Anyone who watches my Flickr photostream knows that I like to take aerial shots when flying gliders. Having a camera you can stick out the window means there are a lot of cool shots you can get--eventually. There's a lot trial and error involved.
Usually I'm trying to get just the right mix of horizon, glider canopy, and ground in the shot. But yesterday it occurred to me that I never really tried taking pictures of myself.
My first attempt came out far better than I expected.
I rather like it!
Of course, this was made easier by the fact that Mike was in the front seat flying. :-)
I'm hoping to get a little camera mount I can try from a few other vantage points within the glider. More on that later.
To see the other shots I took, check out this photoset.
Posted by jzawodn at October 30, 2006 03:19 PM
Cool shot Maverick!
-Iceman
p.s. the best vacation shots are the ones with someone in the frame... you always end up passing through the ones without anyone in frame. Looks like that's true with flying pics too. Great shot!
I never get tired of these aerial shots. Just not the same from a 152.
I have some pictures taken from above, from airliners, pictures of Atlantic and some over Europe (Italy, Spain), but this one is more impressive than I have taken from 11 km up. Really! I like it a lot. You didn’t have a good idea, but a brilliant one.
