A few through the window

Impressive images!

(But do they really use the 737 on long-haul routes?)

Hmm, you've got me Terry. I assumed it was a 737 but I don't really know anything about planes. It might have been a 767

Thanks for the comments!

Tim, it was probably a 767, normally used on these flights. A very good plane, imo. (But then I'm very interested in avionics.)

The minor "mistake" does not impede the images, which are just lovely.

They're beautiful Tim. Fascinating, I could stare at them all for ages.
Love the Altai one best.

got some sensor dust on the that last post, tsk tsk.

Thanks for the kind words Mark!

Now that you mention it I can indeed see the sensor blotch on the last shot. I had already removed a couple of them! It's quite hard to tell what is sensor dirt and what is just a blob on the filthy window

Nice shots! I am very impressed with the level of detail in the Altai foothills shot considering it's taken through a passenger window. And it was probably a B777 you were on? A 737 can't fly that far, and I'd doubt it was a 767. However, both have a similar wing.
I take quite a few shots out of aircraft windows myself. You can avoid reflections by placing black matte card below the camera, against the window. I also find a uv filter sometimes helps with the contrast, even though theoretically it shouldn't make any difference at all.

Thanks Jonathan! I remember your brilliant cloud shots all too well, and it was probably what prompted me to have a go while in flight!

I'm guessing the pilot's window is nice clean glass, without all the star-shaped cracks and scratches the passenger ones have

The plane may well have been a 777, I am clueless about them It was Air New Zealand, there wasn't an 'upstairs' level like a 747, and in economy the seats were 3-3-3 across. Does that narrow it down? Oh yes, it had a kitchen area and 2 toilets right at the back of the plane, it was the two windows there that these were all taken from (my 3 year old son had the window seat and refused to swap!).

Yes it was a B777 then...my previous company actually bought all Air New Zealands 767's, which I flew until the company went bust. The flight deck windows were better than the passenger windows obviously, but were a bit scratched in places and tended to get dirty from insects, dust etc. I used to use the plastic tinted window shades to stop reflections, not what they were designed to do but it worked! I'm going to be flying the 777 here when I finish my training, looking forward to it, but some flights are 17 hours, with two crews.