Photography News | Issue 60 | photographynews.co.uk
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Murmuration
FERGUS KENNEDY “I had my drone in the office, and I’d been looking out of the window most of the day. It was a pretty dull and overcast winter’s afternoon. A few minutes before sunset, it looked like a small gap was opening on the horizon – perfect conditions for a great sunset. When the tide is out at Brighton there is just enough space for a take-off point at the water’s edge, while maintaining a legally required minimum distance of 165ft (50m) to the busy seafront road. I took off and flew straight out over the water to get a view that you can’t achieve from the beach. Shooting mainly video, but pausing to take stills, I was amazed by the changing colors and the mesmerizing dance of the starlings before they roosted on the pier wreckage. I became so fixated on the screen of my tablet that I barely looked up to take in the spectacle through my own eyes.” TECH DETAILS Location: West Pier, Brighton, East Sussex, England Drone: DJI Inspire 2 Camera: DJI Zenmuse X5S Lens: Olympus 24mm (35mm format
equivalent) f/2 Aperture: f/2 Shutter speed: 1/200sec. ISO 200
ferguskennedy.com skylarkaerialimaging.com
Civic centre
Over the clouds
FRANCESCO CATTUTO “Assisi is one of the cities that I love most in Umbria and this picture of it – which I took on Christmas Day – went on to win Dronestagram’s 2016 International Drone Photography Contest. When I arrived at the base of the city, the fog was thick and wet, but I decided to take a test flight anyway. As the drone rose above the clouds, I could see on my iPad that the scenewas absolutely amazing; the clouds surrounded the city perfectly, making it appear celestial and suspended. At sunset, the play of light and shadow was incredible. I did
very little post-processing, as it was impossible to add anything to this image.”
TECH DETAILS Location: Umbria, Italy Drone: DJI Phantom 3 Pro Camera: Integrated Lens: 20mm (35mm format equivalent) Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter speed: 1/250sec. ISO 100
francescocattutophotographer.com
KARA MURPHY “This top-down perspective of San Francisco’s beautiful, historic City Hall building was taken on January 2017 at dusk, right after the sun officially set. Although I receive many questions about this, the shot was taken perfectly legally;
Camera: Integrated Lens: 24mm (35mm format equivalent), Vivid ND4 filter Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter speed: 1/15sec. ISO 200
most of San Francisco is open, as the downtown area is located 10 miles (16km) from the airport.” TECH DETAILS Location: San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California, USA Drone: DJI Phantom 4 Pro
karaemurphy.co aerialprintshop.com
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