Flying High

The Story

I love living in London, but sometimes, I love leaving it for a while, because the view from the window of an aeroplane as it flies over London before coming in to land at Heathrow Airport just takes my breath away.

The Logistics

Location: Above London

Date Taken: 29 January 2004

The Technical Details

Camera: Nikon 5700
Metering: Matrix
Mode: Aperture Priority
Aperture: F5
Shutter Speed: 1/731sec
Focal Length: 9mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100

Comments

What a lovely pic.

Posted by: Mum on 14 July 2005 at 21:36

great city photo!and cool webdesign

Posted by: mikhail on 24 July 2005 at 22:48

A perfect photo which captures all the things I'm most passionate about - London and aviation. Looks like a perfect day, too. I travel an awful lot with work and I pray for that routing to Heathrow each time I fly. Out over the east end, above Canary Wharf, dropping lower and lower along the great river that divides our city, each landmark giving its own welcome. Technically good image too - nicely lit, great composition. Nice work.

Posted by: Black Rat on 24 September 2005 at 18:27

Glorious picture. I used to fly kites on Clapham Common and watch the planes fly over, and sometimes look down and see the common from a plane on the way in to Heathrow which was always serenely orientating and like a welcome home sign above a door.

Posted by: Jon Tan on 14 October 2005 at 12:08

Amazing!

I love aerial photos, especially of urban areas.

Posted by: Silent Scream on 10 January 2006 at 17:46

This is beautiful, your almost as passionate about London as me by the looks of it, but theres no way your more passionate about aviation! Wonderful photo of one of the worlds greatest cities...

Posted by: daniel on 18 February 2006 at 18:45