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SFO Light Trails

            SFO October 1, 2019. Drove around for a while to find a good vantage point of the San Francisco International Airport with full view of the runways 01L and 01R. I don't know much about airports but knew that whenever I fly into SFO, I wasn't landing on these runways so figured these were the ones I want ed to track takeoffs.

Interestingly enough, in my 1.5 hours of shooting here, 3 planes actually taxied the wrong way down the longer runways, 28R and 28L and then U turned and took off down them. I know how other iaports work, but SFO definitely has their work cut out for the air traffic controllers who have to manage perpendicular runways and two way traffic. 

Anyway I start shooting around 9:30 and for the first 50 min, no planes took off down the lefthand runway and just as I was about to give up, a tiny plane took off and then started alternating between L and R for 30 min. 

I was shooting from the sidewalk in front of a very understanding homeowner 2 miles from the airpot and could still hear the larger planes fire up their engines when they got the green light to take off. IT was a very educational photoshoot albeit boring as hell, and stacking 30 images and editing them was even more boring, considering I rarely edit photos. 

Anyway, voila, my most time consuming edit ever. Hope you enjoy.

Taken in: United States / California / Millbrae (show map)

Taken on: October 1, 2019

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Sets appears in: • San Francisco

Groups appears in: • Your Best Shot 2019

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/8.0, 62 sec, 182mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	62
Focal Length:	182mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Bulb
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh)
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