The Beauty of Flying Low

[AlanLichty]

I got some really nice backlighting on the trees along the Union Pacific rails in the Gorge earlier this week while flying at around 90' just above the trees. The views from lower altitudes aren't as expansive as what you see from several hundred feet up but have the advantage of obscuring things you don't want in the frame. In this case there are a couple of legacy farms just on the far side of the trees shown here that vanish behind the changing leaves along the rail line.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice viewpoint for this scene. The colors seem to be coming along now.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice viewpoint for this scene. The colors seem to be coming along now.

Thanks Jameel - Next week should be close to peak for the Gorge sites and I will definitely be heading back up there if the winds cooperate. It got pretty gusty while I was up there which made the wind surfers quite happy but left me with high wind warnings on my controller screen.

 

[Jeffrey]

Nice, Alan. I like photographing from 50 to 150 feet often. The details are better and you can more often actually have a distinct subject rather than everything that exists in a square mile in one mess.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice, Alan. I like photographing from 50 to 150 feet often. The details are better and you can more often actually have a distinct subject rather than everything that exists in a square mile in one mess.

Thanks Jeffrey - this gets us back to the notion of a flying tripod instead of occasionally interesting aerial survey scenes. 130' is the sweet spot for shooting the Cascades from over my house as this lets the tree tops hide the urban surroundings and brings the focal point up to the mountains.

 

[JimFox]

Flying low sure worked here! This looks great.

 

[AlanLichty]

Flying low sure worked here! This looks great.

Thanks Jim - flying low also kept me out of the much faster wind speeds up higher. I was starting to get nasty messages on my controller screen about the wind speeds.