Superhero Photo Challenge: out the window

One of the greatest pleasures in life is the window seat on an airplane. Are you with me sisters? My husband and I have to do some serious rock, paper, scissors every time we get situated.

I always have my camera at the ready and feel a childlike giddiness when I see the world from this perspective. I am suddenly an astronaut seeing the planet for the first time: it's rich topography amazing me with its color, clouds and organic forms. It takes my breath away every time.

This week's theme is to shoot out the window. It could be an airplane, a car or even your bathroom window. As usual, leave your link in the comments and add the tag "superhero photo challenge" to your flickr page.

Hot tip: If you don't already know this, treat your airplane photos with levels or curves in photoshop (auto levels usually does the trick) and watch the landscape pop!

Comments

[vivienne]

i love taking pics out the window of an airplane, but i didn't know that levels trick! much thanks!

here are my offerings for 'out the window'!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2371386468/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2371386456/

i hope ya'll have a beautiful weekend!

[jen lemen]

i'm on a perpetual mission to take a good window seat picture ever since you started posting yours so many years ago. nothing worth noting yet--but i'm still trying!

[Ruth]

I actually took this out the car windshield just last night!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23413182@N06/2371458428/

[Kacey]

My favorite out the window shots are out my office window. I'm amazed at the pictures I can get. I love my office window! This post, the last two photos are taken right from my desk, out the office window.

http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/03/18/really-happy-person/

[Lauren C.]

http://flickr.com/photos/23924687@N03/2370689543/

[Temmy]

<a href="http://tbirdonawire.net/tbirdwp/2008/01/09/wordless-wednesday-13/">Out the Window</a>

His favorite place to be is sitting looking out the window.

[maya]

i take lots of pictures of houses out my car window...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23558661@N03/sets/72157603950808402/

[amanda]

LOVE this challenge - I tend to take lots of photos out the window when I am the passenger in our car...

proof:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandawoodward/206255818/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandawoodward/395800545/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandawoodward/202551346/

[Rachel Dallaire]

Here are some from me:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282865796/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282077351/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282076557/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282868478/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282079813/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282152291/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282152663/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282942558/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282153481/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282154357/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282154789/in/set-72157603959844389/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachienred/2282155531/in/set-72157603959844389/

[Temmy]

Can I delete the last goof? Sorry.

http://tbirdonawire.net/tbirdwp/2008/01/09/wordless-wednesday-13/

[camerashymomma]

wow, that's an amazing photo from the sky. the closest i can come so far is out the car window into the darkness we drive...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2058424539/

[Marcie]

I took both of these looking out my office window. I so often find my mind wandering..instead of doing the work at hand.

http://marciescudder.blogspot.com/search/label/Yellow%20Warbler
http://marciescudder.blogspot.com/2007/05/right-back-at-you.html

[Heather]

I LURVE taking shots through windows.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2359484402/in/set-72157604231440762/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2358418329/in/set-72157604235581931/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrygoldie/2358450439/in/set-72157604235581931/

[Gloria]

Thanks for the levels tip! Here's my out the window offering.

http://gloriaruggero.blogspot.com/2008/03/out-window.html

[wilsonian]

My first time to the party :) Shot out my second floor kitchen window in the wee early hours.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilsonian/2369312849/

[jessica new]

Great Post & so right you are!
Here's a pic that I took out of the driver's seat window, you can see me in the reflection...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicanew/275986469/in/set-72157594205951161/

[Sammie]

Not out a window..........but if your mode of transportation has no windows this is the shot you might get....

see me in the side mirror? It's one of my favorites!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/SammieOrton/GraveCreekBridge/photo?authkey=lHBlMn-mXeE#5077668301700255282

[Karen G]

I often take photo's through the car window when I'm not the one driving. This one is from a few days ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23132596@N07/2371053433/

[christie]

I took this in December. I was close to getting into a big fat fight with my 6 year old because we made this deal at the beginning of the trip that I'd get the window seat on the second leg and she changed her mind. Boy was I pissed. It took a few minutes for the adult in me to kick in and let it slide. She ended up "loaning" me the window seat for a few minutes just before sunset.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/enckline/2134050949/in/datetaken/

No flights coming up, but I'm looking forward to trying the car window for a while.

[Amy Kropp]

I took this last June on our way home to Alaska from Chicago. I'm not sure exactly where this was -- somewhere over Alaska!

[Amy Kropp]

Oooops -- forgot the link:

http://flickr.com/photos/62848259@N00/2371963598/

This is somewhere over Alaska.

[Angela Giles Klocke]

I've never gotten to fly, so all my "out the window" shots are either from the car or my upstairs bedroom (of sunsets, not of, you know, the spying on people variety).

http://angelagilesklocke.com/blog/2008/03/29/out-the-window/

Taken while driving to Salida, CO

[Anna]

My daughter loves watching her brothers and dad play hockey outside - I guess she can't wait until it is her turn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sassyanna/2372125386/

[Jennifer]

Taken on the way to Mt. Hood New Years day. Amazing airplane shot btw... none of mine ever turn out that well!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/veridianblue/2371345815/

[Liz]

What a great shot! I don't fly much so I hardly ever get that kind of bird's eye view of the world. I actually shot this one very soon after "going digital."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizgrandmaison/2371702613/sizes/o/

I think the picture of me would have been better: Envision a woman in her car in the driveway, with the tripod threaded through the steering wheel, taking pictures of the neighbor's house through the drops on the windshield. *shakes head*

[cotterpin]

http://cotterpinhouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/renovation-break-nashville/

Taken on a recent visit to my parents in TN!

