Thursday, August 6, 2009

Superjumbo


AIRBUS A380-800, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, JULY 31, 2009

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 17mm
1/1000 sec. f13
ISO 400

Crowds swarmed antlike aboard the Airbus A380-800, the world's largest commercial airliner (up to 853 passengers), on the ramp at the annual Oshkosh fly-in and air show last week. Too big to negotiate the taxiways, it had to be pushed backwards with an aviation tractor all the way down the runway for takeoff.



Hundreds of thousands of cameras captured its steep, steep departure and leisurely maneuvers over the airport. Remarkably agile for its size, the A380 swung, wheeled and pirouetted in an elephantine ballet seemingly specially created for photographers on the ground below.

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 17mm
1/1500 sec. f11
ISO 400



Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/1500 sec. f11
ISO 400



Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/1000 sec. f11
ISO 400



Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/1500 sec. f11
ISO 400

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