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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Jeevz on August 08, 2015, 03:00:58 pm

Title: Aerial River
Post by: Jeevz on August 08, 2015, 03:00:58 pm: While (briefly) in Alaska recently I had the good fortune to be able to visit Brook's Falls to see the brown bears catching salmon.

As a bonus the flight there from Anchorage was absolutely stunning. This is a shot of a river network from the air.

(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/117574551/m%3D900/214a5326a44814036c36323702c26156)
Capillaries by Sanjeev Deo on 500px (https://500px.com/photo/117574551/capillaries-by-sanjeev-deo)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 08, 2015, 04:23:41 pm: Really nice!
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Post by: luxborealis on August 08, 2015, 09:58:32 pm: Stunning is the right word for this!
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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 09, 2015, 12:01:25 am: Lovely!
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Post by: nma on August 09, 2015, 12:30:14 am: I'll add my admiration for this photo. Great abstraction, who care what the subject is in reality.
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Post by: stamper on August 09, 2015, 05:09:03 am: If you hadn't said what the scene was I would never have guessed which makes it all the better. Very nice.
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 09, 2015, 11:04:44 am: Great catch!
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 09, 2015, 11:30:36 am: Well done!
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Post by: thierrylegros396 on August 09, 2015, 01:56:26 pm: Very Nice Indeed, wow!!

Thierry
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 10, 2015, 03:59:50 am: Fantastic. Just like arteries in our bodies, or the fractal nature of Nature.
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Post by: Mike Brown on August 10, 2015, 04:01:01 am: Wow, that is wonderful.
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Post by: francois on August 10, 2015, 05:00:12 am: Really fantastic view with many possible interpretations.
Congrats!
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Post by: Bob_B on August 10, 2015, 09:39:11 am: +1. Hard to add anything else, except I like your title "Capillaries".
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Post by: MattBurt on August 10, 2015, 10:16:21 am: Wow, excellent!
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Post by: Arlen on August 13, 2015, 01:38:14 pm: Quote from: luxborealis on August 08, 2015, 09:58:32 pm
Stunning is the right word for this!

Quite so. I have taken more than a few aerial photos over similar country during fishing trips in Alaska, but can't think of any that came out so well.
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Post by: langier on August 14, 2015, 12:11:20 am: Out of this world! Well done.
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Post by: jerryw on August 14, 2015, 11:02:18 pm: Great shot - very attractive. I love the fact that it is both real and abstract at the same time!
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Post by: Jeevz on August 15, 2015, 04:35:22 pm: Thanks so much for the kind comments everyone!
I wish I had more of a chance to take aerial shots - you get to see some impressive/unique perspectives
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on August 16, 2015, 01:04:06 pm: Quote from: stamper on August 09, 2015, 05:09:03 am
If you hadn't said what the scene was I would never have guessed which makes it all the better. Very nice.

Which, of course, is one way of defining an abstract (as we have discussed before).

Great shot!

Jeremy
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Post by: tom b on August 16, 2015, 02:18:29 pm: Great image.

This reminds me of two things.

Richard Woldendorp's photography (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=richard+woldendorp&espv=2&biw=1093&bih=434&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIj5Oeu5iuxwIVIsamCh24EAX2).

Google Maps, the Kimberley coastline (https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kimberley,+WA/@-17.0248471,124.5326911,506952m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x2b7fe9b361b83439:0x3b4967f0e3c6d0e0). If you go to satellite view you can get some stunning images if you zoom in.

Well done.

Cheers,