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Borovnice and the long field boundaries
At Borovnice, wide field units extend far to the horizon. In between lies the small settlement as a manageable group of roofs. The strong differences in brightness under the clouds make the boundaries between meadows and fields particularly noticeable in the aerial photo.
Fields under moving clouds
In Borovnice, long field boundaries lead the view away from the village. Changes in light over the areas make individual plots visible, even if there is no wide path between them.
A village view needs a comprehensible starting point. This can be an intersection, a prominent group of houses or the end of a street. From there, the paths to the outskirts of town can be more easily followed in the image. When publishing for readers from outside, a brief location information in the caption helps. Resident viewers are often interested in another level. They are looking for the location of a house, the route of their route to school or a familiar open space between buildings.
Preserve open land in the picture
A meadow may look almost empty in a small preview. The larger view shows paths, individual shadows or transitions to neighboring properties. As a foreground, it creates distance before the view reaches the houses or the next slope. This distance is often an important part of the composition in landscape photos. If it is pruned too much, the development will appear denser. A deliberately wider section, on the other hand, shows what space the open land actually takes up.
What role does visibility play?
When haze or clouds weaken the distance, the closer landscape stands out all the more. Colors and contrasts change with distance. For a calm landscape portrait, this may be exactly what you want. When it comes to the spatial assignment of a specific motif, at least one prominent point should remain clearly recognizable. A caption can indicate the visibility conditions. It makes it understandable why part of the landscape is only hinted at and where the view can begin.
The distribution of blue tones
Among the 6 photos in the gallery, shot 3 and shot 1 provide a good starting point for the comparison. 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 captured July 6, 2020 for shot 1 and shot 6. The time interval between these two views is approximately 5 minutes. The exposure time was 1/800 second for the first of the images mentioned and 1/640 second for the second.
A moving view is also available. Under Aerial videos you can find the clip “Borovnice village in the Czech Republic filmed from the air”. The linked preview leads to inclusion in the aerial photographer's portfolio on Adobe Stock.
A townscape for chronicle and community
For a local chronicle, the outer edge of the development is just as interesting as the middle. That's often where things change first. A meadow becomes a building site, a driveway is given a new route, a single house disappears behind the larger trees. If you want to talk about the same place again later, a dated overall view is helpful. You can agree with the aerial photographer on a point that should remain in the image when repeated. A street intersection is usually better suited for this than a moving object on the side of the road.
More aerial photos for comparison
Two further articles invite comparison. In the first, Czech Republic – Cechtice, another detail is in the foreground. Čechtice sits as a compact settlement between large fields. Then Czech Republic – Otrocice is an option. In Otročice, the first thing you notice is the difference in size between the small houses and the surrounding fields.