american airlines flight 313, chicago to new york city

[Andy Williams]

ok so these aren't spectacular but here they are anyway. and yuri, i hope you see these because i know how much you love nyc shots!

after a kabillion air miles flown, i have now taken my very first pictures from an airplane! i took my little sony p10 on this trip as i didn't have room & energy for my 717. it's a handy little performer. the window shots were taken mostly with nightshot scene mode. the city shots were full manual. there are a few more in this gallery (the last thumbnail is a short movie clip of the landing):
http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/38273

the train to the plane in chicago, it was very dark at 5am:



these kids were way too happy at 515am this morning:



i always ask for a window seat. and this was a gorgeous sunrise this morning:



almost home:



new york harbor:



manhattan island:



midtown skyscrapers:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[Gordon Pritchard]

Sweet, but...don't they tell you...NO digital equipment (laptops, cell phones "DIGITAL CAMERAS) sould be turned on during take-off and landing?

 

[Richard91758]

Andy, I live in a very isolated town here in Australia, have done so for the last 24 years, population is 2500.

This shot of New York blows me away, I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like living there.

Thanks for sharing.

Richard_

-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

--
'I'd rather lose an arm than a leg'

 

[Ulysses]

Andy, let me tell you, I really enjoyed your NY skyline photos. I haven't tried it often, but it's not easy to get good shots through an airplane window. Not only is the perspective and distortion a problem, but usually my windows frost up so that nothing is clearly visible. There are also scratches and bubbles in the plexiglass and other imperfections. I just haven't gotten good ones.

I loved your few skyline shots.

--

Ulysses

 

[TassieD]

totally blown away by the vast amount of buildings in such a relativly small area. I live in a state which has 500,000 people in the entire state. Absolutely amazing the amount of people in NY.

Thanks for shareing
--
'Why shoot tomorrow, what can be shot today!'
Cheers!
David Clifford
icq 107750132
Tasmania, Australia

 

[Andy Williams]

and that's another reason to have the p10 and not the 717 on the airplane.... when the flight attendant came through and said "turn everything off..." i just hit the menu button that turns the screen off! and i kept snapping away...

thanks for stopping by and for your compliments!

Sweet, but...don't they tell you...NO digital equipment (laptops,
cell phones "DIGITAL CAMERAS) sould be turned on during take-off
and landing?

--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[Andy Williams]

this shot shows you central park, the big green area in the middle of manhattan island. central park is huuuuge. 843 acres, it stretches from 59th street up to 110th street (that's over two miles). it's absolutely one of my favorite places in the entire city. you can go there day after day and not see the same thing twice.

shay has done some cool shooting in central park, look here for more... http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=6033855
here's a link to find out more about central park:
http://www.centralpark.org/
and here's a mediocre picture that shows the size of it:



we do have quite a few people here in nyc, don't we. i lived in manhattan for 5 years, but now i'm back in the 'burbs where i grew up...about 35 miles north of the city on six quiet acres... why? i work in the city every day, so it's very nice to go there, and to get away from it, also....

thanks for the kind words....

-- andy

Andy, I live in a very isolated town here in Australia, have done
so for the last 24 years, population is 2500.

This shot of New York blows me away, I can't even begin to imagine
what it would be like living there.

Thanks for sharing.

Richard_

 

[GeorgeL]

Wow, Your foto's are better than mine, which were 35mm, and taken from the cockpit.
geo

 

[Richard91758]

Andy, are you saying you live 35 miles North of New York and you're still in it's suburbs?!

I also didn't realise Central Park was on an island.

Richard_

--
'I'd rather lose an arm than a leg'

 

[Andy Williams]

people commute to nyc on a daily basis from much further even! for me, i have a very nice 45 minute express train ride straight down the hudson river to midtown ny (grand central station). it's just long enough to read the paper in the morning, and take a short snooze on the way home.

• andy

Andy, are you saying you live 35 miles North of New York and you're
still in it's suburbs?!

I also didn't realise Central Park was on an island.

Richard_

--
'I'd rather lose an arm than a leg'

--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[LanceD]

especially the last one. So clear. Can't believe you can get this clear shot from an airplane window. Great job Andy.

ok so these aren't spectacular but here they are anyway. and yuri,
i hope you see these because i know how much you love nyc shots!

after a kabillion air miles flown, i have now taken my very first
pictures from an airplane! i took my little sony p10 on this trip
as i didn't have room & energy for my 717. it's a handy little
performer. the window shots were taken mostly with nightshot scene
mode. the city shots were full manual. there are a few more in
this gallery (the last thumbnail is a short movie clip of the
landing):
http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/38273

the train to the plane in chicago, it was very dark at 5am:



these kids were way too happy at 515am this morning:



i always ask for a window seat. and this was a gorgeous sunrise
this morning:



almost home:



new york harbor:



manhattan island:



midtown skyscrapers:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

--
Lance
http://www.pbase.com/lhphoto

--- Art critic doesn't have to be an artist ----

 

[baf10]

Wow these pictures are amazing. What were your settings on the camera. You say manual but the camera has no manual controls. Please let us know.

ok so these aren't spectacular but here they are anyway. and yuri,
i hope you see these because i know how much you love nyc shots!

after a kabillion air miles flown, i have now taken my very first
pictures from an airplane! i took my little sony p10 on this trip
as i didn't have room & energy for my 717. it's a handy little
performer. the window shots were taken mostly with nightshot scene
mode. the city shots were full manual. there are a few more in
this gallery (the last thumbnail is a short movie clip of the
landing):
http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/38273

the train to the plane in chicago, it was very dark at 5am:



these kids were way too happy at 515am this morning:



i always ask for a window seat. and this was a gorgeous sunrise
this morning:



almost home:



new york harbor:



manhattan island:



midtown skyscrapers:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[Mike Fitzgerald]

It's always great (and almost eerie, in a way) to see people's personal record of these places that have, for better or worse, become household names only through television drama. You're right about Central Park being an amazing place -- a true oasis in the original "concrete jungle". I'm thankful to have seen an excellent documentary series on early NYC that's been put to air a couple of times here, including a detailed look at the creation of the park.

