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PeterB

Re: Austrian Airlines Brand Refresh and New Livery

SpaceshipDC10 wrote:
a special one with the added 60 and large human silhouettes.

WOW!
Irony off.

I just wanted to point out, that this special livery is disappointing. It is not really extra-ordinary.

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PeterB

Re: New Austrian Airlines "Special livery"

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PeterB

Re: Austrian Airlines Brand Refresh and New Livery

The newest member of the Austrian Airlines fleet (OE-LPF) was painted in the new livery and is considered a "special livery". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905rE418Mac For me, this is not a special livery but rather a cheap copy of the SWISS faces livery. In addition, look at the right f...

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PeterB

New Austrian Airlines "Special livery"

The newest member of the Austrian Airlines fleet (OE-LPF) was painted in the new livery and is considered a "special livery". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905rE418Mac For me, this is not a special livery but rather a cheap copy of the SWISS faces livery. In addition, look at the right f...

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PeterB

Farnborough International Airshow 2018

I was wondering if somebody might have heard some rumors about which planes will participate at Farnborough 2018.

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PeterB

LHR Spotting Trip

Dear fellows, for a spotting trip to LHR I am considering a hotel south of the runways in proximity to Hatton Cross. I have Premier Inn Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 and Hilton Garden Inn in mind. Any ideas regarding floor number and room number? Do you have any other suggestions for hotels that also ...

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PeterB

New A380 Sharklet

https://twitter.com/ReutersAero/status/ ... 6728292352

PeterB

NATO Days Ostrava 2017

Dear fellow aviation enthusiasts, I want to go to the NATO days this year in Ostrava. Unfortunately, the website is not really informative and the support is not replying. Although the entry is free, what about parking lots? Is it possible (or even necessary) to book a parking lot in advance? And ar...

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PeterB

Replacement of Austrian Typhoons

Austria is considering to get rid of the Eurofighter Typhoons. The reasons are the maintenance costs and the upcoming upgrade costs (all Typhoons are of Trache 1). As the Saab 105 will be retired by 2020 they soon need a replacement. According to the article (only in german, sorry) 19 models are pot...

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PeterB

Re: Night shot photo technique

If your guess is true, that would be a massive infringement regarding aviation security.

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PeterB

Night shot photo technique

I just saw the following image and have a question regarding the applied photo technique. Unforntunately, the photographer is a "non-responder". So, no information from him after a personal message to similar pictures he has in his gallery. 4201233 Where does the light come from? Is there ...

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PeterB

Re: Advice for RIAT 2017

Thanks for this comprehensive information! Your feedback is just amazing!

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PeterB

Advice for RIAT 2017

I just booked my Fairford visit with the 4aviation bus trip. Since it is my first visit of the RIAT I was wondering if a grand stand ticket is much better than standing along the crowd line. I am asking because at Le Bourget 2015 the crowd line was just perfect to get nice pictures (you have to find...

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PeterB

Re: Suggestions for RIAT 2017 visit

Swindon is an option, yes. I was just spectulating that I can leave my bag in the hotel at LHR and only have my camera with me.

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PeterB

Suggestions for RIAT 2017 visit

I want to visit the RIAT this year but got stuck a little bit with organizing. As I come over from FRA or VIE I will fly to LHR. I was thinking about getting a hotel around LHR from Friday on, catch a bus early in the morning on Saturday to the show (and get back to the hotel the same day after the ...

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PeterB

Re: CCW Rotation

https://www.airliners.net/faq/photo_acceptance_guide/

PeterB

Re: Pre-Screening

Chromatic aberration all over the place.

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PeterB

Re: 7 Rejection Reasons??

Interesting piece of information!

Btw...Nr. 2 even made it to the front page: Congrats!

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PeterB

How to Delete Images from Database?

How can I delete individual images from the database?

I am quite sure this question was brought up before, but I cannot find anything anymore in the forum.

