A friend of mine took me up in one of his planes, a Cessna 150. I'm 6'3" and weigh 240 lbs and I barely fit into this go-kart with wings. Actually, during most of the shooting I turned sideways in my seat with my feet hanging out of the aircraft so that I could face my shots and stretch my legs. I was strapped in with a lap belt and was never close to falling out. We even landed for more fuel while I was still half out of the plane.
I've been wanting to do some aerial shots over the Everglades and 10,000 Islands for quite some time now. I wish the clouds and sunset would have been a little more dramatic. The sky was totally blown out as captured so I exposed the shot seperately for the sky and combined the two exposures.
It wasn't a good shot and quite a lot of post processing got it where it is now.
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Post Challenge:
I struggled with my choice in post processing and realized almost immediately that I chose wrong. DPC needs to see over processed and over saturated images. I prefer images that are enhanced but closer to being realistic.
Here is the original, unprocessed image:
and here is the image processed in a way that, in my hindsight, would have garnered a higher score:
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to be honest, i like the editing that you did for the entered photo. The new processing looks a little over done to me. Shame you didnt do better in the challenge though.
Incredible shot... looks like renting the helicopter for this shot was worth it. Either that or you have a jet pack, and that would be really cool :D Hope you do well. This is one of my top ten. 9
I think the border spoils what is quite a nice photo. I do however think the processing could do with some more contrast to stop the colours looking so washed out.
Two issues. One, I'm looking for a bit more contrast at the horizon. Two, my eye looks for a focal point to land on and can't find one. It's still a well done shot, especially from a plane. 6
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