From a couple of years ago, heading down the west edge of the San Joaquin Valley, looking out toward Big Sur.
All comments welcome!
Minimal tonal tweaks in LR and PS to bring out just a bit more detail. Full frame.
Diane: Simply marvelous color palette brought out so nicely by the light. If you’re shooting this from a plane are you shooting through a window or do you have the capability of opening it? I did a doors off flight in Denali several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience except that my only restraint was a single lap belt. Made me a little nervous. Our pilot told us he had one client who took the belt off. Luckily he hit no downdrafts. We had one that put everything that wasn’t tied down on the ceiling. I think I like my drone now. >=))>
Thanks, @Bill_Fach! This is a Beech Bonanza, no removable windows, but how I wish!! Ted’s two small 2-place planes can have the passenger side windows removed, if I beg enough, but they won’t hold enough baggage or fly fast enough to actually go anywhere. I would love it if he upgraded to a Piper Cub, which can have the window pushed up against the underside of the wing and the bottom half of the door opened down flush against the fuselage. My dad was flying one when I was a kid and I loved to hang out the door as far as I could – seat belt fastened, of course. It is a great photo platform, as are several bush-type planes.
I got to fly in a friend’s Cub a few years ago and still had the same awesome feeling. We were in central KS for the 2017 eclipse and he has a grass strip in the middle of a corn field that was a mile from the eclipse center line! He cautioned me not to be concerned, but we’re going to fly over that fence at the end of the runway and at the same time, under the large power line above the fence. He said don’t worry – I’ve been doing that since I was 10. I wasn’t even slightly worried as we had just landed exactly that way in a much more high-performance plane. And I could have done it when I was 10 in my dad’s Cub.
Turbulence can be sudden and violent. Years ago we hit a large wind shear and my hefty camera, held firmly in my lap, flew up and hit me in the chin. I thought I was going to pass out.
Diane, this is an excellent collection of clouds and ridges. The subtle color shifts, bottom to top, add extra interest.