By way of thanks (or retribution ;-), here's a few images from northern Australia that Richard will identify with readily. They're not my own, but some I've had sitting on disk ever since undertaking some editing for the friend in Darwin who shot them with his F505 -- not even "V". (Hey, d'ya remember the F505? A small blip in history as I recall, just after daguerreotype

Tolmer Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia:









And How it Was Before The Internet:



This unpretentious site was one of 11 repeater stations along the early telegraph line spanning the entire continent's central meridian. It operated between 1872 and 1935 at which time operations moved to the newly built post office. It continued to serve communications until 1951 as an accommodation base for linesmen, also acting as a staging camp for WWII troops on their way northward.

Mike
----------------------
Images ©Geoff Wallis, NT, Australia, 2001

Andy, I live in a very isolated town here in Australia, have done
so for the last 24 years, population is 2500.

This shot of New York blows me away, I can't even begin to imagine
what it would be like living there.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jamie154594]

and that's another reason to have the p10 and not the 717 on the
airplane.... when the flight attendant came through and said "turn
everything off..." i just hit the menu button that turns the
screen off! and i kept snapping away...

Well, one thing is for sure. You're not a Canadian.

Jamie

 

[Bo Bengtsson]

ok so these aren't spectacular but here they are anyway. and yuri,
i hope you see these because i know how much you love nyc shots!

after a kabillion air miles flown, i have now taken my very first
pictures from an airplane! i took my little sony p10 on this trip
as i didn't have room & energy for my 717. it's a handy little
performer. the window shots were taken mostly with nightshot scene
mode. the city shots were full manual. there are a few more in
this gallery (the last thumbnail is a short movie clip of the
landing):

 

[DeeDee G.]

Some great shots there! I had NO idea they have some many buildings packed in together in such a small space!

D.

after a kabillion air miles flown, i have now taken my very first
pictures from an airplane! i took my little sony p10 on this trip
as i didn't have room & energy for my 717. it's a handy little
performer. the window shots were taken mostly with nightshot scene
mode. the city shots were full manual. there are a few more in
this gallery (the last thumbnail is a short movie clip of the
landing):

the train to the plane in chicago, it was very dark at 5am:
these kids were way too happy at 515am this morning:

i always ask for a window seat. and this was a gorgeous sunrise

this morning:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

--
DeeDee G.
http://www.pbase.com/deedee_g/root

 

[Andy Williams]

??

Well, one thing is for sure. You're not a Canadian.

Jamie

--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[Andy Williams]

thanks for stopping by! i'm so pleased you enjoyed my photos and my city!

totally blown away by the vast amount of buildings in such a
relativly small area. I live in a state which has 500,000 people in
the entire state. Absolutely amazing the amount of people in NY.

Thanks for shareing
--
'Why shoot tomorrow, what can be shot today!'
Cheers!
David Clifford
icq 107750132
Tasmania, Australia

--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[cRaZyKuDzU]

Andy.

I was in chicago 3 weeks ago. I went to visit my sister that moved there 2 months ago. I really loved Chicago (Im planning to go to live there).

I wanted to take a picture of the airport subway station. I thinks it´s really beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. I couldnt take any picture, since we were in a hurry to catch the plane.

We went then to NY. A really big city. Reminds me of the Microcentro, in Buenos Aires, were you can find lots of people, lots of taxis, lots of buildings, lots of noise and that kind of "urban" things. Although I think NY is a really beautiful place to visit. I guess not many people actually live in NY. Most of them do what you do. Live near NY, take a train and go to work there. Am I wrong?
Anyway, Here are some pics I took.
Thanks again
CkZ

Hey!, this is me!





My mom



One taken from the plane. Not sure what this is



The last one. I took this one on the bus, so that´s why it´s a little bit rotated

 

[Andy Williams]

very cool shots, mike... and thanks for the story. this is such a great place for learning about the world!

-- andy

It's always great (and almost eerie, in a way) to see people's
personal record of these places that have, for better or worse,
become household names only through television drama. You're right
about Central Park being an amazing place -- a true oasis in the
original "concrete jungle". I'm thankful to have seen an excellent
documentary series on early NYC that's been put to air a couple of
times here, including a detailed look at the creation of the park.

By way of thanks (or retribution ;-), here's a few images from
northern Australia that Richard will identify with readily. They're
not my own, but some I've had sitting on disk ever since
undertaking some editing for the friend in Darwin who shot them
with his F505 -- not even "V". (Hey, d'ya remember the F505? A
small blip in history as I recall, just after daguerreotype

Tolmer Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia:

And How it Was Before The Internet:

This unpretentious site was one of 11 repeater stations along the
early telegraph line spanning the entire continent's central
meridian. It operated between 1872 and 1935 at which time
operations moved to the newly built post office. It continued to
serve communications until 1951 as an accommodation base for
linesmen, also acting as a staging camp for WWII troops on their
way northward.

Mike
----------------------
Images ©Geoff Wallis, NT, Australia, 2001

Andy, I live in a very isolated town here in Australia, have done
so for the last 24 years, population is 2500.

This shot of New York blows me away, I can't even begin to imagine
what it would be like living there.

Thanks for sharing.

--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries