It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I have a KAP story from last fall that I have neglected to write until now. It was my last KAP session of 2022, and the last successful one I’ve had in general (although I did have one this year that would have been successful if I had just remembered to turn on the camera – doh!), so it’s past time to share it. I happened to catch the fall colors right at their peak, and the peak was pretty colorful last fall, by Southern Maryland standards anyway.
For the location, I chose St. Mary’s River State Park – a place I’ve KAPed at a couple times before. It seemed like a good choice because it boasts many deciduous trees. The main goal was to get the kite nice and high and capture as much of the color show as possible. The walk over to the flying site was quite beautiful; there were a lot of bright yellow trees along that part of the path. I stopped to fly along a clearing on the east end of the lake.
The wind was around 10-15 mph as I recall, just right for the Rokker. It took a couple attempts to get the kite up in the air, and then I had to bring it down to make a bridle adjustment. Without too much trouble, though, the KAP rig was soon up and away. It was partly cloudy for most of the flight, but there was still some blue sky and enough light for some nice pictures. My favorites were the high-altitude panorama at the top of the page, displayed again below, and another one facing towards the north. The panorama was made up of three separate images. It is interesting to me how the colors vary at different parts of the lake. There are more golden and orange leaves on the south end (that I walked past during the hike), and more evergreens and reds at the north end.
I also made a quick vlog from this flight so you can take in more of the scenery and see some video of the kite flying. I hope I get a chance to get back to KAPing again soon in 2023!
Southern Maryland Kite Aerial Photography 