BAP
2005-11-11 17:17:49.966614+01 by ebwolf 1 comments
![[Shot showing BAP platform.]](/images/upld0000/img003434.sm.jpg)
| This past weekend, I travelled up to Dr. R. Gary Litchford's place in Piney, Tennessee, to work with my Balloon Aerial Photography system. It's been a little while since I posted about this project, but it has been developing and here are some of the results. |
![[Spinning Fall Colors]](/images/upld0000/img003432.sm.jpg)
| It was very windy, gusts 10-15 mph. This is not ideal balloon weather and would have been better suited for a kite. But until I get my Sutton Flowform 30 that I've been wishing for, I'll have to fight the balloon! |
![[Showing Fall colors]](/images/upld0000/img003435.sm.jpg)
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I reeled out all 1000ft of my line. I now use 200lb test Dacron kite string since I lost my last balloon due to tether failure. This gondola uses an Olympus Stylus 410. A great little 4Mpix camera that comes with an IR remote (key to the way the system functions).
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![[BAP drainage patterns]](/images/upld0000/img003433.sm.jpg)
| I'm not using a picavet-style suspension yet and had a lot of camera spin. We were mostly interested in the drainage patterns in the clearcut lot but I also got some great shots of the Fall colors - which just happened to be peaking that weekend! |