oh dear. It looks like a 4 year old painted it, in, as a previous poster said, MS Paint. The previous livery was one of the best around I think. Shame

You’re not really doing anything wrong. The skylight filter is doing what it was supposed to do – get rid of the bluish cast in images, and add ‘warmth’ to the picture. If you want blue skies, get rid of the filter.

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Well thats very nice of him. One of the risks of puyting your work on the internet – its most likely gonna get stolen by someone, somewhere. Such a shame really.

Absolutely stunning work, Rob. You have inspired me to take up drawing aircraft again! The Nimrod is amazing and the shadows have been drawn so well!

efiste2, your best bet will be any morning – though the mainland Chinese 747 freighters tend to be early evening/nighttime. Currently, you shoud see: American = 1 x 767, 1 x757, Delta = 2 x 767, British Midland = 2 X A330, British Airways = 1 x 767, Singapore Airlines = 1 x 777 (not daily yet though), Etihad = 1 x A330 (until winter when they split operations to 4 morning 3 evenings), Qatar Airways = 1 x A330 (they have split operations per Etihad’s plans), Emirates = 1 x 777. Freighter = Cathay Pacific = 2 x 747 most days. Charter fleets vary, but generally 2 First Choice 767, 3 or 4 Thomsonfly 767, 1 Thomas Cook A330.

Don’t forget the US Airways A330, the Virgin 747s and the Travel City Direct 747s!

Teh return of Monkehzzz!!1one

Poor thing must have been hammered out of his stitches with all that alcohol!

Great shots all!

I’m not a Canon user so I know nothing about them, but I would say, looking at it from a general photography point of view, that you pressed the shutter button half way to lock focus on the aircraft, and then you left it for a short while before you actually took the photo.

Because the aircraft is coming towards you, the focus required will be constantly changing, so you took the photo when the aircraft had gone out of the locked focus.

Does that sound correct, or is that explaination a load of rubbish?

I became midly confused and bemused with the whole thing when I saw that the McCanns had gone to be blessed by the Pope, and had set up a website, charity, and merchandise, and had employed a publicist. A tad far/odd, don’t you think?