Round Britain from the air

by **AerBabe** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:49 am

I've been doing a fair bit of flying recently and am quite pleased with some of my pics. Thought I'd share them here.

They're on Flickr if anyone would like to see other sizes and a fairly random selection of other photos!

Avebury

Trees

Lymington

Mount Lake

More trees

Electricity substation

Electricity substation again

Uffington white horse

by **Monocock** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:04 pm

I really like them, a lot. Especially the trees ones.

How do you make a sub-station look interesting???

whatever you do, it works.

(Tree pic' 1 is my new wallpaper on my iPad :thumleft:

)

by **AerBabe** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:33 am

Thank you! The tree ones are my favourites too.

The sub-station pics actually came about because I was tasked to take a photo on the theme of 'energy'. So that day I took lots of pylons, wind farms, power stations and ... sub-stations. The trick is to avoid photographing in the middle of the day. Morning or afternoon, when the sun is lower, is better. The light is less harsh and the shadows are longer/deeper, making the image more interesting.

Unfortunately, the nature of flexwing microlight flying is lots of buffet. It's really tricky to get a good, sharp image. But, when you can, the view is unrivalled.

by **Charles Hunt** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:00 pm

Great stuff. Thanks.

by **AerBabe** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:29 am

A few more.

And a prize to anyone who can remind me exactly where I was when I took the first two pics...

Viaduct somewhere southish of Manchester Barton

Same viaduct

Thelwall viaduct

British Camp, Malvern Hills

by **Plan_B** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:35 am

And a prize to anyone who can remind me exactly where I was when I took the first two pics...

Isn't that Dutton railway viaduct over the River Weaver, just NW of Acton Bridge ? Fiddlers Ferry power station in the background to the North.

J

by **AerBabe** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:53 pm

Comparing the Google Earth view to my photo ... yes it is! Thank you!

Your prize is a small candle in the shape of a fairy castle. Where would you like me to send it?

by **Plan_B** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:33 pm

Your prize is a small candle in the shape of a fairy castle

I'm happy to settle for basking in the glory of being right for once

Round Britain from the air

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