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Sunrise over Los Angeles

Sunrise over Los Angeles

The Beauty of Flight :: New York, LA, Tokyo, Denver

March 18, 2017 by Hans Mast

I recently had the most disastrous trip of my life. The reason for the trip was a complete bust. Worse than a bust. But at least I did manage to capture an extraordinary set of images that really illustrates why I love to fly.

American Airlines (and TAM) at JFK Airport in New York City

JetBlue sunset at JFK

Sunset over The Rockaways in NYC

Sunset over The Rockaways in NYC

JFK Airport in the foreground, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan receding into background

JFK Airport in the foreground, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan receding into background

Sunset over Manhattan

Sunset over Manhattan

Sunset on the Hudson River at a Dutch Angle over New Amsterdam

Sunset on the Hudson River at a Dutch Angle over New Amsterdam

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

LA LA Land, metaphorically; Los Angeles.

LA LA Land, metaphorically; Los Angeles.

LA LA Land, actuality; in Tokyo. My seat mate was watching it. Normally the reflections in the windows drive me nuts, but Emma Stone isn't quite normal, so I decided to make the best of the situation.

LA LA Land, actuality; in Tokyo. My seat mate was watching it. Normally the reflections in the windows drive me nuts, but Emma Stone isn't quite normal, so I decided to make the best of the situation.

American hangar

American hangar

Those Qantas A380s at Los Angeles are some of my favorite rides.

Those Qantas A380s at Los Angeles are some of my favorite rides.

Sunrise over Los Angeles

Sunrise over Los Angeles

Sunrise over Redondo Beach, Los Angeles

Sunrise over Redondo Beach, Los Angeles

LAX World Airport sunrise

LAX World Airport sunrise

Sunrise over LAX

Sunrise over LAX

The shining Denver airport in the sunset

The shining Denver airport in the sunset

Watching a plane land while waiting for takeoff at Denver

Delta Denver sunset

Delta Denver sunset

Sunset from the air over the Denver Rockies, taken with iPhone 7+ with Lightroom's HDR function

March 18, 2017 /Hans Mast
sunrise, sunset, airplanes, avgeek, flight, airport, aerial photography, los angeles, new york city, tokyo, lax, jfk, nrt, iphone
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Twelve Apostles Sunset

Twelve Apostles Sunset

Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road :: Victoria, Australia

Twelve Apostles - Visitor Facility
September 03, 2016 by Hans Mast

The Great Ocean Road's Twelve Apostles needs no introduction. My buddy Fineas (an Australian, pilot, and photographer) and I visited a week or two ago. We were blessed with a terrific sunset. In contrast, the sunrise wasn't much to write home about; but that's likely structural, given the way the Twelve Apostles are oriented--the sunrise was at about 4-5 o'clock over my right shoulder. It was cloudy enough, I don't know for sure, however.

Twelve Apostles Sunrise

Twelve Apostles Sunrise

Did you know that there are only eight apostles left? (The other four were "tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine" and collapsed.) Wikipedia writes: "The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Currently there are eight apostles left, the ninth one of the stacks collapsed dramatically in July 2005."

Twelve Apostles Sunset

Twelve Apostles Sunset

If you walk further down the boardwalk, you can get a view of more of the apostles, but in my opinion, this is the best composition there is.

Fineas photographing Twelve Apostles sunset

Fineas photographing Twelve Apostles sunset

September 03, 2016 /Hans Mast
australia, victoria, great ocean road, sunset, sunrise, a7rII
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