[Julie]

Just found this site, looks interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsarcadia/2298998389/

What's outside the window reflected back at you.

[pooky]

Out the airplane window:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowpooky/1556392609/

[Tracie]

These were taken from the window of a bus in FoGang PRC.

http://tracienolesross.com/sketchbook/?p=116

Just one more--just for fun. I felt like Tippi Hedren.

http://tracienolesross.com/sketchbook/?p=113

[pooky]

And in this one I am inside with him:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowpooky/2127160039/

[Lucy]

Thank you for the wonderful challenge.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucindasummerville/2153214960/

[essaydoctor]

Had a camera, a good book, and a sleeping baby in the back of the car. I didn't mind at all that I missed lunch with the rest of them. An hour later, they appeared in my sideview mirror.

http://flickr.com/photos/23335429@N08/2372784552/

[mary]

When I looked out the window -- surprise! Someone was looking in!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9068078@N05/2311957669/

[natala]

flying...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atheart/2372826400/

[chronicler]

This one was taken in Aug of 1960 over Costa Rica. It is such a beautiful vista to me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodchronicles/2372186609/

This one is from my car this past week:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodchronicles/2372199799/

And lastly is from my "from the roof" series of shots I take through my sunroof!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodchronicles/2084076383/

[calissa]

The sunset out the plane window on the night one of my cousins died. It was so beautiful, the tears just wouldn't stop. I'll never forget that. It was such a joy to share that picture with his wife.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marycalissa/2139492933

[Chris]

I took this while in my car on the way to a Palm Springs weekend with the family. I just love seeing what I come up with when shooting pictures out my car window!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2372372427_654707ed5b.jpg

[Lawyer Mama]

I love to take photos out the window. I do it ALL the time.

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2296786303/in/set-72157604001383609/

And I'm going to enter one of my hubby's photos (I edited it) here just because it's a shot not many will have - from a helicopter!

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2329522461/in/set-72157603643073069/

[Lawyer Mama]

Ooh & I posted another one, just for this:

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2372434927/

[quadelle]

It's time I stop lurking and start contributing, as I've loved seeing others' photos. This is a bit of a fluke, but these window photos happen to be from 3 different continents.

Granada, Spain http://www.flickr.com/photos/25232244@N08/2373797284/

Halifax, Canada http://www.flickr.com/photos/25232244@N08/2373771080/in/photostream/

Country Victoria, Australia http://www.flickr.com/photos/25232244@N08/2373746658/in/photostream/

[Rose]

How fun! I took this photo from my front window in Denver, CO this morning.
~Rose
http://6starrs.blogspot.com/2008/03/superhero-photo-challenge-out-window.html

[Tom]

I can't offer you a picture for this category, yet, nor am I sure that as a male of the species it would be accepted, (wink), but I would like to offer you a short story based on the theme.

Many years back I was going from the UK to Boston, Mass. I was gazing, dumbstruck, out of the window of the plane at the amazing multi-coloured tapestry below and wondering just where on the planet this was. The captain came over the intercom with a flight update and said that we were flying over Labrador. Noted, and remembered for all time.

Ten years ago, via a long winded sub-story, we "happened" to be on holiday in Newfoundland and the opportunity to explore that "mystery land" just had to be taken. One float plane and nights in a lodge on a lake duly booked.

There is an amazing fact I discovered about Labrador which is due to the abundance of mosses which cover it. If you were to take photographs of it from 30,000 feet, 3,000 feet, 300 feet, and (in certain places) 3 feet there would be a very good chance that one could crop a section of each shot and end up with pictures that display a virually identical tapestry of colours. No matter how high you are above the ground, it always looks the same when you look down on it!

If only I actually had the pictures to prove it. :-( Possible project ?

p.s. Great site girls.

[Brenda]

This was taken a little over a month ago while on vacation in Mazatlan. It's a family vacation that has been happening for many years and has lots of good memories.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebeach/2281029242/

[Lisa]

http://www.lisaaveryphoto.com/Lisa_Avery_Photography/galleries/Pages/mobile_landscape.html

I'm always looking out the window at the landscape flying by.

[leslie]

from the airplane:
http://flickr.com/photos/lesophiephoto/2374881434/
headed back home:
http://flickr.com/photos/lesophiephoto/2225066222/
:)

[Tracey Clark]

I love shooting out the window-that's how I got this one.
http://shuttersisters.com/home/2008/1/29/season-speak.html

[alli]

I love taking pictures while my husband drives. (Um, I've been known to take a few pictures while driving too, but don't do it in heavy traffic.)

I took this on Friday evening.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumleydotorg/2375679144/in/set-72157604313173183/

[stacelet]

I did take a "from the air" picture on my last flight! http://www.flickr.com/photos/stacelet/2375147109/in/set-72157604098531374/
It's so amazing to peek out and see something that we're too close to to see everyday. It's all perspective...

[heathre]

perfect timing! I just got back from a trip - window seat, my trusty nikon, sunrise and a view of mt. hood on the way in to Portland. Here are a couple shots:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathre/2362793276/in/set-72157604248203220/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathre/2361962889/in/set-72157604248203220/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathre/2361964119/in/set-72157604248203220/

[Elise]

I took this out the window of my car while driving in to the city for class. Traffic was heavy, I was running late and this was just the message I needed from the universe.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliseg/2376074734/