MikeScone
Mike - Camera Corner Mod
This past weekend the fall colors were at a peak here in Central New York, which made it a great time to take an airplane up and see the colors from the air.
I like to look for patterns and shapes when I'm doing aerial photography. This field just above Cayuga Lake looks like a bottle of liqueur.
You can see the history of the land from above - I'd be willing to bet that once there was a narrow country road running conveniently close to a farm house, dividing the farmer's land, but who cared? Now, it's a State highway...
A few brightly colored trees surround a little pond in the corner of a field.
I just like the shapes of the trees, like a claw reaching for the corner of the field.
When you're doing aerial photography, here are a few tips: First, if you can, open the window. Most airplane windows are tinted, and they're all plastic, never a good substance to shoot through. Second, lean back and let your body cushion the vibrations - never lean on or touch the airplane window or frame. Third, use a high shutter speed (1/500th or higher) to minimize effects of vibration and motion (VR / Image Stabilization helps too).
The colors were spectacular, and the slight overcast just made them more saturated.
When most of the trees have lost their leaves, a few lone maples seem even brighter yellow...
My very own pond... the grass is still green where I mow the banks, but as the leaves fall it will soon be brown until next year...
A sign of winter to come - the geese are heading South.
Broken sunlight shines on Cayuga Lake as I head back to Ithaca airport...
Now, if the rain would only stop so I can take the airplane up again...
I like to look for patterns and shapes when I'm doing aerial photography. This field just above Cayuga Lake looks like a bottle of liqueur.
You can see the history of the land from above - I'd be willing to bet that once there was a narrow country road running conveniently close to a farm house, dividing the farmer's land, but who cared? Now, it's a State highway...
A few brightly colored trees surround a little pond in the corner of a field.
I just like the shapes of the trees, like a claw reaching for the corner of the field.
When you're doing aerial photography, here are a few tips: First, if you can, open the window. Most airplane windows are tinted, and they're all plastic, never a good substance to shoot through. Second, lean back and let your body cushion the vibrations - never lean on or touch the airplane window or frame. Third, use a high shutter speed (1/500th or higher) to minimize effects of vibration and motion (VR / Image Stabilization helps too).
The colors were spectacular, and the slight overcast just made them more saturated.
When most of the trees have lost their leaves, a few lone maples seem even brighter yellow...
My very own pond... the grass is still green where I mow the banks, but as the leaves fall it will soon be brown until next year...
A sign of winter to come - the geese are heading South.
Broken sunlight shines on Cayuga Lake as I head back to Ithaca airport...
Now, if the rain would only stop so I can take the airplane up again...
