First off if your looking for a “how to do
it guide” your reading the wrong blog, to be honest I’m learning by trial and
error, and I suppose this is a bit of waffle is to show case the pictures that
didn’t make it and you wouldn’t normally get to see – the outtakes.
A bit of background, the pilot Captain
Pugwash is a similar age to myself, I’ve known him most of my life and I trust
him explicitly with my life (which helps).
The plane, a CTSW by Flight Design is
compact and modern in design.
If you read up on aerial photography they always
say Cessna or use a helicopter with the door open (sorry you can count me out
from dangling from a bloody helicopter) so with this in mind I asked Pugwash
why he chose the CTSW over a Cessna.
“Costs about £20 per hour in fuel
(then there's finance, insurance, hangarage, maintenance costs etc)
whereas a two seat Cessna would probably be something around £80 per hour
in fuel.
My CT is cheaper to maintain than a
Cessna. More economical. Newer. Better equipped. Doesn't guzzle oil. Plus
I reckon it looks a bit sexier than a Cessna.”
So there you have it cheap and sexy, just how he likes his women.
The thing about aerial photography is I
find it is very hit and miss, your cramped, your surrounded by shining plexiglass
and to be honest you just waste so many shots (or I do) fighting against haze
or sunlight.
Generally you can spin the plane round to
get another few shots, but this set of The Needles taken on the Round Britain Rally couldn’t
be retaken as every minute counted, Pugwash was racing against the clock and
the adverse weather that chased us at every turn and threw the plane around.
Map !!!! reflections !!! - That's my shoe you can see in the water
But in the end we get got a cracker !!!
Map !!!! reflections !!! - That's my shoe you can see in the water
But in the end we get got a cracker !!!
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