Alaska Cruise - Ketchikan, One More Takeoff

One more airplane post before ending the series on Ketchikan.  Sometimes these guys got surprisingly close to the cruise ships and other vessels during their takeoff runs, which allowed for opportunities to capture just the right moment as they lifted off of the water's surface.

A few years ago the family was traveling by high-speed hydrofoil on Lake Como in Italy and a Cessna seaplane took off just in front of us.  Missed the moment then, and have ever since waited for exactly this: