Vancouver/Portland

[AlanLichty]

Not my usual photo subject but last July I was playing around with how well I could see downtown Portland from the northwest corner of the Vancouver area where I live using the telephoto lens on my drone. Downtown Portland in the distance is approximately 14 miles as a crow flies from where the drone was hovering. I wish we had clouds and rain like this right about now as we have been mostly clear skies since this was shot.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Wow! Now that's really cool that you can see downtown Portland. I wonder how it would look ax it gets darker and the lights of the city come on?

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow! Now that's really cool that you can see downtown Portland. I wonder how it would look ax it gets darker and the lights of the city come on?

Thanks Jim - I have taken some images during sunsets and will be shooting more as sunsets get earlier and we get rid of the summer haze with fall rains.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice one Alan

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice one Alan

Thanks!

Did you wander back into cell range on your excursion?

 

[Ben Egbert]

Just for tonight we do elephant hill tomorrow and Thursday

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice view of the city. When there is color in the sky as well as the foliage, this will be quite the view.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice view of the city. When there is color in the sky as well as the foliage, this will be quite the view.

Thanks Jameel - I have been scrolling back through all of the various images I have shot around my area looking for views of the deciduous trees. I have not had the opportunity to shoot fall in the NW from the perspective of a drone before and it looks like there might be a lot more opportunities for color than we usually see up here in from the ground. Especially when I start to factor in the telephoto lens