Puglia

Apulia from the rocky coast to the hills

In the series from Puglia, bright, densely built-up places stand next to rocky stretches of coast. The water clearly highlights the edge of the land; inland, fields and paths take over this structure. A sequence of both views shows two different faces of the southern Italian region.

From the Adriatic to the white town centers

In Apulia, the motifs run from the rocky coast to the built-up hills. The color of the roofs and the exposed rock changes the character of each view.

From land the first thing you notice is the open water. In an aerial view, the process can be reversed and the coast can be seen from the sea. Wherever it changes direction, small protected spaces are created. Other sections extend almost straight to the edge of the picture. When selecting a motif, it is worth comparing these transitions with each other. A single, striking rocky outcrop can identify a location more clearly than a much larger expanse of water with only light and waves visible.

What the roofs reveal about the floor plan

If you look at it at an angle, the houses not only show their roofs, but also their facades of different widths. This gives the motif more depth than in the pure top view. Even the change from a low neighboring building to a taller building reveals something about the gradation of the place. Such a view is particularly useful for a local chronicle if the caption indicates the starting point of the view. Readers can then follow the rows of houses themselves to the edge of the picture.

Field boundaries as a benchmark

From a greater height, the field appears to be an orderly floor plan. A closer look shows how the paths change direction at curves, embankments and property boundaries. When selecting images, it is helpful to preserve at least one of these transition points. It turns a colored area into a piece of actually used landscape. For an article about the surrounding area, even the inconspicuous edge of a field can explain more than a wide section that only shows numerous plots as small spots.

The distribution of blue tones

For a direct image comparison, use shot 7 and shot 13 from the gallery with 24 aerial photos. In the first excerpt, shades of blue play a smaller role. In the second shot, blue areas take up more space. Blue can extend over a large contiguous area or only appear in individual parts. What also counts for the effect is whether these areas extend to the edge of the picture or surround the main subject.

The camera data for shot 1 is October 18th, 2019, and that for shot 13 is October 19th, 2019. This gallery therefore contains more than one recording time. Anyone who compares the landscape or the building condition can incorporate this data into the image description. The exposure time was 1/500 second for the first of the images mentioned and 1/200 second for the second.

The Aerial Videos section supplements the photos with 28 clips. The aerial photographer's photographs linked there include “Apulia in Italy from the air”. The relevant video page on Adobe Stock can be opened using the respective preview.

Select the coastal view for a photo series

When telling a story about a coast, the order of the images counts. A further look first explains the course of the bank. A closer view can then show the transition from land to water. If an image series begins with a narrow section, readers usually need an additional location reference. The planned size is also important for the aerial photographer. A small indentation can be a clear reference point on a double page spread and almost disappear completely in a narrow column. The caption should match the actual section used.

Related motifs in the aerial photo archive

The article Ostuni offers another perspective. The bright buildings of Ostuni form a compact form from above. In the gallery Villanova there is a different focus. In Villanova on the Apulian coast, the harbor is directly adjacent to low buildings and paved shore areas.