Dawn's Flight

splacular….....................................

C’mon Geoff!
You can do better than that mate! At least try to get the jet immediately above the sun wont you?
lol
Very, very nice.

nice one geoff, good decision on the crop

spectactular

Geoff, I am often amazed at what shows up in my photos, usually it is something that needs to be cropped out, but in this case it is really cool that the plane just happened to be in the frame. But the focus here is the sunrise and you captured it in all its glory. – Cora

Beautiful rich colours – well done! : )

Wonderful shot Geoff – I’ve had a number of sunrises at Bundeena and never quite worked out a good spot for sunrise byt you clearly have! They are both gorgeous

Brilliant shot Geoff, the aircraft adds another dimension, love the colour :))

Wonderful!

fantastic colours and composition!!

I hate you! lol
Sure beats the dust spots I get!
This is amazing Geoff!

You have a true gift with or without the plane, this is a stunner of an image Geoff! Congrats!!

I’m disappointed Geoff – I thought you had at least arranged with the pilot to change the flight path to fit nicely in the frame and stop mid-air for a few seconds to allow for long exposure… Oh well the fact that this was in fact totally accidental doesn’t make it any less stunning though :))

This is such a magnificent sunrise, fabulous colours and clouds, and the inclusion of the jet is added flip that is perfect. Absolutely beautiful.

Wonderful sunrise, and that plane just adds the icing. Agnes xx

Great image Geoff… And Im sure somewhere in your subconscious you saw the plane too…

spectacular image Geoff, well done. The plane is an added bonus!!

The strength of the reds and oranges alone make this a very impressive shot (currently the aeroplane is out of view as I tap away in the comment box) but the plane just adds that extra dimension.

It brings scale to the shot and shows just how vast and expansive it all is as the ordinarily huge jet is but a small but significant part to the shot.

What I really like is the positioning of the cloud across the sun and the smallest of reflections on the horizon as it hasily shifts into position into the sky.

Where I live is situated under the flight path of England and Europe and we are never without a plane somewhere in the sky. I’ve had shots with jetsreams that I wasn’t on planning on that have improved the shot before too. (Has more to do with the fact that i’m looking at the rocks to make sure I have a decent foot hold more than planes in the sky!)

Come on Geoff come clean you had it on motor drive didn’t you… Truly a special touch, great shot but the plane element really makes it soar, you must have been over the moon (sun) when you noticed it upon uploading.

I agree with Stuart Chapman’s comment above …. this photo puts life on earth into perspective. Its a truly wonderful shot and of course knowing the area where you took it I get great pleasure out of recreating the morning in my mind.

Lovely capture especially the colours and the added bonus of the plane.

The whole color scheme is truly wonderful, plane or not – Cezanne would have been proud of the orange/reddish palette! – as for the plane, yes, many comments have exemplified the feel of evocative memories, and scale…and it is a touch. Nice work bud!

can’t say enough good things, love it !!!!!

A fantastic shot Geoff! Love the detail of the sun! Colours are outstanding! x

What a fantastic shot!

amazing, lovely capture!!!!

fiery gorgeous geoff….
my eyes almost got caught on fire~ :P

EXCELLENT Geoff! What a brilliant capture, even if you were not aware of it! :)

wonderful work Goeff !
i love the sun so close to the horizon..and those colours are amazing.

Beautiful. Simply superb image.

Brilliant Geoff, I would be sending this one to the airline, i am visualising some kind of add campain for the land down under…..

Great shot Geoff.

gorgeous! I love the colors, so captivating!!

wow….awesome shot, Geoff!

BRAVO

I think we have a lot of serendipitous moments we are still yet to remember or discover…which is why life is such an awesome adventure…what will happen next!!!

This image is so down right extrordinary…that I almost feel like I should see the heat waves at the placement of the sun Geoff. The plane is an awesome moment you captured…but that sunset has me mesmorized. If the sky were to ever catch on fire…I would have o say it would look exactly like this!!

It’s actually sunrise but it does look very much like a sunset I have to say. Fire Sky – I like that a lot – thank you so much for this beautiful comment my friend.

Well time, great use of telephoto compression

Thanks Mike.

this is such a magnificant (can’t spell it, stop laughing) photo of this flight over a beautiful sunset on water. three shots in one! oh, and that sky too….duh!

EXCELLENT SHOT ,MY FRIEND

Awesome, an instant favourite! You should pop it the The Shire group hint, hint :)

lovely – I would never be able to get up so early – just as well there are sunsets!!!

Simply stunning and how fantastic with the plane too. Fabulous sunrise