Aerials

[DZH22]

Found these during my regular search. The last 2 in particular are really exceptional.

Logan Airport with Boston at upper left. by devtmefl, on Flickr

Boston Harbor. by devtmefl, on Flickr

A view of Boston from just offshore. by devtmefl, on Flickr

Boston, Massachusetts. by devtmefl, on Flickr

Boston, Massachusetts. by devtmefl, on Flickr

 

[kz1000ps]

Yesterday from Somerville

 

[shmessy]

Yesterday from Somerville

Those are prize-worthy pics!!!! What I love about them is that they capture long-distance, yet don't make the buildings in the distance look fuzzy, shorter and fattter - - they capture the ACTUAL proportions of the skyline. No distortions. Magnificent

 

[kz1000ps]

Friday 3/20 from the other end of Somerville. Had a photo shoot at the Brickbottom Lofts here

 

[kz1000ps]

Last week 4/3

 

[kz1000ps]

4/17

And 4/21 from Medford/Somerville

 

[Charlie_mta]

4/17

And 4/21 from Medford/Somerville

I discovered the way to see your photos here on aB. If I'm logged out of Flickr, they won't show, but if I log into Flickr, then reboot my computer and leave me logged into Flickr, I can see your photos on aB.

 

[DZH22]

4/17.....

As great as your aerials are (and they ARE) the one thing that's typically missing is a clean zoom of the full skyline. For instance, full size pictures that frame something like the exact scene below are the types that could change the hearts and minds of the Boston skyline haters, which are numerous outside of this forum. Basically if the second and third pics you posted was just one pic, maybe zoomed out one more click to capture all the buildings that really matter, that full capture would be incredible and among the best pictures ever taken of our skyline.

Also if you want to get 20k views a pop and hundreds of upvotes, try posting on the skyline section of Reddit. Just watch the timing, either posting around 6-7 am or 6-7 pm for the most action.

 

[kz1000ps]

As great as your aerials are (and they ARE) the one thing that's typically missing is a clean zoom of the full skyline. For instance, full size pictures that frame something like the exact scene below are the types that could change the hearts and minds of the Boston skyline haters, which are numerous outside of this forum. Basically if the second and third pics you posted was just one pic, maybe zoomed out one more click to capture all the buildings that really matter, that full capture would be incredible and among the best pictures ever taken of our skyline.

Also if you want to get 20k views a pop and hundreds of upvotes, try posting on the skyline section of Reddit. Just watch the timing, either posting around 6-7 am or 6-7 pm for the most action.

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It ain't my choice! My drone has two lenses, one that is very wide angle (aka 1x) and one that is very zoomed in (aka 7x). There is ZERO in between and when buying it I had no idea how much it'd annoy me. Not only that but the zoom lens' image quality is so far inferior to the wide angle that I kinda hate using it AND it's so zoomed in that it's useless a lot of the time. To get the shot you showed, I have no option but to do exactly what you did and heavily crop one of the wide angle shots. Honestly I haven't been too pleased with this drone since day one.

Jeez David, thanks for bringing up a sore subject!

 

[DZH22]

It ain't my choice! My drone has two lenses, one that is very wide angle (aka 1x) and one that is very zoomed in (aka 7x). There is ZERO in between......

Jeez David, thanks for bringing up a sore subject!

The zoomed ones always come out amazing. I guess in that case the best option would be to try to find spots from the same general angles, slightly further out. For instance, if the first pics were from Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park in Mission Hill (just a guess) then maybe try Olmstead Park, or the closest corner of the Arboretum? Just the tiniest bit further back could be the differences in capturing everything, and I do think that the West provides the best views, particularly from above with the drones.

I stand by the reddit comment though. You could easily get 10-20x the audience you get here, and it would also help counter the posters who put up the old or terrible angles to show how much our skyline sucks. In one ridiculous comparison somebody put up 4 pics each of Philly and Boston. Across those 4 pics the 5 tallest buildings in Philly were shown 18 out of a possible 20 combined times, whereas the 5 tallest buildings in Boston were shown 3 out of 20 times. Then of course, there's extrapolating that since Boston hasn't built a new tallest, Boston has built "no new towers recently." The Boston skyline truly gets shit on every which way outside of our little echo chamber. Your pics are some of the absolute best examples on the internet of why those people are wrong.

 

[kz1000ps]

I guess in that case the best option would be to try to find spots from the same general angles, slightly further out.

I stand by the reddit comment though.

On the first point, I think the thing you're missing here is that 98% of the time when I put the drone up I'm shooting for my job as a real estate photographer and wherever I'm putting the drone up is wherever I happen to have a job. Like in the JP shots it was that yellow house in the last pic and then it should be pretty clear which building I was there for in the Somerville pics.

As for Reddit, I shall check it out and post some shots. I actually just took some today on this most gorgeous of gorgeous days and got some nice views from out towards Alewife.

 

[kz1000ps]

And here's the Monday near Alewife shots

And a crop just for DZH

 

[kz1000ps]

5/5

And 5/12 from Arlington

 

[Mike]

Along the Charles River by Mario Casal, on Flickr

Untitled by Chris Devers, on Flickr

Untitled by Chris Devers, on Flickr



those were meant for flickr finds but here they are in aerials

 

[kz1000ps]

April 29th in Arlington