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picture with a camera suspended beneath a kite. Some of the kites I used are pictured above. The Rokkaku on the left is always a "handy" kite for lifting stuff, but my favourite is the double Tri-D box. Because it can self adjust its flying angle it has an even pull in varying winds, and is manageable in most conditions. |
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Scheveningen kite festival in 1986. The camera was suspended beneath my big blue box, at about 25 mtr height. The shutter was released with a (very long) wire control. Although it is a bit low for real KAP this picture gives a very nice perspective to the CS550, at that time worlds largest kite. Most ground pictures don't do justice to its size. |
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and in mid winter. On an aerial view the changes are much clearer than on ground level. Somehow there always seems to be a little ground fog in Dalfsen, which makes the pictures a bit fuzzy. Fog is one of the great enemies of KAP photographers, for a good view an absolutely clear day is necessary. |
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with an old compact camera. Most of my later pictures where taken with an Olympus OM10, a bit heavy for the job, but maybe that extra weight provides some extra stability. Fact is that the pictures from the OM10 turned out much better than those from the compact camera |
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kiteshop in Ommen for a short while, and the pictured field was often used for flying. There even where some festivals, but the shop has closed and I have not been there for a while, so I don't know if there still is some activity on this field. |
| A new part of Delft, de Tandhof,
which has
a very nice flying field. This is one of the highest pictures I have made. I use a 50 mm fixed focus lens with a very large diaphragm on the OM10. I don't like the deformance you get from wide angled lenses. Instead I just fly a little higher than allowed :-) |
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postcard images, perpendicular photographs give you a lot of cartographic information, as this cubistic picture shows. Also handy if you want to know if your roof needs repairs. |
| A kitefestival at Vlissingen
harbour. Some
details: in the upper right corner a waffle kite and a six sided Bell box can be seen. The kite train broke free later that day and dragged through the water to the other side of the harbour. |
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Greenhouses in het Westland, a part of
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| I still use a pendulum rig and a
two way radio
control. I am aware that a picavet rig with a four way radio control is much better, some people even add a small video cam with short distance broadcast as a viewfinder, but I think that takes some of the fun out of KAP photographing. To me guessing the right direction is part of the game. |
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good aiming is important. the straight lines of the streets immediately show if the camera turned a few degrees. It is, however, impossible to get all streets straight at the same time because of perspective deformances. |
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