How Take Pictures Of High Altitude Aircraft

[ASTRO_Man]

I know this is off topic, but how do I take pictures of airplanes like in these picture?

 

[davidgcet]

camera, tripod, and a BIG zoom lens. think of the ones professional photogs use that are 1-2' long. you will have to play with speed/shutter settings as well so that they don't end up blurred.

 

[brandon]

Some of these are also taken from other aircraft.

How about this photo

 

[JohnGingras]

Check this out

Airliners in Flight - ExtremeSpotting.com

 

[WX9RLT]

I been wondering this same question.

I am using a Canon T2I with a 300mm lens, and still no luck

P.S., those links didnt help me a bit

 

[majoco]

I was at the Airbus school in Toulouse in 1994 when they were taking flight photos of an A320 for some east Asian airline - they used a chase plane and the photos were taken by the copilot as his windows were much clearer than the cabin and of course he could chat with the driver and with the target aircraft.

For low level stiff they used a helicopter.

They had a publicity section at the factory so I guess it was 'another day at the office' for them!

Normally of course you'll never get close enough to see another aircraft in flight, the ATC are there to make sure of that!

 

[Romak3]

Airliners in Flight - ExtremeSpotting.com

I have a 10" dobsonian that I have just held a camera up to to get shots of the moon. Never thought of trying it for planes. I may have to get a mount for it and give this a try.

 

[zz0468]

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a couple of contrails, two aircraft in formation. I didn't have my camera, but I did have binoculars, so I took a look... one of the aircraft was a Predator drone. That would have been a cool picture! You see some interesting things when you get to work in the desert midway between Edwards AFB and Area 51.

 

[K4DHR]

Judging by the amount of grain in those pictures, yes, they are probably taken with a longer (500-600mm) lens, or maybe even a telescope, but they are also probably heavily cropped. Biggest problem you have with shooting something like that from such a distance (5-7 miles high) will be color shifting/fringes. Probably best to shoot on a relatively low humidity day so there will be a minimum amount of refraction.