Thanks guys!
Like I said, it was brutally cold and turbulant up there, but it was good to be up! I've noticed that turbulance doesn't bother me at all when I'm up front, but get me in a bumpy commercial flight, and I get a little anxious...funny, huh?
Gary, that's the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake and was taken at 6,500 feet (about 1.9km) plus I had the advantage of the noon-time winter sun being lower on the horizon...glad you like it, I was pleasantly surprised with the way it came out!
We were in a 172 with the windows open, that's why the shots were so clear. You can see the the difference when you look at the last shot, where we were on approach, and the windsheild has stuff on it
And here's a shot I took the other night. I was playing around with different settings and such, and this shot really caught my attention. The clouds are tinted orange from the lights here in town. If the moon had been up at the time I shot this, the clouds would have been white instead.
Here's the info for the shot:
Lense: 18-55 SMC DA
Focal length: 33mm
Shutter: 9.0 seconds
Aperature: f/4.0
ISO: 200