Perspective and Patterns
I definitely bought the drone a few years ago for more than just railfanning (although I certainly have used it quite a bit that way). But I've always found the different patterns of the landscape around us to be fascinating, and it's part of what I enjoy capturing through photographs. It seems that so many of the world's interesting patterns get even more interesting when viewed from perspectives we don't normally experience. Through the drone lens' view, I get to see things from a fresh angle.
Yesterday while out and about shooting sunrise over the Mississippi River Valley (and coincidentally the CN local - see my previous posting), I came across what at least I find to be a fascinating example of what I mean. This view from just under 400' in the air looks down on the east end of the main spans of the Julien Dubuque Bridge, a 1943 trussed arch bridge carrying U.S. 20 between Dubuque Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois that is a local landmark. The warm temperatures of the last week are starting to melt the ice of the Mississippi in spots, and the opening of a hole here near the bridge created quite the range of textures. The waters of the "big muddy" really were that dark, as with the low sun angle (about 40 minutes after sunrise) and most of the river still covered in ice, not much light was reaching the murky depths.
Perspective and Patterns
I definitely bought the drone a few years ago for more than just railfanning (although I certainly have used it quite a bit that way). But I've always found the different patterns of the landscape around us to be fascinating, and it's part of what I enjoy capturing through photographs. It seems that so many of the world's interesting patterns get even more interesting when viewed from perspectives we don't normally experience. Through the drone lens' view, I get to see things from a fresh angle.
Yesterday while out and about shooting sunrise over the Mississippi River Valley (and coincidentally the CN local - see my previous posting), I came across what at least I find to be a fascinating example of what I mean. This view from just under 400' in the air looks down on the east end of the main spans of the Julien Dubuque Bridge, a 1943 trussed arch bridge carrying U.S. 20 between Dubuque Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois that is a local landmark. The warm temperatures of the last week are starting to melt the ice of the Mississippi in spots, and the opening of a hole here near the bridge created quite the range of textures. The waters of the "big muddy" really were that dark, as with the low sun angle (about 40 minutes after sunrise) and most of the river still covered in ice, not much light was reaching the murky depths.