reply to post by Maybe...maybe not
Thanks,I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this, but being a photographer myself, and knowing what I saw was what I saw and I've
never been delusional I know they were not reflections of any kind. having many friends in the field of business, today at work I went over the photos
with some collegues. They are blown away.
again, here is why they cannot be REFLECTIONS OR REFRACTIONS of light. But more so unexplained phenomena.
I always follow these simple steps when I travel:
Don't take your photos at an angle to the window. This will increase optical distortion from the windows. Stop reflection coming back into your
pictures as noted below. It helps if you have a digital camera, so you can see your results and make adjustments during the beginning or landing part
of the trip.
(clearly the photo is straight on)
Keep your lens close but not touching the window, vibration from the airplane will blur your shots.
( as a general rule of thumb, I keep and elbows reach away from the window (about 5 inches or more)
Don't use flash photography. This will just reflect your flash back into your photo and it may scare your fellow passengers who may be first-time
passengers on a plane flight.
(Idisable my flash 100% every single time)
Use a standard lens or a zoom lens, like a 35mm to 105mm. This will allow you to get photos of planes on the tarmac and other photos as the plane
takes off.
(good ol sony)
Don't use a polarization filter. Plastic airplane windows will show odd patterns. When plastic is under strain it causes polarization of the material
which will interfere with your polarizing filter. Without causing alarm, try shielding cabin lights and other window lights with a dark coat or
cloth.
(or make sure all of the lights in the cabin are turned off as it was a beautiful bright day out and there wasno need for anyone to have any cabin
lights turned on.)
Alsoto comment on your horendous reflection segement, That only happens when Polarization (mentioned above ) is taking place due to the use of a
polarized lens. To which I do not have on my tiny little SOny.
You see airplane windows are birefringent due to stresses in the forming of the window plastic. If there were reflections of light The colors would
have only been visible when polarized light entering the window are again polarized ("analyzed") by the viewer(meaning I would have had to have a
polarized lens-I did not).
The steps I follow every time I take chopper or plane pics, will undoubtedly return amazing crystal clear pics 99% of the time, without reflections!
or refractions.
I posted the above response earlier on page two or three. Therefor it cannot be a reflection. but hey go check out the pictures of the sun,that have
tiny little green dots around the sun (the sun being the same color green as the dots) those are Ufo's as well. Also the pictures you can barely make
out of rock and debris on the moon really are secret moon bases!