Most incredible shot - at least I think

JerBoyd · Oct 21, 2008

It does not happen often but when the stars align (moon in this case) things can work out.

http://boyd.zenfolio.com/p631180157/hb108030#hb108030

So here is the story on the "Moon - Airtran" shot.

Forgive the pilot jargon - If you need a translation please ask.

We are heading back from Dobbins AFB today and cruising at FL320. On TCAS we could see that we would be overtaking a jet that was up at FL360. There was a beautiful contrail we were following for quite some time. We requested FL340 from Memphis center and continued to cruise ahead. It just so happened that the moon was set up perfect for the shoot. We pulled the throttles back a touch and followed him for about half an hour. I think I got around 400+ shots with only a few keepers. When you are shooting through 1.5 inches of glass the parallax is terrible.
However - The result I think worked out.

Jeremy
http://www.boyd.zenfolio.com

Crazydad · Oct 22, 2008

Very cool! I like it a lot.

Battou · Oct 22, 2008

Nicely done

HoboSyke · Oct 22, 2008

Very nice shooting..

Roger · Oct 22, 2008

outstanding....if that were mine I'd be trying the photo agencies for sales.

dwol · Oct 22, 2008

Now there's something you don't see everyday, cool shot

Sinister_kid · Oct 22, 2008

awesome picture! the moon was out in force yesterday.. it was awesome to see it just chillin there at 1 in the afternoon.

A&A_Lane · Oct 22, 2008

Love it! And, I checked out your link (in siggy) and like your pictures! Planes are not something I see in a photograph everyday so it was fun to look through.

JerBoyd · Oct 22, 2008

Thanks everyone for the great comments. I hope to be able to find the Captain of the jet and send him a copy.

Jeremy
www.boyd.zenfolio.com

jeroen · Oct 22, 2008

Wow....

ATXshots · Oct 22, 2008

JerBoyd said:
Thanks everyone for the great comments. I hope to be able to find the Captain of the jet and send him a copy.

Jeremy
www.boyd.zenfolio.com

I'm sure he would love that! Your shot was amazing....good job!

JerBoyd · Oct 22, 2008

I just got an e-mail from Airtran Customer service. They said they would forward the photo on to the Chief Pilot and to the two pilots of the jet.

I hope to hear from them someday.

Jeremy

Josh66 · Oct 22, 2008

Very nice. :thumbup::thumbup:

I've worked on a ****load of 737s (no AirTran planes though, that I know of), they'll probably always be my favorite aircraft.