with my tele zoom as we passed it but didn’t post it as it doesn’t fit the series…