John Taylor, the Boonville airport manager, completely surprised me the other day. I mentioned I needed an establishing shot of the entire airport, and he offered to take me up in his plane for some arial pictures.
I wasn’t exactly prepared: I had my D5100 with an 18-55mm lens and I checked out a D800 with a 17-35mm (I think). Moreover, he could only go as low as 500 ft, so I had to crop rather aggressively.
I haven’t sorted through the D5100 pictures yet, but the D800 ones have come out pretty well. After some toning and a healthy crop, I think they’ll serve rather well as part of a bigger story (no CPOY winners here, I’m afraid).
Arial photography is really cool, though. Next time I’ll take a longer lens (I’m thinking 70-200mm), and I’ll have a better idea of how to coordinate with the pilot.
Adam Aton 