Titisee Neustadt

Titisee-Neustadt and the shore in the Black Forest

In the aerial view, Lake Titisee lies between forested heights and a densely built-up shoreline in places. Paths and individual facilities can be traced along the edge of the water. The larger section shows the relationship between the lake, the shore used for tourism and the settlements in the Black Forest.

The lake as part of the townscape

At Titisee the water surface interrupts the darker Black Forest. The eye finds a benchmark on the developed bank sections before moving on to the wooded slopes.

On a lake, a large area can appear almost uniform. Only an arch on the bank, a boat or the reflection of a slope gives the eye something to hold on to. In aerial photography, the image often appears particularly spatial, as it contains a piece of land in the foreground in addition to the water. For a wide image, the water surface can have more space. In a narrow format, their connection to the shore should be retained so that the landscape becomes a recognizable place and not just any blue area.

What the treetops reveal

A forest changes the view of every structure and every path that lies on its edge. From one side the treetops cover the lower area, from another a small gap opens. Photos in which the boundary between open space and vegetation can be clearly seen are particularly interesting. They explain which parts of a motif are visible. In a description, it is possible to distinguish precisely between the section depicted and the terrain hidden by the foliage.

How the place changes from the inside out

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.

The distribution of blue tones

For a direct image comparison, use shot 9 and shot 6 from the gallery with 10 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.

According to camera data, Shot 10 and Shot 1 were taken on April 24, 2020. There is a gap of around 12 minutes between the two pictures. The exposure time was 1/320 second for the first of the images mentioned and 1/500 second for the second.

For a selection of moving images, the gallery contains 7 linked clips. Among them is “Titisee-Neustadt aerial photos”. Under Aerial Videos the preview leads to the aerial photographer's respective offer at Adobe Stock.

Show the proportions of the landscape

It is easy to overestimate the size of a shape in a landscape painting. A bright spot may be a small open area or show an extensive portion of the terrain. When selecting images, a comprehensible reference point is therefore more important than the most dramatic perspective possible. If present in the motif, a path or a clearly recognizable shoreline can take on this task. An aerial photographer can also relate an overview and a single view. Readers are then given an idea of ​​the location before viewing the surface up close.

Related motifs in the aerial photo archive

The article Mühlheim an der Donau offers another perspective. The overview of Mühlheim an der Donau shows a juxtaposition of dense settlement areas and wide meadows in the valley. In the gallery Dorfprozelten there is a different focus. Dorfprozelten is a built-up strip on the Main.