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A Nokia N900 device, suspended on the line of a kite, for the KAPing with the N900 project. Check out the blog.

This was our first KAV (Kite Aerial Video) session with the N900. It was a very nice afternoon, and everything worked out better than we expected. We celebrated after that ordering two delicious tapiocas. :)

The test results of this session are here, and the video we KAPtured is here.

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Filmagem Aérea com Pipa (ou KAV, Kite Aerial Video).

Esta foi nossa primeira filmagem aérea com o N900. A tarde estava agradável e os testes foram melhores do que imaginávamos. Depois disso celebramos com duas tapiocas deliciosas. :)

Os resultados do teste estão aqui, e o vídeo que gravamos está aqui.

Abandoned water storage in a very dry place. On the dry and dusty flat of the Carizzo Plain I couldn't get the right wind for the ff16. I considered KAP from a moving vehicle but decided against it. The San Andres Fault is at the base of the far hills. Not enough wind to get a high shot. Photo enhanced useing photomatix, HDR from a single RAW ...camera hung from a kite string CRW_5208plus

In Yosemite Valley and 30 seconds into my first flight the wind got funny, I chose to run upwind. Bad idea. The camera is caught in a tree, and I don't yet know it. Jeffries pine trees in Yosemite grow about 200' tall. This is about 100' up. The camera and rig were recovered with great effort and I am in compliance with federal law. Remember, "Take only photographs and leave only footprints". Camera hung from a tree, after being lifted by kite, yosemite july 2008 042 plus (Medium)

Kite Aerial Photography

The surf along this stretch of Wyadup Beach is unrelenting and unforgiving. The shadow cast by the waves as they break gives a good idea of their colossal power as they surge towards the rocks.

This shot was taken from a Sony A6000 with a Rokinon 8 mm fish-eye lens. The camera was attached to the line of a Flowform 16 kite flying some 300 feet above the beach.

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18.3mm lens on a Vertical rig suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 (Becot) Kite, enhanced and photo merged with Photoshop. 14 images stitched together.

I returned in a less frantic wind..better light too! Camera at 40mAGL

See also billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/the-flying...

A Gopro Hero 11 Black lifted by kite line attached to a Sutton Flowform 8. Panorama created from 5 images by Photoshop.

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 kite. This was shot during KAPiCA 2016 & WWKAP2016.

Camera hung from kite string in light wind. Feburary 2007 Ventura California

The white is strawberry bed ready to be planted, green is sod. Camera hung from kite string, oxnard farm 2008-6-24 058

KAP II, 6/22/21, E.G.Simmons Conservation Park, Ruskin, FL. Sutton flowform 8 kite, 5pm, used a Vertical geared Brooxe rig, GoPro Hero 5, 143 images, 17-20mph WSW. Perfect day for KAPing with a high wind kite.

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This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 kite using a Kapshop Mod I rig.

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 kite. This was shot during KAPiCA 2016 & WWKAP2016.

Digital infrared, Modified Canon G3, Orange Filter, WB vegetation, 5 frame panorama, Photoshop.

Camera lofted by a kite. GentLED 360. Flowform 16.

Paseo marítimo de Salou

KAP VII, 7/6/19, Provincetown, MA, Race Point lighthouse 9am, Sutton Flowform 8 w/160lb line small reel. Use short 360 rig w/Insta360 camera took a 5k, Ricoh GR images w/Horizontal geared rig. SSW 14-16mph

KAP VII, 7/6/19, Provincetown, MA, Race Point lighthouse 9am, Sutton Flowform 8 w/160lb line small reel. Use short 360 rig w/Insta360 camera took a 5k, Ricoh GR images w/Horizontal geared rig. SSW 14-16mph

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flow form 16 kite using a Brooxes Vertical rig. Images photomerged with photoshop.

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite. 5 images photomerged in Photoshop.

Zürich-Höngg from about 50 metres up. Tilt-shift effect courtesy of tiltshiftmaker.com/.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 kite. 7 images photo merged in Photoshop. This was shot during KAPiCA 2016 & WWKAP2016.

