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Published: 2003-05-05 16:33:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1424; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 208
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There's an area at the east end of the north runway at Sky Harbor Int'l Airport, where you can stand and watch the planes come in...it's great because you get the roar of the engines and trailing air currents, which swirl around make some rather strange sounds.Anywho, I go down there occasionally during sundown and this last Saturday evening had some rather nice clouds and colors as you can see
It's titled "Almost Home" because I often wonder about the people in planes that I see overhead, either low like this or 35,000 feet up (strange, I know)...and perhaps there were a few on this particular flight who'd been away for awhile and were seeing the lights of their home town at last. Look carefully near the tail section and you can see the sliver of a crescent Moon
*adam1975 has posted some rather stunning sunset shots recently, go have a look!
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brilliant colour! in your whole gallery, really. the exposure (Almost Home) is also amazing.
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Another great plane shot. Perfect timing, right at sunset. Lighting an dcolors in this are great. 
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haha i actually sat and looked for the crescent moon .. thanks!! i love it ... an amazing shot to say the least 
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Even without the classic sunset colors (or, almost because you avoided that kind of cliche pitfall), this is an amazingly dramatic shot. The sillouette, the clear sky, and just the beginnings of a sunset that almost " highlights" home--well composed.
You're a good photographer--in case all these comments didn't clue you in on that.
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Great composition. I like how you have the beautiful regional jet, the beautiful sky, and the beautiful sunset all in one. Nice job, freeze.
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Great photo! Please, i want a airplane that takes me away from here, right now, far away from all the sorrows.
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great shot and it gives me similaqr kind of feelings, someone returning home not seeing it for some time...
a very well-done photograph, everything is nice in this, the 'silhuet' of the plane, the sun going down on the horizon and the silhuets of the airport and the clous, they are something on this pic
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Cool shot !
beautiful colours and the capture of the plane is wonderful!
well done
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awesome work, although, the plane is a lil small to me
I would love to have a chance of cruisin down there with you and some of the other AZ people, I work RIGHT NEXT to the airport!
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woah .. this is stunning!
perfect composition and great capture i'd say .. beautiful colours...
!!!
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That is AMZING! I love the entire concept! You did a great job!
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Wow, this is a great shot... the sky is beautiful...
I was just out there in Phoenix last month for spring break, actually...
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As usual, .
You would not believe how many times a day I will just stop what I'm doing, and look up. If I'm inside and I hear rotors off in the distance, I run to my back porch to watch whatever chopper fly over my house. Every time I look at an aircraft I wonder the same thing, where are they going? And why? Makes you wonder...
Great shot! Those swooshing sounds you hear are "wake turbulence". Interestingly enough, you don't want to fly through it, the wind is more than strong enough to kill you!
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whui - what a fantastic shot. you're right about the clouds... and the colors. really stunning - great setup too... i like the silhouette of that city in the distance. really good piece of photography
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This is really cool.. I didnt know people could still access that area.. hmmm.. *lil light bulb pops up*.. this is really beautiful.. excellent work!
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Dang .... this is such a cool capture ... its like sunset ... the plane ... the cityscape ... great capture dude !!!
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a beautiful image and excellent title. it's all the more poignant for me, having flown into that very same airport and experienced those feelings returning to my adopted home.
excellent work.
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Love those skies. I too, wonder about who is on those planes and where are they going. It is such a contained little environment and strange when you look up to imagine the reality they have of being on the inside looking out at the greater world. Hmmm, did I make any sense? Am I ramblng?
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a rarely scene
i love how you put the plane in there..the sky add the dramatic scene
great job
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Have I?
Seriously, that could almost be Knight Street, West Richmond, here in Adelaide. The positioning is almost identical. Except there's a 7 foot wire fence in the way .
Perfect timing, and wonderful colours.
I don't think I've asked before, but what of camera do you use?
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Amazing...
Very calming... and conveys freedom.
I like the mood in this one a lot.
The tones, contrast all worked together to make
this an awesome composition. Great job!
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Excellent timing. I love it. Great composition.
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Awesome shot man! I wish I had some sun up here in Washington. It's been overcast for so damn long. The plane silhouette contrasts well against the blue sky and orange clouds.
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Stunning tones and light, Patrick!! I love the perspective, the perfection of position and timing. It's beautiful, and serene, the peace of coming home, of landing safely, of gliding in for the landing.
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Dude this is is an awesome photo. when I was coming home from Europe and landing in Atlanta it was so awesome just to be back in the US. This shot captures that feeling very well. Aprehension that you know you're home but not quite all the way there.
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oohh...big ole jet airliner
take me away from here.........
great shot
^,,^
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No colour correction? Wow... thats so awesome. Your photos are always so grand in feeling... I love it.
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I don't see any color lines, somegeek just needs to up his monitor color depth.
Anyway, This is an awsome shot. I like the silhoutte of the plane agianst the sunset. With out the plane it would jus tbe another sunset shot.
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whoa this is BEAUTIFUL! I love how the plane is in there....ohhhh ahhhhh....*hehe*
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yes, very cool sunet. i really like that plane silhoutte. its really sharp
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Such a beautiful sky and sunset shot! I love the plane and the airport silhouetted against that background.
I am so glad to hear that someone else wonders about people on airplanes also. I always look up when a big plane flies overhead and wonder the same things.
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I always get excited when we come cruising in over the town lake cause i know it's only a few minutes to touch down
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The word is incredible.
What an amazing shot! So bloody cool!
Way to go, my brother!
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oooo, very serene! absolute perfect sunset and the capture of the plane is wonderful! i'm having a tough time finding the moon though, where is it now? you don't submit frequently, but when u do, its worth the wait
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Cool shot.
What was your .jpg compression set at? Looks like the lines in the sky color might be a .jpg compression anomoly?
somegeek
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thats a perfect shot!!! the sunset, the airplane landing!!!
i loved it
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