Kite Aerial Photography at Burning Man 2010.

This image was taken by a camera lofted by a kite.

This was on the Saturday at the end of the week of Burning Man 2010. I had gone out several times during the week to do some kite aerial photography, and was only partially successful. On this, my last attempt, I was able to successfully launch the kite in the open playa, and then carefully walk into the city to obtain some shots of what Black Rock City looks like from the air.

Although the kite largely flew very well during this outing, there was some turbulence present, and my kite dipped and did a few nose dives. Fortunately the kite recovered from these each time before it crashed or hit anything else.

This shot was taken after launch, but prior to walking into the city, and shows both the Dragon Smelter art project, as well as the honeycomb art project called "Propolis"

Technical Details:
6' Rok Kite (a very, very dusty 6' Rok for this shot)
Canon A590 IS, using CHDK
Brooxes Simplex Rig

- More information about Burning Man can be found here: www.burningman.com/ and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man

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