KAP II, 6/22/21, E.G.Simmons Conservation Park, Ruskin, FL. Sutton flowform 8 kite, 5pm, used a Vertical geared Brooxe rig, GoPro Hero 5, 143 total images shot, 17-20mph WSW. Perfect day for KAPing with a high wind kite.

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KAP X, 9/22/19, Old Field Lighthouse, NY, 4:30pm, 16 Sutton flowform w/160lb line reel. Ricoh GR, horizontal geared rig, 9-15mph SW wind.

"Valley of the Flowers" Camera hung from kite string, Lompoc California

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite.

Kite Aerial Photography

This is an aerial view of the rugged Western Australian coastline showing Wyadup Rocks in the foreground with Canal Rocks and Cape Naturalist in the distance.

This shot was taken from a Xioami Yi 16 MP camera attached to the line of a Flowform 16 kite flying some 300 feet above the beach.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite. 6 images photomerged in Photoshop. Block Island viewed from the West.

Tumuli.

I knew I would need a gusty wind to get a launch in a tight space like this, from the top of mound IV, straight into a rotor, slack line and up she went ..into a freshening S Westerly. Trying to keep in the clean air and low enough to capture surface texture was fun to say the least! This is a 3 image montage, if I'd piled on the height I'd have 2 problems: 1 overblown kite and 2 poor resolution.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig. 8 images photo merged with photoshop.

KAP X, 9/22/19, Old Field Lighthouse, NY, 4:30pm, 16 Sutton flowform w/160lb line reel. Ricoh GR, horizontal geared rig, 9-15mph SW wind.

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A ship is pushing through the ice in central Stockholm.

Taken with a Sony NEX5 in a Brooxes AuRiCo rig, lifted by a FlowForm 16 kite.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig. 3 images photomerged with photoshop.

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/18.3mm lens on a Vertical rig suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 (Becot) Kite, enhanced and photo merged with Photoshop. 5 images stitched together.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig.

The closest we got to a true nadir shot! Taken with Leica XI supsended from a HQ2.0 flowform kite during flight testing of the new CiM Lifter. More on the Lifter experiment here: billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/colours-in...

This image was shot with a Ricoh GR w/21mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flow Form 16 kite. Peter Boyton is KAPing with his Black & Yellow Dopero.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig.

KAP XII, 9/28/19, West Meadow Beach, NY, 1pm, Sutton Flowform 16, w/160lb line reel. Leica Q, Vertical direct drive rig. 14-23mph SW wind. I am so happy to final photograph the banner and in World Wide KAP Week 2019. The next stop is Fano

KAP XII, 9/28/19, West Meadow Beach, NY, 1pm, Sutton Flowform 16, w/160lb line reel. Leica Q, Vertical direct drive rig. 14-23mph SW wind. I am so happy to final photograph the banner and in World Wide KAP Week 2019. The next stop is Fano

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton flowform 16 kite using a Brooxes Horizontal rig.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a 9' Levitation Delta kite using a Kapshop Mod I rig.

This image was shot with a Nikon Coolpix A w/18mm lens suspended from the line of a Sutton Flowform 16 kite using a Kapshop Mod I rig.

20+ knot winds made KAP difficult at best, but the wind across Kua Bay was steady enough to fly a Flowform 8 and lift my BBKK rig. At times, though, the rig was at risk of catching surf spray.

Number two in a series of wave abstracts.

I couldn't get a lot of height because of the high wind speed and the low line angle on my only high wind kite, my Flowform 8. So I spent time playing with the waves.

Equipment Used:

Kite - Flowform 8 + 15' Fuzzy Tail

Line - #200 Dacron

Rig - R/C BBKK

Camera - Canon A650IS

Cuando tenia mi FF30 en lo más alto el viento aumentó en las alturas de tal forma que necesité ayuda para bajarlo ( mi mujer ) y aun así fue un auténtico calvario :-( , pero valió la pena :-) .