Thanks,
Peter

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PeterB

Re: pre-post screening spompert

Hello, this one was rejected for motive (unbalanced crop), also after appeal. How can I crop better? I don`t really see the problem and have seen similar shots...thanks http://i66.tinypic.com/34ovbd0.jpg Out of curiosity, I just searched the database for accepted images with a similar crop. 3979137...

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PeterB

Re: 7 Rejection Reasons??

7 rejection reasons and it was accepted after appealing? Was it a new screener and/or did the screener throw a coin? Seriously...I start to doubt the reliability of the screening process if a picture gets 7 rejection reasons and still makes it after appealing. PS: Don't get me wrong - the picture is...

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PeterB

Re: Airliners.net Site Upgrade Announcement & Discussion

You're right that hits have dropped. It's not just that hits are WAY down, photographers are uploading far fewer images. Looking at the upload queue right now, the average uploads per day is less than 600. Before the upgrade it would be pretty rare to see a day with less than 1,000 uploads. It seem...

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PeterB

Basel Airport Spotting

According to the official website the visitors terrace is closed. Does anybody know if this is still the case?

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PeterB

Screening Procedure

I was wondering if the screening procedure includes blinding of the photographers name in order to prevent a bias in the screening.

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PeterB

Re: Airliners.net Site Upgrade Announcement & Discussion

Maybe I am not the only one here suffering from the harsh contrast of the website. There must be a level of contrast between the white design and the current one!
However, I start to see bright flashes after 5 min of forum reading. I am not going to destroy my eyes here!

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PeterB

Benchmark for Screening Time

I was stumbling over another aviation photography website that collaborates with FR24 and was surprised when I saw there queue status. A.net queue: 6000 images - needs 10-11 days --> approximately 550-600 images/day Competitor queue: 12000 images - needs 6-7 days --> approximately 1700-2000 images/d...

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PeterB

Rejection?! Your opinion on that.

Today I got two images rejected but do not agree at all with the reasons. What do you guys think? I am actually considering an appeal. Images were acquired with D7000 + Nikon 200-500 in good light conditions. And I don't see the issues mentioned on my screen. http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/airl...

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PeterB

Re: Islamist saboteurs target AF at CDG

"Please subscribe or sign in to continue reading."
The only thing I can read is the head line. Doesn't make so much sense to post an article that requires subscription.

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PeterB

Professional Sport Teams in NA: Charter or own Jet?

As a fan of the Edmonton Oilers NHL team I know they used an Air Canada Jetz all-business configured A320 last season. However, what about other NHL/NFL/MLB teams?
Are there even some teams which own jets themself?

Best,
Peter

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PeterB

Re: Noise problem

Thank you all for your help http://i63.tinypic.com/11hfgg4.png on this picture i did what you told me focal lenght below 200 mm f/9 iso 100 and the sun with on my back but i still got some noise i will reduce noise using Nik but is it normal to get that noise before any editing ? In this picture th...

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PeterB

Re: Screening Queue

Thats great! I would love having that feature.
Btw...Thanks for the quick reply!

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PeterB

Screening Queue

So far, having back the screening queue is great.
I think it would be nice to highlight the days (write in bold characters) on which you uploaded images. This would increase the overview even more.

Best,
Peter

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PeterB

Re: Your aircraft spotting "bucket list"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHQ4zOnPL0

2) Air-to-Air Helicopter spotting at LAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olSPxhz5ooI

PeterB

Re: Noise problem

I've acquired most of my shots with the Tamron lens in combination with a Nikon D7000. You have to stop down to f/8.0 or f/10.0 in order to increase sharpness at the long end. However, from 250mm on it is hard to get really sharp images. That's the reason why I added the Nikon 200-500 to my collecti...

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PeterB

Window View vs. Airport Overview

Can somebody explain to me why this picture (that made it to the front page) is considered as "Overview" only and not as "Window View" with proper aircraft details? There is an engine visible. http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/5/6/3982655.jpg?v=v4bf0e0b14ad

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PeterB

Austrian Fleet Expansion

http://www.austrianaviation.net/detail/ ... im-anflug/

Unfortunately only in German.

