I've found that the trick to taking good photos from airplane windows is to First... Try not to focus your camera on all the junk on the windows (You would be surprised how messy this window was). And Second... snap, snap, snap away cause you really can't control much when you're stationary in a plane. Usually I get one or two really great shots from doing this. Also, if you want to take pictures of Manhattan and you are flying into Laguardia Airport from some where west of New York City... try to sit on the LEFT side of the plane. You won't see much from the right. ;)