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Image: 5D Mk III, 70-200 f/4 L IS, f/7.1 at 1/640 sec.

Rather than the usual airplane shot, as below, I noticed Mt Baker and that I could align the mountain in the shot of the incoming 747-8 at Pain Field Everett, I live just a few minutes away from the Boeing plant so I get a lot of opportunities to shoot test flights, the above image turned out rather nice and proved a lot more interesting to me than the normal airplane shot. 

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747-8 First Flight

Image:5D Mk II, 70-200 f4 IS L at f5.6, 1/1250 sec
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Image:5D Mk II, 70-200 f4 IS L at f5.6, 1/1600 sec.
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Image:5D Mk II, 70-200 f4 IS L at f5.6, 1/1000 sec.
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First flight, on final with T-33 chase plane escort. So why f 5.6, I wanted a pretty fast shutter speed, because I was hand holding on a fast moving subject and I knew at this distance f5.6 with the 70-200 would give me the depth of field I required to get the aircraft in focus.

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747-8 High Speed Taxi Test

Images: 5D Mk II, 70-200 f4 IS L

The 747-8 Freighter made its debut high speed taxi test this week end, look for first flight Monday the 8th, this is what I have been working on for the last 4 years and I'm looking forward to seeing her fly. Boeing still knows how to design and build pretty cool aircraft.

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