Kite photos: Croyde

[andygates]

I hooked up with the Bristol massive down at Croyde today. It was messy and blown out, so we took some photos, making this the first successful flight of my v2.0 KAP rig. I've tweaked some of the better "sand sand and more sand" shots that made the cut as they're pretty funky Nazca and "scale-less patterns ov thee Earth" examples. Click any to go to the Flickr set:



The flight highlighted some changes needed to the rig - a broader cross and pulleys, mostly. Fit a drogue to prevent penduluming. This set were shot with fast-exposure, autofocus. I think next time I'll go with infinite focus and let exposure sort itself out. Might be sharper.

Comments

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you sir!

[sciolist.livejournal.com]

Aw, cool!

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Just wait til I get some nice light and a breeze in the other direction :)

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

fun stuff :)

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

Is that the same kite?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Yes it is: stable as a rock, too, a perfect skyhook as long as the air is clean (and it was clean). The others took some photos of the whole circus that I hope to get hold of to show the kite, rig, and general palaver.

Kite good. Munky still like kite. :)

[skean.livejournal.com]

Will post some tonight when I get home.