Downtown Los Angeles Panorama
Description: I enjoy any image that shows a familiar scene in a different way. While paging through older photos on the computer, I came across this aerial panorama I created Continue Reading →
Tag: aerial
California Aqueduct And The John R. Teerink Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant
Description: Lot of words in that title, I know, but it is accurate! With so much green around the state of California recently I set off to the North side Continue Reading →
State Street In Santa Barbara
Description: Four years ago Santa Barbara shut down State Street through the retail and restaurant core of the city to car traffic. Personally, not having to live here a d Continue Reading →
Post-Sunset In Rancho Palos Verdes
Description: Just another peaceful evening last night above the PV peninsula in California. By the way, does this look a bit off on your screen? I have two screens and Continue Reading →
Sunset In The Sky
Description: Sometimes the best seat is looking away from the sun. All the beautiful colors stacked on the horizon. That is Mono Lake just under the wing. Location: California, USA, Continue Reading →
Playing With Aerial Time-Lapse
Not every day has to be super productive, nor every video epic. Sometimes, you go out and film for the fun of it and then slap those videos together because Continue Reading →
Downtown LA Painting?
Description: This is one of those nice mistakes. Or maybe just a nice limit of technology. It’s an iPhone photo out a plane window on approach to LAX and just a Continue Reading →
Miles Above Yosemite National Park On A Perfect Day
Description: This used to be an almost weekly view for me, or at least the chance to see it (clouds willing). While I love living in California, I do miss the Continue Reading →
Shadow Baseball
Description: You get unique perspectives when you fly a drone. Shadows become people! Location: Santa Clarita, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright 2023 Peter West Carey.
Downtown Los Angeles Aerial
Description: Might this be the last of the rain around LA? Probably not. We’ve had about 26″ at my house since the first of the year. That is a heck of Continue Reading →
La Paz Layers
Every adventure should begin with a gorgeous sunset over the ocean. Location: La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams
Description: Timing is everything with photography. And that timing often relates to light. In this case, I have flown and photographed this scene probably a hundred times over the last decade, Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Sunrise From The Valley
Description: Trying to plan a photo like this might make me a bit bonkers so I am glad serendipity was on my side. After taking off from Burbank airport I was Continue Reading →
Seattle Sunset Aerial Panorama
Description: I like to try to obtain new angles on ‘classic’ photos, such as the typical view of Seattle from Kerry Park. Like this one. Drones, when used properly, are Continue Reading →
Mount Hood At Sunset From A Plane
Description: Mt. Hood is a beautiful pinnacle unlike most of its northern neighbors: sharp and pointy unlike the rounded contours of Adams or Rainier. Location: Oregon, USA, North America
Can You Figure Out What Is Going On Here?
Description: That’s Mount Rainier in Washington and the tip of an Alaska Airlines jet wing, but what’s going on with the clouds? Guesses? Location: Washington, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter Continue Reading →
Lake Michigan, Black As Night
Description: Civilization, then, blackness. Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore the world with Far Horizon Photo Continue Reading →
Whidbey Sandbar Patterns
Description: Just beneath the surface at low tide, sandbars reveal Nature’s idea of beauty with waves and sand. Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Camera: CDJI Mavic 2 Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Moonrise Over The PI Building And Seattle
Description: Timing and using apps like The Photographers Ephemeris or Sun Surveyor helps to place the celestial bodies where you want them. But in this case, I got lucky and had Continue Reading →
Whidbey Island Vertical Panorama
Description: Double Bluff Beach never looked so good as from way up in the sky. Those are the Olympic Mountains peeking (peaking?) out of the clouds in the distance. Location: Double Continue Reading →
More Vertical Panoramaness
Description: Continuing from yesterday’s vertical panoramaness, I give you: Whidbey Island Sunrise. Location: Langley, Washington, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 2 Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
I Like My Aerial Panoramas Vertical And I Can Not Lie
Description: My drones have a mode I don’t use enough, but always love the results. It’s the vertical panorama mode that takes three vertical pictures automatically and then stitches them together Continue Reading →
1/4 Of A Second Waterfall Photo From A Drone? Heck Yeah!
Description: You may recognize this photo from a previous post about my video Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest. It is Sahalie Falls in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and it is beautiful in its Continue Reading →
Koosah Falls Rainbow
Description: If the angle isn’t right for a nice waterfall rainbow, get a little higher. Koosah Falls and the waterfall trail are worth the effort when you’re in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Continue Reading →
Are You Afraid Of Heights?
Description: Sometimes a drone is a good way to learn things. In this case, The Roslyn Hotel and its annex, once the largest hotel on the West Coast, is seen Continue Reading →
California’s State Capitol Building
Description: While I’m showing off this city hall building and that state capitol building, let’s throw in another: California’s Capitol Building in Sacramento. Location: Sacramento, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
The Beautiful Pasadena City Hall
Description: I’ve been getting out more to explore around LA and that has lead me to Pasadena and its beautiful city hall complex. Location: Pasadena, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest
Forest Waterfalls Mountains Rivers Trees Green Dams named Green Peter If you like any of the above, you’ll love my latest video in the Above, Around series on YouTube. This Continue Reading →
Classic Seattle Waterfront And Mount Rainier
Description: Taken from the point of view of a drone hovering 300′ above Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, the waterfront bathed in evening sunset glow. Location: Seattle, Washington, USA, North America Camera: DJI Continue Reading →
The Washington State Capitol Dome And Mt. Rainier
Description: Some days the air quality and visibility is sublime. Location: Olympia, Washington, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn Continue Reading →
Through The Forest
Description: Forests are quite beautiful from above. Even when they seems to have diseased and/or dying trees. Location: Philipsburg, Montana, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Up With The Storm
Description: Just before the hail came, I chanced flying the drone for a better view of the thunderstorms I saw sweeping across Idaho today. Location: Idaho, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic Continue Reading →
Drone Brocken Spectre And Glory Above The Hoback River
Description: Is it a Brocken Spectre if it is only the drone’s shadow (and some trees)? Location: Hoback River, Wyoming, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
All The Sun Into One Place
Description: At first I was really excited because I got a photo of a pile of rocks that looks like a elephant, with an arch that defines the trunk. But I Continue Reading →
Where Your Fuel Gets Made
Description: This is the Chevon refinery in Manhattan Beach, California. And it is massive. In the distance is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with its iconic structure that used to be Continue Reading →