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This is a stitched panorama showing the coastline north and south of Tennessee Point.
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After a pleasant day lawn bowling at the venerable SFLBC in Golden Gate Park, Claudia and I made our way out to the Marin Headlands through bumper-to-bumper Labor Day traffic. We were welcomed by a fantastic afternoon – hardly a trace of fog and a gentle sea breeze. From the Rodeo Beach parking lot we took a late day hike north along the coast. Instead of climbing up toward Battery Townsley and Wolf Ridge, our common route, we opted for the low road and walked a bit less than a mile to where the low trail ends due to steep bluffs. At the terminus we found Tennessee Point itself - a curious, flat, bare plateau perhaps 100 feet above the surf line. Here Claudia paused to read while I flew the camera. I am curious about the history of this bare, flat patch. Surely it was once used for something.
I was generally interested in this area for several reasons. This is the seaward end of Wolf Ridge, a hillock that saw interesting activity in World War II. It is also just south of a major landslide area that has disrupted roads, base end stations, and other construction from previous military epochs. At some point I would like to photograph this slide so the day’s outing provided a scouting opportunity.
I was a little surprised to see how rugged the bluffs became between the trail’s end and Tennessee Valley, the next point of coastal access to the north. I was also delighted to find three base end stations snuggled into the low hillside just above the end of the trail. This KAP flight would also position the camera out in front of the twin Battery Townsley casemates thus affording a new view of that subject.
I flew the camera for an hour or so near sunset below a Sutton Flowforn 30. The breeze remained gentle and consistent – just enough to keep the lighter Canon EOS-M rig aloft. Every few minutes a flight of several Brown Pelicans would glide past our position on the bluff making elegant use of orographic lift and passing just a few dozen feet away. It was peaceful and quiet, a delightful time in this most scenic spot.
Walking back we chatted about our earlier encounter with a group of a half dozen folks at Battery Rathbone – McIndoe. They appeared to be a professional video crew flying a new DJI S1000 octocopter drone featuring retractable landing gear and a Zenmuse gimbal carrying a Panasonic GH3. This is a pretty fancy drone setup worth over ten grand at least. Its large 6S LiPo batteries will keep it aloft for 12 to 15 minutes. Lord knows what they were up to or whether they had permission (it is my understanding that drones are not allowed in the GGNRA). While I greatly admire the technology of this setup I think its cost and complexity (both technical and regulatory) would be a source of continuing anxiety. For me the kites seem so pleasantly simple in comparison. Granted I am shooting photographs and they must have been videographers.
Today, drones are something anyone can fly .............,
but in the "good old days" this was a demanding exercise and required a LOT of training ...... A LOT. Standard equipment was a plastic bag to have the wreckage in. Coming home with an undamaged drone was characterized as a success .....
Built an octocopter in 2012 and flew a couple of trips with my Nikon D60 ....
I dag er droner noe alle kan fly............., men i "gamle dager" var dette en krevende øvelse og krevde MYE trening...... MYE. Standard utrustning var en plastpose til å ha vrakrestene i. Å komme hjem med en uskadet drone ble karakterisert som en suksess.....
Bygget et oktocopter i 2012 og fløy et par turer med min Nikon D60....
The elements come together. It is cold, there is snow covering the trees and ground, and steam exhaust is hiding the locomotive and train with an overcast and windless sky. Viewed from directly above with an ultra wide angle lens the trees themselves seem to all be pointing to the focus of our attention.
Photographer's notes: Harz Narrow Gauge Railroad locomotive 99 6001 pulling three coaches of a regular steam train through a forest of Germany's Harz mountains, fighting the steep gradient to Sternhaus-Ramberg station. The photo was taken using an octocopter, which was carrying a DSLR.
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Image taken from a camera mounted underneath a DJI S1000 Flying Wings octocopter; photograph by AboveSummit with Christopher Harting
Image taken from a camera mounted underneath a DJI S1000 Flying Wings octocopter; photograph by AboveSummit with Christopher Harting
Image taken from a camera mounted underneath a DJI S1000 Flying Wings octocopter; photograph by AboveSummit with Christopher Harting
DJI S1000 with Canon 5D Mk3 and Lightbridge - shot from DJI Phantom Vision plus www.buzzflyer.co.uk/DJI-Innovations-Pro/c-1-205/