There is nothing new about aerial photography. What’s new is that now anyone can now do it.

 

 

 

We have a drone with us in South America, which we use for landscape and habitat photography.

 

We have found that with a Phantom 4 drone its a great advantage to use our iPad as the monitoring screen.  Its size and high resolution enables us to follow the drone easier.

 

 

We were camping for a night in a wonderful location in southern Chile, surrounded by blue lakes and snow clad mountains.

We knew that in front of us was a magnificent landscape, but how were we to photograph it.

 

 

Launching the drone directly above our van, we were able to get this image of the valley, a landscape we only imagined existed.

 

 

 

The Red and Green macaw feeds off the fruit of the Boukavia Palm. But a biologist may want to get much better pictures of the actual fruit.

 

 

Using the drone enabled us to get close up to the fruit.

 

 

The Baker river and valley is one of the most pristine landscapes in southern Chile.  The glacial fed river being a luscious emerald colour.

 

So we launched the DJI Phantom 4 drone.

 

 

 

There are many occasions when a drone is not sufficient.  Only a plane will do, but beware.

 

 

Aerial Photography from a plane is not easy.  Choose the plane carefully. There will be little room, the weather may cause a small plane to shake about. Wing struts may get in the way.

 

But a plane is the only way to get high and get the shots you really want.