I've shot Emerald Bay many times from the ground, but only twice from the air. This was from an incredible flight around Lake Tahoe in a tiny Kitfox seaplane with the door removed. Shortly after this, we touched down in the Bay, where we skimmed across the water for a bit then took off again. It was quite exhilarating and the memory was forever burned into my mind.

I actually captured many other photos of Emerald Bay from this location without the plane in the shot. (In fact I just licensed one of those images yesterday to a gift shop supplier, it is going to be used for a magnet/photo souvenir.) But this image with the wing and pontoon is my favorite of the bunch. I'm not sure if it is because it tells more of a story, or if it's just because of personal reasons and it reminds me of the fun times. Either way, I thought I'd post this one for Hive account@czechglobalhosts's 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge - North America.

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Photographed on a Canon 5D MarkII with a 17-40mm lens set at 17mm. The ISO was 800, the aperture was f8, and the shutter speed was 1/1250, nice and fast in order to deal with the moving and vibrating plane.

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