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Come fly with me

Come fly with me by monkeyc.net.
Come fly with me, let’s fly let’s fly away
If you can use, some exotic booze
There’s a bar in far bombay
Come fly with me, we’ll fly we’ll fly away

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with me


Virgin Blue's flagship and the very first plane they put into service - VH-VB1, A Boeing 737-700 passing overhead on short final at Brisbane Airport, Friday afternoon in the sun.

This was a luck shot, over head and quick, I'm happy with the way it turned out, and like the angle here to boot :) That bright Virgin red against the blue sky is so right here. 

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Kiwitui [deleted] says:

Maaaaaaaaaate. Fly me some of your gear!!! ..and the quick reactions! Red White and Blue: the colours of patriotism.
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monkeyc.net  Pro User  says:

Pure luck mate, thats it for this one, just luck, and i was switching lenses at the time as well which made it even more luck based.
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pixability  Pro User  says:

Nice primary colors. Very strong.
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dhania_ says:

I love those colors, great shot
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SpaceCadet37  Pro User  says:

Mate this is cool pic,in Bris is same as in Sydney..low flight make exciting 4 audience..good work!
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Mr Magoo ICU  Pro User  says:

Nice shot monkey, they could give passengers free decks of cards with that being on the back of every-one. I just hope you use these "high resolution" images for good and no terrorist-based activities :)
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monkeyc.net  Pro User  says:

Id be happy if it got me anywhere with one of their cabin staff - I love Branson's hiring policies :)

(im dead if my wife sees that)
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gundunasu u zeneize  Pro User  says:

Nice song and nice pic, i think you know what I am going to say: plane is not complete, but I like the colours red and blue; with a normal 50mm lens you should have the whole thing, 5/7 from MiRea's Realm group.
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monkeyc.net  Pro User  says:

Sigh... why cant people RATE the image in front of them NOT the image they would take? This is MY vision not yours.

Ahh why am i upset with you Gun, after all you make silly crop suggestions, know nothing about compositon and seem to have little artistic vision anyway, I guess to you the only thing you know is straight subjects.

Take a photography course, broaden your mind, learn about composition.
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dailydog [deleted] says:

Great colours.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
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Nuno Leitao  Pro User  says:

Luck shot my flipping ass! It's a great shot - the contrast between the sky and aircraft is perfect, and the lack of wing-tips actually makes the composition interesting - it's as if there was something hidden from view which was holding the aircraft in mid-air!

The only detracting factor is that there is a bit of noise in the photo - but that was probably just the crop.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
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monkeyc.net  Pro User  says:

Im very tempted to delete a score for the first time ever. I wont but I have reported it.

Heres what I cant work out - ive read your concise comment in the scoring standard thread, verbose, excellent critique and ive read the lazy joke you just posted.

Tell me dailydog - are you just lazy?
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oybay ©  Pro User  says:

Perfection. That blue, the red the perspective, the framing and of course the title!

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 7/7 ranking.
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erglantz  Pro User  says:

Nice crop, vibrant colors and sharp details, if this was a lucky shot, I would like to see what this shot would have looked like if you planned it, it couldn't be any better.

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6.5/7 ranking.
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Zenith Phuong  Pro User  says:

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 7-/7 ranking.

i love the red color against the very very blue sky! ;p and i love the F.Sinatra's song also! ;p

your photo would be more fantastic if the jet plan got some white smoke behind... ;p
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Zenith Phuong  Pro User  says:

its great to be back, btw! ;P i wasnt very determined, i guess! ;( hik
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Green Putty In My Armpit  Pro User  says:

Nice shot. Sharp as and I love the colour contrast.

BTW, I work for Qantas and even I think Branson has better hiring policies... ;)

From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
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iJohn  Pro User  says:

Awesome contrast, great capture !
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
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EssjayNZ says:

Congratulations!

Ditching the highest and lowest score you get a total of 30.5 out of 35 in the MiRea's Realm Group.

There is no higher place your picture ever wanted to be!

You are invited to post your pic in MiRea's Realm Sanctuary
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caribb  Pro User  says:

Nice underbelly shot of this 737! Beautiful red against blue.

Would yo uconsider adding this and any other Boeing shots to?..;
www.flickr.com/groups/boeing/

Thanks!
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Steiner62 (An Animal & his Anima)  Pro User  says:

But where are the wing tips???


Only kidding...

Fantastic composition. That Blue/Red contrast should not work according to what i know about the Human Brain...but you make it work here to spectacular effect John...

steinersbesthots.blogspot.com/2006/05/come-fl y-with-me.ht...
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