Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX, KPHX)

[redsox223]

Lovely paint job, right?

[Dave S.]

Some more shots from today's late afternoon effort.  Was hoping to catch the British Airways 747 right around sunset, but it didn't arrive until well after sunset - nowhere near enough light to get a shot.

[Dave S.]

Found another one from today that I like.

[Stephen Marshall]

Took this last year from Tempe Butte, or "A" Mountain.

[Dave S.]

Stephen, nice shot from 'A' Mountain.  What kind of lens did you use for that shot?

Here are some shots from early today, hoping to catch some vapor; a combo of cool temps and high(er) humidity levels.  As you can see - nothing at all like what they get for vapor in Portland or Anchorage.

[Stephen Marshall]

Thanks!!

The lens is a Tamron 75-300 el-cheapo lens. It gets the job done but It's usually pretty soft, lacks contrast and I generally don't like it, however it has some amazing sweet spots. For example: The photo of the Air Evac Aerospatiale AS-350 I took thats in the Willie thread.

[Jay Beckman]

Hmmm....

If you're able to get that with an effective focal length of 420mm, I need to drag my 40D/300/2X combo (effective 960mm) up there some evening!
Guess I never realized you have that clear a view of Sky Harbor from up there.

[Stephen Marshall]

It really is quite nice up there. Bit of a hike, especially with gear but its worth it. I have been meaning to get back up there to capture more of the airport however, may make that trip sometime this semester.

[redsox223]

From last night

I swear this isnt SFO with United's landing and taking off, plus the water.

[redsox223]

From the Rains Saturday

[redsox223]

Star Alliance

[Joe Copalman]

[Paul Dumm]

First time out at Sky Harbor with a camera

[Paul Dumm]

Now that is a lot of smoke.

[redsox223]

Pilot: "Looks like its going to be a few minutes"