| The following images in the essay are large, made to fill your screen, so you get the full effect. Click on the images to advance to the next one. Slow down, float along, take a breath. | | |
If you are reading this, you probably love aviation in many forms-- the sheer thrill of flight, the mechanics, the history, the procedures, the dynamic laws of physics, the people involved, the beautiful forms of flying machines, or one of a hundred other aspects of flight. One that sometimes gets overlooked is just the sheer joy of looking out the window. Airline pilot Leo Correa Luna is both a skilled a pilot and passionate photographer and I admire many of his images. For this essay of his work, I wanted to focus on one series of images. In Leo's words-- "This sequence was taken on a night flight to Kuala Lumpur, the take off from Shenzhen, China was at 9 PM, landing at 7 AM
just 2 pilots and crew on a long flight that most pilots hate, except me. I used to request to do the flight just to catch the wonderful sunrises! The glass of most airliners is a triple pane, and the angle of the glass usually affects the definition of the photo quite a bit. I don´t know why, in some conditions, with the same settings, sometimes the photos are not sharp at all and sometimes they are great, this was one of those great days!" | | |