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Esselbach and the open heights
Esselbach stretches over moving terrain in which arable land and forest come close to the houses. In the wide shots, the streets form a much more visible trace than individual buildings. Their branches explain how the place lies in the landscape.
Roads as a connection between the slopes
The open height around Esselbach gives the place a lot of space in the picture. A narrower version, on the other hand, makes the individual junctions between houses and field paths legible.
A village view needs a comprehensible starting point. This can be an intersection, a prominent group of houses or the end of a street. From there, the paths to the outskirts of town can be more easily followed in the image. When publishing for readers from outside, a brief location information in the caption helps. Resident viewers are often interested in another level. They are looking for the location of a house, the route of their route to school or a familiar open space between buildings.
Field boundaries as a benchmark
On a map, fields become similar areas. In the aerial photo they differ in color, structure and processing direction. A bright dirt path divides two plots, a row of trees interrupts the straight lines. In such places, the size of the open hallway is better understood than by just looking at the horizon. Color changes should initially be left as an observation. Which crop is growing in a field or when it was cultivated can often only be determined from a single photo with additional local knowledge.
What becomes visible on the edge of town
On the edge of town, several scales come together in a small section. On one side there are individual buildings with gardens and driveways. On the other hand, a single open area sometimes takes up as much space as several streets. This change can be shown in the picture over a common edge. A section in which the border between the two areas remains visible even when displayed narrowly is suitable for a website. The motif then retains its local reference even in the mobile view.
Warm tones within the series
For a direct image comparison, use shot 5 and shot 2 from the gallery with 5 aerial photos. In the second view, warm reds and browns have more weight than in the first. Red-brown and yellowish areas are particularly noticeable next to cooler surfaces. What is interesting when comparing is whether they are concentrated on a single object or appear spread out across the entire view.
According to camera data, Shot 1 and Shot 5 were taken on September 3, 2020. There is a gap of around 3 minutes between the two images. ISO 100 and an exposure time of 1/400 second are recorded for both files.
A townscape for chronicle and community
For a local chronicle, the outer edge of the development is just as interesting as the middle. That's often where things change first. A meadow becomes a building site, a driveway is given a new route, a single house disappears behind the larger trees. If you want to talk about the same place again later, a dated overall view is helpful. You can agree with the aerial photographer on a point that should remain in the image when repeated. A street intersection is usually better suited for this than a moving object on the side of the road.
Related motifs in the aerial photo archive
The article Bischbrunn offers another perspective. Bischbrunn follows a long line with its houses. In the gallery Pittersberg Gemeinde Ebermannsdorf there is a different focus. The district of Pittersberg in the municipality of Ebermannsdorf stands out from the patchwork of fields with bright buildings and red roofs.