Picture of the week

Tower Bridge

The Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River under early morning light with the Ziggurat and CalSTRS buildings in the background.  Note the reflection of the bridge and Sacramento skyline as seen on the surface of the CalSTRS building. 

In the past I have lusted over an abiility to get shots like this, being limited to access to tall enough buildings in the vicinity or funds to charter an aircraft flight.  But now, thanks to the use of drone technology, such photos are much more possible and accessible to the general public.  The drone also has the additional flexibility to position the camera exactly where you want it from a composition perspective, being able to tweak its hovering position in the sky in feet, while not being limited by fixed phyiscal constraints of being present at the location of the capture. As a landscape photographer, the number of new photographic possibilities for this airborne tripod seems facinating, opening up a new door for additional creativity for image captures.