20,000 Feet Over Florida

Extremely dramatic. Very nice photo.

Second all the above.

Wonderful composition... and yes, very dramatic. The only thing I might suggest is that since the sun is reflected off of the ocean's surface, it may be preferable to crop a small percentage of the lower half of the photo to balance the areas above and below the horizon line. The (more) centred vertical composition will be balanced by the offset horizontal composition (however, this may eliminate too much of the cloud detail and the resulting image may not be preferable).

I think the orange spot isn't reflection on the ocean, but flare in the lens or airplane window. It isn't too disturbing, though.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. The orange reflection IS the sun reflecting off a swampy surface. It was very visible from the plane, and was one of the more interesting parts of the photo for me!

Stunning!!

This is a very special and unusually beautiful image. I would change nothing! Congradulations!!!

So some people ARE capable of shooting great pictures out of a plane. Well done!

It must have been a real treat to see this live. How did you get such a good shot thru the plane window?

I was surprised the window glass didn't degrade the image more than it did. The window was pretty new as I recall, and I used the S100 digicam at infinity focus and wide aperture, so the hyperfocal distance must have been at least 6 feet or so...

Looks like you've captured heaven and earth -- black & white, and color -- very nice!