I'd note some points (great photo BTW):-
- I've flown this corridor in a Cessna 172 and it is a very nice route for sightseeing. Perfect timing for this shot though as there is no way you can circle until a heavy lifts off!
- because of the angle of attack during the initial high drag/lift phase of take-off, although it looks as though the 744 is headed straight for us, it's actually going to pass well under us.
- it must be an extremely long lens to remove all perspective foreshortening on the runway. The only thing I don't understand how the top of the runway can be wider than the bottom, it must be some effect of the lens optics at that focal length.
- Michael