Comments on: Aerial photography + ships + Cape Town = fun

By: tommy

tommy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:45:14 +0000

Great picture. Thanks for posting…

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:48:01 +0000

Thanks Emm, Marc and… erm… is that the real Batman?
Thanks batman!

By: batman

batman — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:36:33 +0000

awesome aerial photograph – really crisp and sharp. wish i could get such clarity…

great blog too – keep it up

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:03:08 +0000

This is a lovely photograph!

By: Emm

Emm — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:29:16 +0000

That is an exquisite photograph. Really beautiful.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:08:48 +0000

Thanks Guinivea!

Beverley, consider chartering a heli – the advantage is that you can direct the pilot to where you think you’d get the best photos. “No no, turn left, little more, down a little…” etc. I’m going to see if I can setup a deal with the pilot I used to get slightly cheaper rates. “Watch this space”.

Pamala, I’d love to do a sunset flight also. Ha ha – at least when you’re here you can feel rich and do these cool things. Imagine when we visit Europe… now that’s tough.

To answer your question, we left the door of the helicopter behind which meant that I could hang out of the heli without any obstruction. Also, I shoot in RAW mode which means I had a little more control over the exposure and contrast range. If I recall, I think the only think I did during post-processing on this photo was to decrease the exposure of the sky. The vibration wasn’t too much of an issue – I just avoided leaning against any part of the heli that may transfer vibration into my arms.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:14:45 +0000

Well we have been up twice now, midday and sunset – so I guess we have to do it in the early morning for the hat trick – looks wonderful. Just realised that makes us sound overly wealthy – not true, its just the ZAR/GBP exchange rate! How did you get the clarity of this shot? With the speed of the chopper and the vibration?