well working is a big word of course! 2h of flying per day in average during those flying clinics…some flights only last 7 minutes. I take more time to load/unload the medical supplies from the plane. So the collateral entertainment is flying 5 to 10 minutes between airstrips around lake Natron.
the lake gets better appearance further in the dry season.
black water and various colored spots surrounded by white dry salt crust.
here is one phenomenon I haven’t seen very often: some hardened salted islands have been surrounded by a larger grey layer of salt. The wind has pushed that crust through the little islands, leaving gaps behind.
some blue tone, not the most common one.
and as a reminder, all these shots were taken the same day west and north of the lake.
same old technique: the highest aperture on the lens so get the highest speed available on the camera, one polarizer filter and pronto. Personally, I like something around F:2 on a 50 mm lens since I’m to fly and shoot. The 50mm is easy to handle inside the cockpit and similar enough to the eye perception, so I don’t get funny sensations between looking at the real world and through the lens while flying at 200 or 300 feet above the surface. My 135mm is still fine but I used my 400 mm once for the sake of it. Since it sticks a bit out of the aircraft, it shakes with the relative wind. Not too easy.
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