Airplane Art Extra from Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites, Rosemont
New Aircraft, Old Friends
It’s time for a bunch of pretty pictures. Well, it is the weekend now as this post heads out of the front door. Welcome to the first slurp of Airplane Art in this trip report.
In this Trip Report:
- Well, this year has been a pile of toilet so far
- Take the National Express, when your life is a mess, it will make you smile
- Heathrow Terminal 3 Lounges, featuring The Cathay Pacific and American Airlines Business Class Lounges
- AA087 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare – Main Cabin Extra
- Into the USA… and dealing with a Credit Card Fraud Call
- HOTEL: Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites, Rosemont
- Airplane Art Extra from the Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites, Rosemont
- HOTEL: Hyatt Regency O’Hare
- Airplane Art Extra from the Hyatt Regency O’Hare
- Playing with the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Camera around Chicago
- Back to O’Hare Terminal 3
- American Airlines Flagship Lounge
- BA296 Chicago O’Hare to London Heathrow, World Traveller Plus
- Buses and Buses
- The way old friends do
It’s time for the first dose of Airplane Art Extra for this trip. For those who don’t turn up to this blog too often, Airplane Art is our weekly dose of Airplane Pictures, with a little commentary which we syndicate normally on Sundays.
This variant of Airplane Art is much more of “shove photos onto a page, make sure I get the right model of aircraft and comment about the location where I’m shooting” as opposed to the usual in-depth research. Thus, it’s a little gentler on the brain.
The location
The Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites property offered two room view options when I booked, with Airport Views available at a premium. I paid the premium for this room, which should grant you a high-ish floor and a view of O’Hare.
In theory, you are facing south of Runway 10R/28R – one of the northmost runways at the O’Hare Airport Complex. And near the north cargo terminals.
Mapping – OpenStreetMap and its contributors. Google Maps here
As you can see, you’re on the Northeastern end of the O’Hare Field, so, even like the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, you are in the hands of the air traffic control deities and winds to which way the aircraft is landing or taking off. And weather.
On the first day, it was wet, to put it mildly, so, apart from seeing silhouettes in the rain clouds, it was a write-off.
The next day was a lot better, with traffic departing towards Lake Michigan. A little bit more of a challenge to shoot (especially with the morning sun), but not completely awful if you shoot in RAW and spend a little time afterwards in your Image Manager/Editor of choice (I’m still an Adobe Lightroom shop… for how long is another matter.
As usual, I’ve got my usual camera combo for aviation photography – a Canon EOS R, with a Canon 100-400mm f4.5-f5.6 IS L Series.
I’ve had the DO lens I use in the bag, but with aircraft increasing in power on takeoff, the focus/shooting time was important. If I had the EOS R50, this would not be a good combination.
Yes, I should buy a new Canon RF100-500mm lens. If you want to fund that, my PayPal details are available.
Right – onto the photos.
Amerian Eagle Embraer E175. There’s another aircraft circling in the photo, too.
American Airlines Boeing 737-800
American Airlines Airbus A321ceo
United Airlines A320
United Express Embraer E175
United Airlines Boeing 737-800
United Airlines Airbus A319 – look for the clown nose.
AIRZETA/Air Incheon/ex Asiana Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 Freighter
United Airlines Airbus A321neo
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 789-9
FedEx Boeing 777F
Overall
For a photography location, it’s not bad at all, given you are shooting through some rather thick layers of glass and sometimes rain-stained windows. Is it worth the extra £10 for an airport-facing room? Absolutely, especially if you need to chill and enjoy watching aircraft land.
Just hope the winds go your way to get the views and images you want.
Next:
If you’re here from our semi-daily posts, we’re going out-of-order, and publishing Airplane Art Extra from the Hyatt Regency O’Hare on Sunday.
If you’re reading this after the trip report is published in full, it’s time for an Economy Class and Beyond classic – The Hyatt Regency O’Hare.
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