These aerial shots are worth a look:
http://edmundpearce.com.au/john-gollings-bushfire-aerials-april-25-12/
John Gollings is probably Australia's best (at least best known)
architectural photographers.
...Wayne
>
> On 5/17/2012 7:44 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> > Hum. You're retired. Ever think of taking up aerial?
>
> I spent most of my working life living with aerials, using aerial photo
> contractors and even hiring one. It's part of the reason I'm endlessly
> fascinated by the view out of airplanes.
>
> It seems I don't get motion sick as easily as in my younger days. Or
perhaps I
> just don't do things I used to. ;-) I
> discovered that looking through a camera viewfinder in a small plane could
> turn comfort or mild discomfort into something much worse when we were
> touring some properties in Mexico many years ago.
>
> Actually, the commercial business of vertical aerials was pretty serious
and
> professional even decades ago, with highly specialized equipment and
> standardized process. Competitive and boring. I assume that market may
> have changed for the worse with excellent satellite coverage.
>
> I've no wish to try to compete with the Above (your city name here) series
of
> books. (Yes, I have "Above San Francisco"). Shooting big houses and
> industrial buildings and peddling prints is an old business of no interest
to me.
>
> There is certainly a place for artistic images from the air. I
particularly like the
> low level images of rural France and Switzerland by Olivier Lasserre.
> (Unfortunately, the small images on the web give no idea at all of the
impact
> of larger prints.) <http://www.olivierlasserre.com/>
>
> For me, though, I don't think the interest in the process is great enough,
and
> the expense would mean needing to go commercial. Then I wouldn't be
> retired anymore! :-)
>
> Refining Idleness Moose
>
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