Main equipment: Canon EOS R10 (Primary)
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (Secondary)
Samsung A54
Lens: Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM (used on most shots)
Canon RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM (used on wing views, gate shots, cockpit shots, etc.)
Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM (borrowed, used on some night shots during December)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM (used on night shots)
Typical spotting locations: HKG Carpark 4 (Primary), Sha Lo Wan A & B (Secondary), Gold Coast, South Perimeter Road, Scenic Hill
Airports I've spotted at: HKG (Hub), SZX (Hub), NKG, NRT, HGH, KIX, UKB, TFU, CTU, SHA, PVG
Airports I've been to: HKG (Hub), SZX (Hub), ICN, KKH, OOL, DXB, KIX, NKG, NRT, HGH, UKB, TFU, SHA, PVG, KHH, FUK, TPE
Airports I will go to in the near future: KHH
EmeraldSpotting is a website curated by Emerald, also known as aviation_emerald. Its primary purpose is to exhibit an extensive collection of plane photos captured by Emerald. The website aims to streamline the browsing experience by allowing users to effortlessly explore photos of specific aircraft registrations without the need to sift through each individual photo.
Some background of Emerald: Emerald is known by many names online, most notably as "TheEmerald789", "999emeraldrblx", "TheWoodGuy103", and many more. His real name is Jacob. Emerald used to be a YouTuber, posting lots of different content which mostly surrounds gaming. In 2023, his channel was falsely terminated for unknown reasons with almost 5K subscribers, and he resorted to game developing after the termination.
His love for aviation started even before his YouTube channel started becoming popular. He first found his love for aviation with the TV show "Air Crash Investigation" back in 2018-2019ish. However, it wasn't until 2024 when he finally went for his first planespotting session on South Perimeter Road of VHHH. He started posting his shots on his Instagram account around the same time.
Nowadays, he is an AvGeek, plane photographer, and a Roblox Game Developer.
This website was made on Feb 2025, with the help of planespotters.net.