Carlingwood Shopping Centre from the Air

This kite aerial photography (KAP) session took place on Easter Sunday (Apr 4, 2010). I chose this day since there are very few days in the year when one can fly a kite in the parking lot of a commercial mall. I actually did the flying from the parking lot of the mall on the other side of Carling Avenue, Fairlawn Plaza. This was in order to get enough distance from the Carlingwood Mall to try to get most of it inside one frame.

I experimented with the use of panning scripts for the first time. These are scripts which operate the pan and tilt functions of the Dunecam remote system I am now using on many KAP flights. The goal is to eventually make panorama series from the air. On this day, the equipment worked well but the wind failed to keep the camera rig steady enough to make good panorama series. I might construct a few small panos from the session and post them later. I also experimented with both horizontal and vertical formats having adapted my rig with an adjustable platform. Most of my KAP previous to this has been with the camera in landscape format.

Here are a few of the individual frames from the session.

Aerial view of Carlingwood Mall in Ottawa's West end showing Carling Avenue in the foreground and the Ottawa River in the background.

Carling Avenue intersection where the parking lots connect from Carlingwood Mall on the north and Fairlawn Plaza (out of the picture bottom) to the south. I was standing in the Fairlawn Plaza parking lot.

The Sears Store at Carlingwood Mall in Ottawa from a low-level aerial perspective. I was standing in the parking lot of Fairlawn Plaza shooting across Carling Avenue. This was Easter Sunday when the parking lots were empty.

Rob Huntley

KAP 2008-33: Carling Avenue near Shirley’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 11, 2008

This KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) outing took place near the Watts Creek Bike Path near Carling Avenue in the area of Shirley’s Bay. The objective of this KAP was private work, and thus the primary photos from the shoot are not included. Only a few of the general shots of the area and some straight-down abstracts of roads and railway lines are presented.

Carling Avenue near Shirley’s Bay. The Ottawa River can be seen in the distance.

X marks the spot. This photograph was taken using kite aerial photography (KAP). YES, that’s me in the field – follow the string! Power lines and kites don’t mix! I was careful!

Bicycle pathway (Watt’s Creek Pathway) just after it emerges through the railway overpass in the Shirley’s Bay area. Government of Canada, Shirley’s Bay Campus is in the background.

Overhead shot of the railway line.

Golf driving range on Carling Avenue near Shirley’s Bay in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

You can see additional pictures from my KAP 2008-33 outing in the Kite Aerial Photography Gallery on my website.

KAP 2008-23: Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 4, 2008.

The images in this post and in the related gallery on my website were taken during World Wide KAP Weekend which occurred May 2-5, 2008. This event was organized by the international Kite Aerial Photography community. More information about this group can be found in the Kite Aerial Photography photo pool on Flickr as well as the KAP Discussion Forum.

A book which includes 4 images from each participant has been published and is available at blurb.com

This was the third of 4 locations that I chose to photograph during this event (See also KAP 2008-21, KAP 2008-22, KAP 2008-24).
This session took place at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario. The main targets were the Dominion Observatory and the John Carling Building, several other buildings on the campus, the grounds of the Central Experimental Farm, Carling Avenue, and skyline shots of the downtown core. I was joined by fellow KAPper Matt Young and he and/or his kite line appear in several of the pictures.

Dominion Observatory, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario.

Overhead view of the Dominion Observatory.

Sir John Carling Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario.

Overhead abstract view of trees and pathways at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario.

Carling Avenue entrance to the Central Experimental Farm showing the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Ontario.

You can see additional pictures from my KAP 2008-23 outing in the Kite Aerial Photography Gallery on my website.