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Well after a fantastic day at Duncansby Head with the kite cam - followed by a very corrupted SD Card and lots of great pics lost - we managed to get some of the Harbour area in Wick from the Pulteney town end!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaineandgrant/
Enjoy!
Grantyg
Excellent pictures; you really are getting the hang of this!
Wow - they are as good as your jokes!! Seriously though, wouldn't mind you over my house!!
changilass
18-Jul-07, 23:11
If you are doing ariel pics in Castletown I would buy one off you in a flash
Your pics are great, well done
Wow - they are as good as your jokes!! Seriously though, wouldn't mind you over my house!!
Hi Laguna,
We don't need anything else to block out the sun.:roll:
'Today's weather would have been great, but an incoming kite-cam, manned by granty g caused massive disturbances overhead, so many people were looking heaven ward that a giant 'ego based' cloud system lost control and drenched them all in an attempt to say, 'hello'!:)
Karia
Hi Laguna,
We don't need anything else to block out the sun.
'Today's weather would have been great, but an incoming kite-cam, manned by granty g caused massive disturbances overhead, so many people were looking heaven ward that a giant 'ego based' cloud system lost control and drenched them all in an attempt to say, 'hello'!
Karia
Erm ... Hopefully I am not the one to block out the sun :o - can we just call it a "blipp" on the hotizon [lol]
[quote=laguna2;243729]Erm ... Hopefully I am not the one to block out the sun - can we just call it a "blipp" on the hotizon /quote]
Erm, no, ...not you Laguna!
Just this non existent, fed up making, late arriving, is it ever coming, so-called
SUMMER!:roll:
Grantyg, Enjoy your kite cam,..but please don't knock into any clouds!;)
Karia
[quote=laguna2;243729]Erm ... Hopefully I am not the one to block out the sun - can we just call it a "blipp" on the hotizon /quote]
Erm, no, ...not you Laguna!
Just this non existent, fed up making, late arriving, is it ever coming, so-called
SUMMER!:roll:
Grantyg, Enjoy your kite cam,..but please don't knock into any clouds!;)
Karia
Perhaps Grantyg could spot the sun and let us know where it is!! Just avoid any nasty clouds!!
'Today's weather would have been great, but an incoming kite-cam, manned by granty g caused massive disturbances overhead, so many people were looking heaven ward that a giant 'ego based' cloud system lost control and drenched them all in an attempt to say, 'hello'!:)
Karia
Did we nearly land on you? - and the ego based cloud did you hear me taking a strop????
People usually talk but they looked at us like we were nutters today!
I will do castletown at some point but we are back down the road tomorrow!
Grant
Sorry to miss you Grant, hows the buggying? combination of weather available hours and beach not great so far this year.
Hi Dave good to hear from you! Like wise i have hardly been out over the last year but i hoping to do more once I get back down south!
Nice pics - you might be intersted in some kites I spotted while in Singapore.
GFK radio controlled kites (GoFlyKites)
They have a 'club' which meets on Friday and Saturday evening and they put on a night time flying dispay. The kites are festooned with LEDs and look amazing doing stunts in the night sky.
I'm not sure if they could carry a camera but I was seriously thinking about buying one - sadly (or maybe luckily) the shop was closed when I finally found it. Maybe next year...
http://www.goflykite.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq4o0keW4n8&NR=1
rockchick
19-Jul-07, 17:29
Great photos! Can see my old house in there.
Just wondering (and sorry if I'm being pedantic here) but isn't there a law against flying a kite so close to an airport?
Super pics, grantyg! I always enjoy your "bird's eye view" photos! :D
Have you taken any kite cam pics of Thurso and Scrabster yet? If not, I hope you will, one of these days!! :cool:
Great photos! Can see my old house in there.
Just wondering (and sorry if I'm being pedantic here) but isn't there a law against flying a kite so close to an airport?
There is a law but it is dependant on CAA height restrictions and as we stay under 100 feet in this circumstance it is ok - obviously we couldn`t take shots at tesco in wick or round there.
Kites officially do not fly above 197 feet.
I have had lengthy meetings on the subject with various air traffic control - as I wrote the risk assesments for flying sites near RAF Leuchars and Prestwick which are much closer and busy than wick is to wick airport.
Well plenty of kite camming down down here in the central belt - I can`t wait to get back up there and get some more shots!
www.flickr.com/photos/elaineandgrant (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaineandgrant)
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Margaret M.
03-Oct-07, 21:41
Beautiful shots, everything looks so much prettier from the sky.
Murchiemannie
04-Oct-07, 16:09
Great shots with your kitecam. Everything looks so much different from "up above" You see details that normally would be immpossible to spot if driving by. Even spotted the house I was born and raised in from one or two of your North School pics. Thanks for sharing it with us.:D
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