Quiet Oil Refinery Panorama
Description: Unlike the busy oil refinery posted the other day, this one seems fairly vacant. A couple of cooling towers are missing with scaffolding outside that building. Only two cooling Continue Reading →
Tag: aerial
Traffic Into The San Fernando Valley
Description: I went out flying the drone tonight with an idea in my head. It was more of less this view in the form of a timelapse (viewable here). Setting Continue Reading →
Do You Know Where This Is?
Description: This is either Santa Barbara or maybe Rancho Palos Verdes. I can’t remember at the moment and it is bugging me. copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Pick A Lane
Description: Where The 23 meets The 101, you need to pick a lane. Location: Ventura County, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved
Bridge Over The 5
Description: Remember, in Southern California all the highways and freeways are “the”. I think I’m finally getting the hang of it. Speaking of hanging, here’s an aerial photo hanging out Continue Reading →
Sequoia National Forest Sunset
Description: High up, over the rolling hills that lead to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, the setting sun makes everything a little more placid. Location: Miramonte, California, USA, North Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →