Los Angeles: Aviation Mecca 0
Now comes the moment you all have been waiting for: the last installment of my vacation photos. This set covers plane spotting in Los Angeles.
I spent three days spotting at perhaps one of the most famous and instantly recognizable locations in aviation: In ‘N Out burger on Sepulveda Boulevard. I attempted to shoot at Imperial Hill, but unfortunately the Canon 100-400mm F4L I rented was a dud copy. The focus appeared to be off.
While it was a bummer I was not able to spend more time at Imperial Hill, this turned out to be a great opportunity for me. I spotted at In ‘N Out almost a year ago to the day, so I was able to take the lessons I learned from last year and apply them to this year. The biggest lesson I learned last year was that a 70-200mm lens has too narrow of a field of view to take full side shots of aircraft as they fly by. The 24-105mm F4L lens turned out to be a perfect companion at this spot. I was able to zoom in on the planes and get a reasonbly full frame on the little ones that flew by (not many of them!) while being able to go wide enough to capture the A380 tip-to-tail in all of her glory.
I hope you enjoy. The gallery below is just a snap-shot of my favorites. To see all of my LA captures, visit my flickr gallery.
