Find the cockpit!
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Comment by Melethia:
I like how itty bitty the people are! Good use of negative space, too.

Find the cockpit!
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Comment by JeniY:
Sweet - excellent shot!!

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Comment by B74A:
I did not look closer, but I am certain it is one of the thousands of portable kitchens found in Shanghai. See the LPG bottle and water? He has a complete cuisine on a tricycle, they are quite smart with these devices here, usually they make it themselves.

Today I did what I swore not to do - take pictures with my 400D, while inline skating in Shanghai traffic. Yes, I know, sooo careless! And with this new lens, a crash will be quite expensive, but I must say, that the IS works quite well while skating. It does take at least twilight or moderate city lights, to get decent shots. But this way of taking pictures is what I love the most. Zipping though the city, just shooting from the hip, I get some good candids and lot's of opportunities ...

I will download and share if there are any good ones today, watch this space ...

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Comment by B74A:

Originally posted by Germaine: That new lens was worth the wait. Was it on automatic when you shot this? It looks as if it was focusing on the front of the stand, so the vendor is a little blurry, but that's OK. I love the light and the framing. That person leaning on his/her hand and staring straight ahead is wonderful.

Hi Germaine,

At low light, I usually run on AV on the lowest aperture, here 4.0 obviously. I also fell for that gaze, but I think I will rewrite the firmware in my XTi/400D, and take out the 1600, it is too noisy for any use, unfortunately.

I believe I used autofocus in this shot - too bad the exif is lost when uploading here, wonder why? On other sites I participate in, it takes the exif automatically from the upload.

Find the cockpit!
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Comment by Cam:
Amazing airliner photo, perfect for the contest.

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Comment by Germaine:
Nice capture, but I wish it were more obvious what the guy is selling or what everyone is looking at.

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Comment by Germaine:
That new lens was worth the wait. Was it on automatic when you shot this? It looks as if it was focusing on the front of the stand, so the vendor is a little blurry, but that's OK. I love the light and the framing. That person leaning on his/her hand and staring straight ahead is wonderful.

Message edited by author 2006-11-30 15:57:09.

Find the cockpit!
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Comment by guillermo21:
great shot, would've been perfect for perspective, too...7

1969 - First flight of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet
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Comment by B74A:
The overhead panel is sloping down a lot, filled with circuit breakers (electric fuses). I held the camera against the rear of this panel (there are lots more behind it!), and with then 10-22mm lens, this is what you get (even slightly cropped, and on a 1.6 cropped sensor)

Thank you for all your comments. Here are a few answers:

Yes, the captain is .... taking a short nap

Yes, the Copilot is looking in a map (we call maps at this scale chart). What is wrong in looking at where you are, and what is up next?

Center the shot, thanks, should have done that. Would also make the distortion less off centre.

Wipers and rain repel, each have their use, although rain repel is seldom used, and disabled on many of the 747 aircraft.

As for locked flight deck doors, first of all this is a cargo flight, second, I was deadhading as a crew member.

As for not seeing what year it is, without the title, up to you, but the challenge specifically says put the year in the title. It was nowhere hinted that the picture itself should give the year away. I don't have a time machine, anyway.

1969 - First flight of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet
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Comment by kevrobertson:
We must form a dpc of people born in this year (mine)
great image
good luck

kev