A Low-Flying Bird's-Eye View
Today I went outside to take photographs and I came across a few barriers that were not linear. I realized that most of the barriers between the human-made world and the natural world are not actually linear, they just look like they are because of my perspective. My yard is a series of four connected lines, but I can only see one at a time. If I were a bird this would look much different as I could see all four lines as connected in a quadrilateral.
So I tried to be a bird today. I have a small drone that I can take videos and photographs with, but it is too small and does not have enough lift to get as high as I want. Also, the camera’s quality is poorer than the one I am using. I had to think of another way to change my perspective. I took all these pictures from the top step of my 8-foot-tall step ladder.
I was able to capture the barriers in my yard in a different way, a way that shows the entire edge at once; I caught it as a low-flying bird or an insect may catch it.
Addition: Today (July 15th) I flew from Winnipeg to Nova Scotia and noticed from above how lakes, rivers and roads create barriers that are really non-linear.
So I tried to be a bird today. I have a small drone that I can take videos and photographs with, but it is too small and does not have enough lift to get as high as I want. Also, the camera’s quality is poorer than the one I am using. I had to think of another way to change my perspective. I took all these pictures from the top step of my 8-foot-tall step ladder.
I was able to capture the barriers in my yard in a different way, a way that shows the entire edge at once; I caught it as a low-flying bird or an insect may catch it.
Addition: Today (July 15th) I flew from Winnipeg to Nova Scotia and noticed from above how lakes, rivers and roads create barriers that are really non-linear.