Anywhere at T4???

T4 photos

Hi Chaps,

As requested I will post some of my shots from T4 airside later this week, on the photo thread. Being more of a “Historic” correspondent I hadn’t realised they would be of much interest given the excellent shots posted by other commercial forum regulars.

Haven’t got them to hand, and am away from the PC tomorrow, but will try to post Thursday sometime.

Cheers
Paul F

In a word… NO!

Unless you’re airside, then there are some lovely windows to view from.

Yes i will be airside and thanks you guy’s for the info

Paul, please post! I’d be really interested to see them!

Photography from LHR T4

Oasis 747,

If you get airside, then there is a coffee bar through the back of the “retail area” which allows a fairly good view of the apron and some gates for T4, and a good view across to the LHR central terminals.

Departures on runway 09R (i.e departures to the east from the southerly runway) can be viewed and photographed, with heavies rotating and lifting off in full view. Smaller types tend to be airborne and climbing so that they are too high for anything other than underside shots.

The coffee bar area also allows good shots of the aircraft movements to and from T4, though this may be dependant on runways in use etc.

Beware, the windows have a brown tint which can affect colour balance – use photo-editting software to rebalance colours. And watch out for the window frames when panning with the moving aircraft for photos! I used a multi-shot function so that I stood a better chance of getting some “frame-free” results!

Reflections from the terminal interior didn’t seem too bad, esp if you keep the cmaera clos e to the window, and distortion due to glass wasn’t too obvious, but watch out for “sticky fingermarks” on the windows, which can be a real problem – unless you’re prepared to wipe the window with a “Wet One” tissue or similar to clean it first.

I spent an hour or so taking photos from there with my trusty Fuji S5000 whilst waiting to board my BA flight to Bangalore in February, and got some photos which I was really pleased with.

I can post a few on the photo thread if anyone is interested, though they are now four months old….

Paul F

In a word… NO!

Unless you’re airside, then there are some lovely windows to view from.