London Eye

The London Eye (or Millenium Wheel as it is also called) is clearly visible in this shot of London City Center taken last weekend as my plane banked on approach to Heathrow Airport.

We arrived around 7am when it was still dark. Thankfully I had my camera in a small bag at hand because I had missed some great shots of Tuscon, Arizona because my camera had been tucked away in the overhead bins.

Sorry for the large file size. It's a noisy image, and Jpeg compression isn't that great with random noise.

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Comments

ladyb says:

wow, love that...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Traces in the Sand [deleted] says:

wow!! That's great. there's a lot of great stuff you can see there. Waterloo looks rather good from above as well
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Alan Cotter says:

very impressive shot... i like!.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Neil Dorgan says:

Very lucky & skillful to get such a great shot through a plane window.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

katiecor says:

brilliant shot
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Lloyd Budd says:

Wow! Is this an image you had wanted to / planned on capturing or did it just land in your lap?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

JohnFinn says:

Very impressive Donncha. The noise is very well controlled even at 3200 ISO.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Donncha @ InPhotos.org says:

Thanks everyone! It was hard enough to get good shots. I had to:
1. Use ISO 3200 (a custom function setting on the 20D)
2. -2 EV because I didn't care about exposing for the darkness
3. The aperture wide open at F/3.5.

Even then it was a longish exposure on a fast moving plane with bumps and shaking. I was *very* glad when I saw the shot come out!

If I had my camera in my lap while approaching Tuscon I might have grabbed a couple of stunning shots because of the American street grid system and the land was so flat. I didn't want to miss another chance after that!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Fenstar says:

that's outstanding, well done
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

endless81 says:

cool pic
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

nylboh says:

nice shot
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

oZ mAnIaK says:

Amazing !
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Taken with a Canon EOS 20D.
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