Aviation: Beauty and the Beast

[Solidjake]

I've been working at JFK airport for over a year and every morning there is a beautiful yet UNIQUE sunrise. Today I was looking at the marvelous sky and saw how the sun looked blurred behind the clouds. I also noticed the morning traffic pattern landing right in front of it, thus resulting in this....



Beauty and the Beast by Solidjake, on Flickr




Edit: Closer crop


Beauty and the Beast (crop 2) by Solidjake, on Flickr

 

[cgipson1]

Nice!

 

[Rick58]

Very nice!

 

[kathyt]

Holy smokes! I love the golden color, and your composition is perfect. Very, very nice. The only thing that is bugging me is the white spot on the plane. Easy fix.

 

[Solidjake]

Thanks everyone. Kathy, those were the landing lights which are also on the wing.

 

[KrisztinaK]

Beautiful shot !

 

[spacefuzz]

Beautiful. I'd be curious to see some closer crops too.

 

[Solidjake]

^ Done, first post edited.