KAP 2013-23 – Rideau Falls, Ottawa, Ontario – May 3, 2013

Rideau Falls, where the Rideau River empties into the Ottawa River. Ottawa, Ontario.

Rideau Falls are where the Rideau River empties into the Ottawa River, nearby the old City Hall on Sussex Drive not far from downtown Ottawa.

These photographs were taken using a remote-controlled camera suspended below a kite line (Kite Aerial Photography – KAP).

Visit my website gallery Rideau Falls, Ottawa, Ontario – KAP 2013-23 – May 3, 2013 to see more images from this session.

Images from this session are available for licensing through Latitude Image, a stock photography agency specializing in aerial stock images. Click the website gallery link above for more information.

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KAP 2008-18: Merrickville, Ontario, Canada. April 13, 2008.

Always double check your settings before launching your camera before launching it for an hour. I believed I had set the camera correctly at home before leaving but was wrong. This session was shot incorrectly at aperture f8 (aperture priority) making shutter speeds considerably slower than I would have preferred. This error resulted in a number of images with slight motion blur making them appear out of focus. They had to be discarded, particularly those when the sun disappeared behind cloud. F4 or lower would have been more appropriate.

This was a group KAP, to coincide with the California KAP weekend. Our part in trying to promote a worldwide KAP weekend and three of us got together: myself,
Matt (TheYoungsOnline)
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and Carl (kapercarl)
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(Incidentally a Worldwide KAP Weekend did get “off the ground” several weeks later first weekend in May on which I will report later.)

Here are a few of the images harvested this session. These pictures were taken from a camera rig suspended below a kite (Kite Aerial Photography – KAP).

Merrickville, Ontario. The Rideau Canal locks can be seen at the centre right of the picture.This is beside the Rideau River.

Ayling’s Marina, Merrickville, Ontario. This is the Rideau River.

Upstream part of the Ayling’s Marina at Merrickville, Ontario.

You can see additional pictures from my KAP 2008-18 outing in the Kite Aerial Photography Gallery on my website.

KAP 2008-17: Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 6, 2008.

Mooney’s Bay Beach and Park on the Rideau River during the spring thaw. The terrain is quite flat here and with having had very deep snow this year the area was essentially almost a metre deep in slush. It was quite the wet experience, especially when crossing the open area near the small bridges. The bridges were amongst trees, so to avoid kite line tangles I had to cross the buried streams themselves, sinking down through the slush to water level. The things we do for a photograph. These photographs were taken with Kite Aerial Photography (KAP).

Mooney’s Bay beach on the Rideau River in Ottawa, Ontario.

The park at Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario. Across the river in line with the apartment towers is the location of the Rideau Canoe Club.

Tree and shadows in the park at Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario.

Path and lamp post in the park at Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario.

Overhead view of the bleachers (grandstand) at the Terry Fox multipurpose field (soccer, football, track) which is located beside the park at Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario.

You can see additional pictures from my KAP 2008-17 outing in the Kite Aerial Photography Gallery on my website.

KAP 2008-12: Rideau Falls in Winter, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 13, 2008.

The building of the Rideau Canal system is one of the main factors in the development of the city of Ottawa in the first place. The Rideau River system supports the canal and the many series of locks, and enables the controlled fluctuation of water flow and levels in the canal between seasons in order to preserve the structures of the canal system from the damaging effects of ice in the winter.

The name of the Rideau Falls, and consequently the river as well, comes the French word for curtain. For an article regarding the development of the Rideau Canal and the Rideau River system and its important role in Canadian history visit this website.

Here are a few images I took with my camera-in-the-sky looking back towards the falls. The kite and camera equipment were out over the Ottawa river to get these shots (Kite Aerial Photography, or KAP for short). Most vacation snaps of the falls are either side shots from the lookout where am standing, or shots from low down in a tour boat which comes near the base of the falls.

This is Rideau Falls in the winter. Sussex Drive and Old City Hall are at the top of many of the pictures. The river splits into two and the Old City Hall building is actually on an island.

A downward and angled perspective of the falls.

The larger section of the falls is at the left where the lookout is (to the left of that and out of the picture) and the smaller section to the right. The Rideau Falls are at the junction of the Rideau River and the Ottawa River.

These are the smaller of the two sets of falls. You can also see the National Research Council building and the Lester B. Pearson Building (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada – DFAIT). You can see the Peace Tower at the Parliament Buildings in the distance.

Ottawa River looking upstream (west) from Rideau Falls. You can see the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge and further away the Alexandra Bridge. You can see the Peace Tower at the Parliament Buildings in the distance.

This is the visitor’s lookout for Rideau Falls where I am flying the kite and KAP gear to take these pictures.

Further downstream, looking east, is the Embassy of France and beyond that is the Prime Minister’s residence.

You can see additional pictures from my KAP 2008-12 outing in the Kite Aerial Photography Gallery on my website.