Kirschfurt

Kirschford between the Main and the edge of the field

Near Kirschfurt, houses, fields and traffic routes are located in a small area next to the Main. In the oblique view, the roofs are staggered in front of the wooded slope. A broader aerial view focuses on the small distances between settlement, river valley and cultivated area.

The location in the Main Valley

In Kirschfurt, the long lines of the Main and traffic routes run past the fields. The different size of the residential streets can be seen from the short connections into town.

At the river it is worth taking a second look at both edges of the picture. Sometimes a road ends there and continues along the water in the next section. In another place, a line of trees frames a stretch of bank. Such clues connect the place with its river valley. For a double page spread, you can choose an overview showing the course and juxtapose it with a close-up view of the shore. It helps if at least one bend in the bank or a building can be found in both motifs.

How the place changes from the inside out

The center of a town can often be recognized from the air by the intersection of several streets. These lines diverge towards the open landscape, the properties become longer and the distances between the houses become larger. Anyone who chooses an image for a location portrait can pay attention to these transitions. A motif with a piece of the surrounding area tells where the place is. A narrower shot, on the other hand, gives people who live or have lived here more opportunities to find familiar buildings in the picture.

Follow a line through the area

A traffic route gives direction to an aerial view. From above you can see where the route is, where it adapts to the terrain and where another path crosses it. An easily recognizable crossing is particularly useful for an illustration. It arranges the section in the larger network and brings together different proportions. A second look along the route can then show how the line from the first image continues into the adjacent landscape.

Warm tones within the series

Among the 4 photos in the gallery, shot 1 and shot 3 provide a good starting point for the comparison. In the second view, warm reds and browns have more weight than in the first. Red-brown and yellowish areas are particularly noticeable next to cooler surfaces. What is interesting when comparing is whether they are concentrated on a single object or appear spread out across the entire view.

The camera captured July 1, 2020 for shot 1 and shot 4. The time interval between these two views is approximately 2 minutes. ISO 100 and an exposure time of 1/400 second are recorded for both files.

A moving view is also available. The clip “Kirschfurt from the air” can be found under Aerial videos. The linked preview leads to inclusion in the aerial photographer's portfolio on Adobe Stock.

Explain the course of the river in the picture

For a publication about a river, it is worth explicitly naming the bank side if it is known. The left side of the photo and the left bank of the river are two different details. The photo can look in any direction, the bank name follows the direction of flow. Anyone who describes a desired view to the aerial photographer can therefore orientate themselves on a bridge, a settlement or an easily identifiable section of the bank. The same reference points make it easier for the reader to orient themselves later when the river appears to be going in a different direction in the next shot.

More aerial photos for comparison

Two further articles invite comparison. In the first, Dorfprozelten, another detail is in the foreground. Dorfprozelten is a built-up strip on the Main. After that, Faulbach is a good option. At Faulbach, the elongated parts of the hydraulic structure form a clear contrast to the soft bank of the Main.