Delta 757 painted for Song Airlines

Delta 757 painted for Song
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Last November I flew down to Miami to make a presentation and on the way back I had a 3 hour layover in Atlanta. While I was sitting there waiting for my plane to arrive I decided to get the camera out and start taking pictures.

Song was the short lived "low cost" carrier that Delta created but abandoned when they filed for bankruptcy a couple of years ago. However, there is still many of the planes painted in Song colors running around.

The final plane I took pictures of was this Song Airlines Boeing 757 that happened to be my transportation from Atlanta back to Salt Lake City. The plane arrived on time and we started to board but after we sat down boarded they stopped allowing people on the plane and we would have the most unusual delays I have ever encountered. Apparently a drain got clogged and back up causing the carpet in the front of the plane to get flooded.

It took them about 45 minutes to replace the carpet in the front of the plane. There was several whiners on the plane acting as though it was the end of the world because of this delay. In the end after they finished fixing the carpet they board the plane, we took off and ended up arriving in Salt Lake City only 20-minutes late.

Sometimes you just need to sit back relax and not worry about it.

Delta Airlines/Skywest CJ700 coming in for Landing at SLC

Delta Airlines/Skywest CJ700 coming in for Landing at SLC
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Forms of transportation are probably my favorite things to photography. It could stem from the fact that I grew up along the main line of the Santa Fe railroad but I love to take pictures of trains, planes, buses, ships and automobiles. The only problem is, it is a little difficult to make a living photographing these things so I have to work on taking pictures of other things.

When I took this picture I didn't notice the three birds flying past the airplane. However, I thought they added a little interest to the shot that really enhanced it.

The only bad thing I find about taking pictures of planes or Amtrak trains is that I want to be getting on it to going somewhere...