With Fall, Head to the Runway!

With the sun low on the horizon, and winter storms trying to carve out a spot in our skies, now is a great time to spend a little time at your local airport. Commercial jets like this Alaska 737 are still planes and with that sweet, mellow light, are great subjects. At the very least you get some good old panning practice in. You might be wondering why I’m using such a long lens for this large plane at your basic airport. Well, the longer the lens, the more selective I can be with the background while photographing the plane further out. I want more of a head-on shoot than broadside. If you want broadside, use a shorter lens. You could go with a Z180-600 and get both angles cause heck, with fall, head to the runway!