CAPTURE NEW HORIZONS

I do a lot of flying with my job and when I head off on a long haul flight I book a window seat for two reasons.  If I want to sleep on the plane I wont get disturbed as much being away from the aisle and, more importantly, I can get a great view of the world from 40,000 feet. The latest trip is to Japan for the next round of 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship and I decided to go a few days early to see a bit more of this wonderful country before I have to go to Fuji Speedway for the race weekend.  I go to Japan on Qatar Airways, which means a change of plane in Doha, the capital of Qatar. I specifically booked a window seat on the left side of the plane because having flown Qatar Airways a number of times I know there is a great view of the city when taking off from the airport.  Because it was a night flight the city was going to be lit up like a Christmas tree and I wanted to capture this on the Fujifilm X100T. Here are the two best shots of the city of Do...

One of the pleasures I get from flying is being able to view the world from up on high and over the past few years I have seen some amazing sights from nearly 40,000 feet above the earth.  This year I have taken 75 flights and I still have another 8 to go before Christmas with two flights on Monday to Sao Paulo via Paris and then two on Tuesday 2 December back home via Amsterdam.  My final trip will be to Qatar via London for the FIA Awards Gala in Doha on the 5 December. Last Sunday I flew to Edinburgh via Doha after the 6 Hours of Bahrain.  The flight to Doha was at 5am and as we approached Qatar the sunrise illuminated the Gulf with all the oil tankers lined up below us like toy boats. The second part of the journey home was a 7 hour trip on a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner direct to Edinburgh and as we taxied to the end of the runway our aircraft followed a giant Airbus A380.  After take off the sun was reflecting off the waters of the Gulf ...