Kata Tjuta from a Helicopter
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Henry David Thoreau
Last light hits the sacred domes of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) with a tiny Uluru (Ayers Rock) on the horizon in the top left of frame. The peaks of Kuta Tjuta sit at 1066m (3,497 ft) and rise 546 m (1,791 ft) above the surrounding plain. Outback Northern Territory, Australia. Shot from a helicopter you really need to view this on a large screen to appreciate the scale of this landscape. To give you an idea of how vast this is the domes down there (excluding Ayers Rock in the distance) cover 21.68 square km (8.37 sq mi). Ayers Rock (the small looking rock in the top left corner) has a circumference of 9.4km or 5.8 miles.
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What an amazing view!!
Yes it is ;-)
What a strange formations in the middle of the flat field.
Ayers Rock and the Olgas are like nowhere else that I have been.
To give you an idea of how vast this is the domes down there (excluding Ayers Rock in the distance) cover 21.68 square km (8.37 sq mi). Ayers Rock (the small looking rock in the top left corner) has a circumference of 9.4km or 5.8 miles. I might add that to the description.
OH sweet aerial view :)
Thanks
Hey, nice picture of Ayres Rock...How did you manage to shoot through the glass and avoid the reflections?
Had them take the doors off ;-)
Hangin' on with one hand, camera in the other...I love it! Amazing shot you got whilst precariously hanging out the side of a helo. ✅😂
#allfortheshot #dangerman
I have been editing up this shot, not sure I am finished with it but will give you a sneak peak of it so you get the idea. Its looking back to the Olgas as we quickly fly over to the Rock for the very very last light. As long as you don't let go of anything while your shooting and changing lenses that might end up in the tail rotor your normally ok. Prob doing about 200km/h when I stuck my head out to take the shot looking back behind the heli. Hard to hold still thats for sure so you need to use high speed shots
I'd be happy with this shot...I'm sure your edits will make it awesome!
I've been in a few choppers...Never really wanted to hang on the outside of one in-flight. 😁
There is a first time for everything ;-)
As for the edits I think I am almost done; just not convinced on the aspect ratio of the shot.
See, I wouldn't even know what the difference was with the aspects...That's why you're the photographer and I'm not.
I feel like you would really need to walk around the base and then hoon around in the thopter to really appreciate everything about those gigantic rocks.