25,000 feet over somewhere Photo

Photographer’s Note

Traveling to work is is a common occurrence these days, but even when your job includes flying or maintaining fighter jets that commute can be unbelievably boring ans the miles tick slowly by below the belly of the Hercules...

vasilpro, dareco, bakes888, edouard_lauer, Cretense, stego, Floydian, holmertz, bobocortis, Charo, alainh, Didi has marked this note useful

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vasilpro (8081) 2009-05-27 14:09

Hello Greg,
Excellent light management, great B&W composition.
Have a nice evening, Vasilis.

dareco (17024) 2009-05-27 14:50

It doesn't look boring to me at all, infact VERY interesting! An excellent b&w and I love the sunlight coming through the window. Nice job!!! TFS

azaf1 (15541) 2009-05-27 23:15

Hi Greg

The daily grind, no matter how exciting can appear to others is rearly attractive to the people that experience it on a daily basis. Nice b/w to express feeling and very nice play of light and shadows. Hercules is certainly a great one and has been around for quite a while.

Have a good day and TFS
Argiris

sevy (12961) 2009-05-27 23:45

Hello Greg,

It is quite fun to follow your posts. We passed from fishing in a river to fly over the clouds in a big plane.
This B&W is interesting because giving a feeling of witness, reporter.
I wonder what looks like the color version. Could you please put it in WS? It could be interesting to see the benefit of the B&W.

Yves.

bakes888 (18055) 2009-05-28 0:47

Hi Greg. This looks like something you and I have both experienced, including the maintenance of fast jets. This photo brings back the memories. Good use of BW and nice handling of light. Thanks or sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

edouard_lauer (1063) 2009-05-28 1:43

Hi Greg,

good choice of b&w here making the composition looks like coming from the 60s. I like the scene where some soldiers are looking their checklist and the one on the left the newspaper ;-)

Cheers,
Edi

stego (22340) 2009-05-29 9:01

Hi Greg,
It's the kind of photo I'd expect to see in a magazine with very high photo standards, like Time or Newsweek. One can feel the boredom in the air and the light is amazingly well controlled and it's a key factor to make so achieved. It's well framed, but I'd prefer that the sleeping man on the left wasn't cropped.
Regards,
José

ManuMay (10348) 2009-05-29 9:34

Hi Greg!!

Great capture...reminds those of 50´s, a great light management and cadrage of this "men at work". Perfect option to post in B&W, one of your best capture, IMHO..

Have a nice week end...

Manuel

Cretense (54954) 2009-05-30 5:08

Hi Greg!

fantastic photo, very original and very interesting!!! Great framing and composition, perfect light managment, perfect choice of b&w, very impressive work! Congratulations!

Hercules

wautersw (3603) 2009-05-30 8:14

Hi,

fantastic light and a very nice composition. Really looks boring indeed ;-). B&W is very nice here. TFS

Wolf

black44 (404) 2009-05-30 13:42

Hola Greg

Bueno creo que la imagen es fantastica, sobre todo la luz que penetra por la ventanilla.
El aburrimiento de no saber que hacer en ese momento, creo que puede ocurrir en cualquier trabajo que tenga cada uno, si intercambiaramos a las personas de trabajo, los primeros días no serían aburridos. En esta imagen aunque parece captar el aburrimiento, en realidad captas la tranquilidad de los personajes, unos leyendo y otro dormitando.
Buen trabajo.
Y gracias por el comentario.
Un saludo Antonio

avene (10894) 2009-06-02 20:32

wow. I mean - WOW! what a shot! why have you been hiding your skills as a photo journalist? I think this is a great shot, Greg, I really do. not only the light management is perfect - just look at that ray of light, absolutely perfect, but also the mood, the story. as others have noted, it is obvious that for these men such a flight is as routine as bus ride for the most of us, and you have captured all these emotions very well. also, it must've been very difficult to have all the surrounding details without getting just a simple chaos, but B&W works really well to avoid the mess. great, just great.

now I hope to see more photos like this :)

regards,
Kristine

Floydian (30970) 2009-06-03 0:41

Hi Greg,

Very interesting, because this is normally not your style and i have to admit the quality is very good. That ray of sunlight was is coming in throught that window is perfect. It lightens up the man his face and things he holds in his hands while the rest of the crew is maybe bored to death, the picture holds a lot of things inside that looks interesting enough to keep our attention. Excellent conversion to b&w, you did very well here....

Regards,

Henk

zmey (7242) 2009-06-03 7:32

hi greg. i find this one very appealing. despite the stillness of the men, the atmosphere is very busy with a a lot for the viewer's eyes to explore. as a plus, it sure is a scene we do not see every day. henk has already noted that the b&w translation is very good.

my compliments
kristaps

fanni (8717) 2009-06-04 1:44

Hello Greg,
very emotional scene - mainly because of B&W, I guess. I looks like a scene from WW2. The colour WS version does not produce this impression, though! I like both, anyway: they convey different moods.
Best regards,
Elena

guitianmiranda (3540) 2009-06-05 5:50

Good picture Greg, interesting use of the B&W in this one where the spot light creates a great atmosphere.

I suppose that this is part of your real life at work, so thanks for showing it.

Best regards

claudeD (11168) 2009-06-09 9:46

HELLO Greg,

very interesting shot and a fine contribution to TE.I like the b+w choice for this image very much.Perfect light managment.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

Polonaise (5629) 2009-06-09 9:53

Great document, Greg.
This is what's missing on TE...
The 'inside' stories... The photos that are usually unseen before...
Getting to the very stinky guts of the things...

Congratulations, man

g
...............

Also ( the most important )… It's a 'photography' in there.
Obviously - you know what you're doing..
……….

pablominto (40056) 2009-06-09 10:04

Hello Greg,

This is great for two reasons!
The situation is unique, and special lighting adds a lot to the atmosphere...
Great composition too, B&W is just right with the superb details!

Greetings,
Pablo -

gunbud (27585) 2009-06-10 20:29

Hi Greg,
The b&w format is special here because of the light coming through the window.
I love the somber mood of this photo and am curious how you were found on this transport?
Regards, Tom

holmertz (9328) 2009-06-14 2:23

Hello Greg,
Like someone else pointed out, this picture has an atmosphere of the 1950's. In this case I think your choice of b&w makes a world of a difference. The colors inside a Hercules are not very exciting, now we are able to fully enjoy the details and the fantastic light shining through the window.
Regards,
Gert

bobocortis (14130) 2009-06-24 4:05

Hello Greg.
The ray of light passing through the large transport aircraft fuselage magically lights up the soldiers' faces.
It's almost an antique painting, reproduced in a beautiful black and white.
TFS, best regards.
Bobo.

Charo (31651) 2009-06-26 12:27

Hello Greg,
A superb picture in TE, not everyone can travel on a Hercules.
Excellent capture with great details, light and atmosphere.
Good weekend.
Best wishes,
Charo

alainh (35349) 2009-06-29 21:24

hello Greg
excellent picture !!
the black and white is here a good idea. you perfectly managed this difficult light. i like the atmosphere. a nice job, Greg
friendly
alain

Didi (35782) 2009-07-04 23:32

Hi Greg
That's great for the lights exposure management
Very good quality of contrast.
It's a very interesting subject for us.
Best regards.