PeterB

Re: Photo Banner Missing

Hey Kas,

I found some more: #2837443 #2837463 #2837699 #2839213 #2839245

I hope that's it.

Best,
Peter

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PeterB

Photo Banner Missing

I just noticed that the photo banner is missing for some of my pictures: #2837425 #2837569 #2837505 #2837515 #2837431. As this finding was just coincident I don't know how many pictures in total lack the banner. So, can anybody from the crew take actions and put the banners back? Many thanks in adva...

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PeterB

Re: Favorite 747 livery

orange + shiny silver: CP-AIR

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PeterB

Re: Austrian to start LAX

They have what? 11 long haul aircraft in their fleet? How are they going to make LAX work at 6x week when they also have HKG, YYZ, PEK, PVG, BKK, ORD, MIA, JFK, EWR and IAD? Being a spotter at VIE myself, I can tell you that in the VIE spotting/airport community there are rumors about another B777-...

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PeterB

Re: Airline/Airport Use of Airliners.net Photos

I had some requests from online and print magazines (Argentina, Russia and Australia) as well as for a scale model box (Herpa OS A321). ;) http://www.world-of-wings.de/WebRoot/Store2/Shops/es10476794_WOW_World_of_Wings/MediaGallery/Herpa_Wings_1_500/Airbus/A321/2016-06-02_15.55.51.jpg I think gettin...

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PeterB

Re: Good lens for Nikon D5300?

IIRC the 5300, as a crop sensor camera, has a crop factor of 1.3, No. All Nikon DX cameras have a crop factor of 1.5. If money matters (below 500 Euro) take one of these: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300 mm 1:4,5-5,6G ED VR (tested myself) Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm 1:4-5,6G ED VR II Tamron AF 70-30...

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PeterB

Re: Dust spots and halo effect

Thank you guys! I discovered that D-Lighting should be off, especially in aviation photography. As you hopefully acquire your pictures in RAW, it doesn't matter if Active D-Lighting is set or not. Active D-Lighting only influences jpg pictures. Dark areas will get brighter and bright ares will get ...

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PeterB

Re: Dust spots and halo effect

In LR, just hold "Alt" while moving the sharpness mask button. You will immediately see dust spots if there are some.

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PeterB

Re: LHR Spotters Help!

Depending on the time of the day and which runway is in use for landings (L or R) I would recommend to change your spot after 3pm. So e.g. before 3pm Eastchurch Road, then after 3pm Myrtle Avenue (2min walk from Hatton Cross). You have to check in the internet what exactly applies for the week of yo...

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PeterB

Original Seats, Trolleys, Blades etc.

An Austrian company that organized aviation flea markets twice a year just next to Vienna Airport is obviously bankrupt and is now trying to get rid of everything they still have with two auctions. They have plenty of seats, turbine blades, window panels, models, trolleys and even some crew rest com...

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PeterB

Re: Why no rejected

Catalin81 wrote:
PeterB wrote:
I think only the minority will understand your post. I don't get it!

Go away !!!!

Sorry, but this reply disqualifies you to be taken serious.

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PeterB

Re: Why no rejected

My recive reject for the same picture in other situation with this picture. This, and other angle from the front. Im recived rejected for same. And other situation, recive again reject for same, vith other picture on the left side, and other with engine, different picture, but recived reject. I don...

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PeterB

Re: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens

I've never used a polarizing filter for aviation photography. And I don't see a point of doing so.

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PeterB

Re: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens

it's 'only' f/5.6, Good joke! :lol: For a 200-500 with e.g. f/2.8 you need a suitcase like for the Sigma 200-500 f/2.8. Maybe it has one advantage: You save time and money for the gym. ;) I bought the Nikon 200-500 approximately 2 months ago. After testing it for some time at my home airport (VIE),...

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