Well, there are certainly tradeoffs... it's noisy and sometimes stinky around here (not from the airport; we're right next to a highway, RR tracks, and some factories and refineries).
And although the KEWR traffic is visible with the naked eye from here, all of these shots were made with a 400mm lens... the aircraft look a lot smaller at a casual glance.
Occasionally a plane will come right over the building on a non-standard approach, but to get a shot of that I'd need to be ready with a camera on the roof or on the street. I'll get one eventually from there or from the few places on the east side of town where they swoop in on final when landing to the south...
Glad people enjoy these; they're not the best photos...
