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Lost in the Forest #13/42

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Open Skies by R PULAPA, M WATSON, L HUBNER, G APRIN, TIM B, C HYTHA, B HALL, C TORKELSEN

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"This is the first aerial image I have ever snapped that I was truly proud of. I photographed this location back in 2016 with a DJI Phantom 3 Pro, which may be considered by some as ‘vintage’ in the timeline of drones. I had heard about a man who converted a retired Boeing 727 airplane into a home out in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Nowadays the airplane home is known by many… And most photographers who have drones have probably gone and tried to photograph it themselves. However, this was a different story back in 2016. Not many photographers had drones as they were expensive, heavy, and clunky. Traveling with them was not ideal and snapping aerials with a drone was still a relatively new medium of photography. Luckily, the first camera I ever owned (other than a phone camera) was my Phantom. I set out on a road trip from Vancouver, Canada to Oregon in search of this plane tucked away in the woods. A lot of photographers I knew at the time were searching for it, but none of them had actually managed to find it. I think I had seen it shared on Instagram once before, but as a video and not a photograph. I drove around the general area where I had heard it was built, but the forest was dense and I couldn’t find the infamous plane. Just when I had almost given up I setup my drone and flew it straight up to have a look around. To my surprise, the plane was just up ahead tucked away in the woods in front of me. I was blown away that I had actually found it. After sharing this photo, it quickly became my first ‘viral’ image. Since the home was not well known by the public yet people thought I had discovered a plane crash and it truly became an internet sensation. It has been reshared, stolen and replicated a countless amount of times… So many times that I’ve even been accused of photographing an “unoriginal” composition. Little do the ones accusing know is that I was one of the first photographers to actually photograph and share the airplane home with a drone."

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