One of my favorite places to enjoy some planespotting is the pool deck of the Grand Hyatt at DFW Airport. If you’re not staying there you can buy a Gym Pass for $35 (it’s actually a nicely equipped gym with a couple of Peloton bikes and good equipment) and they don’t have an issue with you planespotting from the outer deck. It’s great because it’s landside, so you don’t have to worry about clearing security or anything.
To prep for my big rocket launch this weekend I needed to test my 250mm and 1.4x teleconverter on my Fuji GFX100, so I made my way over to DFW yesterday. I normally shoot off the west side of the pool deck to capture more of the “interesting” traffic from Terminal D.
Coincidentally, yesterday there happened to be two Qantas A380s at DFW, as one of the flights had a brutal 22hr delay due to mechanical reasons, causing them to be there at the same time to get things back on track.
So that was interesting, but I noticed a bunch of jets taking off on a path that made for a cool composition behind DFW’s center tower. I took my place and fired off some shots and ended up with a great shot, so I figured we’d make that this week’s Picture of the Week!
Where’s your favorite place to go planespotting? Tell me in the comments below!
Great pictures! But that’s not the West Tower. That’s the Central Tower, which is the original tower at the airport. There’s an East Tower, a West Tower and a Central Tower. This picture appears to be taken from the Grand Hyatt toward the East looking at the Las Colinas cluster of office buildings in Irving
Oops, sorry, could’ve sworn that was West Tower, will update, thanks!
Your pictures are just stunning, especially for a fan of AA.