Posted by Paul Wegemann on October 25, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Courtesy of a morning flight on Frontier Airlines. For the first time in a number of flights, I got a window that wasn't scratched.
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on October 25, 2010 at 10:39 PM
I love the comp here. Even the light is great with the haze in the background. The colors seem off on my monitor (unless you were going for that effect). I assume that's St. Helens on the right and Adams on the left. Thanks for posting.
Posted by Art Escobado on October 25, 2010 at 10:49 PM
The comp is great with fantastic layering adding depth to the image-only nit is the blue.
Posted by Todd Caudle on October 25, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Apparently they traded the scratches for a thick blue tint. For that reason you might consider b&w for this one. But what a great perspective!
Years ago I flew out of Sea-Tac right before sunset. The pilot announced the close-up view of Rainier, and sure enough, there it was, right below us, catching the rich warm light of sunset. I turned to say something to my girlfriend, and when I looked back at Rainier, I was now looking UP at its summit. Being the fearful flier that I was, I was convinced the plane was going down. I never knew why we dropped in altitude, but apparently it was routine.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 25, 2010 at 11:17 PM
What a magnificent bird's eye view! I never get this fortunate when flying.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on October 26, 2010 at 12:18 AM
The color balance looks very blue on my monitor but I actually really like the effect! It would make a good B&W too, but I think it's pretty cool as-is. That's definitely St. Helens to the right in the distance but I believe it's Mt. Hood on the left side. Mt Adams would be visible from this view too, just to the left of Hood, except it is just outside of the image frame.
Posted by Bret Edge on October 26, 2010 at 1:18 AM
Aside from the blue color already mentioned this is outstanding. The layered ridges in the back give this tremendous depth. Love that mountain!
Posted by Paul Wegemann on October 26, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Thanks for the feedback guys. In looking at this on another monitor it does look way too blue. I'll fix this when I get to my own PC. BTW, I believe Joshua is right about Mt. Hood and St. Helens. If I recall correctly, Mt. Adams is off to the left out of the picture.
Posted by Dan Walters on October 26, 2010 at 2:17 PM
Nice comp! Agree a BW would look really nice!
Posted by Pam Colander on October 26, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Not bad for airplane glass I agree B and W would be awesome for this.
Posted by Brian Jackson on October 26, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Really cool shot.
Posted by Jared Atencio on October 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM
The depth and layers as others have mentioned is sweeeet! Last time I flew out of Sea-Tac I actually scheduled my flight to leave a little before sunset hoping for a shot like Todd describes above. The plane ended up having some sort of "mechanical" problem and I got to sit in the airport and watch an amazing sunset unfold from there. Maybe next time...I would love to see a B&W repost of this one, way to be prepared!
I caught this peaking out of a carpet of clouds once, but with a video camera. This is really cool! and I agree about a b&w or even just warming it up a lot!
Posted by Stan Rose on October 27, 2010 at 3:19 AM
Hey it beats a pink tinted window....
Seriously, Paul--this is one cool shot!
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14 repliesYears ago I flew out of Sea-Tac right before sunset. The pilot announced the close-up view of Rainier, and sure enough, there it was, right below us, catching the rich warm light of sunset. I turned to say something to my girlfriend, and when I looked back at Rainier, I was now looking UP at its summit. Being the fearful flier that I was, I was convinced the plane was going down. I never knew why we dropped in altitude, but apparently it was routine.
Seriously, Paul--this is one cool shot!