Mittelsinn

Mittelsinn and the course of the Sinntal

Mittelsinn fits into the wide green valley floor of Sinn. The built-up sections alternate with open meadows, and the forest rises to the edge. In the aerial photos, the distances between the groups of houses are particularly helpful in capturing the extent of the place.

How the houses are distributed in the valley

At Mittelsinn, a wider view shows how the place fits into the longer settlement sequence of the Sinntal. A close view, on the other hand, explains the connection between individual streets and the fields.

Two different narrative directions emerge along a valley and across it. The longitudinal view leads into the distance and shows what is arranged one behind the other. Looking sideways, the width of the valley floor and the rise on either side become clearer. Which view is convincing depends on the question asked of the image. For a description of the location, a lateral view is often productive. For a stretch along a route, the longitudinal view gives the viewer a direction to follow across multiple subjects.

How the place changes from the inside out

The center of a town can often be recognized from the air by the intersection of several streets. These lines diverge towards the open landscape, the properties become longer and the distances between the houses become larger. Anyone who chooses an image for a location portrait can pay attention to these transitions. A motif with a piece of the surrounding area tells where the place is. A narrower shot, on the other hand, gives people who live or have lived here more opportunities to find familiar buildings in the picture.

Field boundaries as a benchmark

From a greater height, the field appears to be an orderly floor plan. A closer look shows how the paths change direction at curves, embankments and property boundaries. When selecting images, it is helpful to preserve at least one of these transition points. It turns a colored area into a piece of actually used landscape. For an article about the surrounding area, even the inconspicuous edge of a field can explain more than a wide section that only shows numerous plots as small spots.

The distribution of blue tones

For a direct image comparison, use shot 7 and shot 1 from the gallery with 7 aerial photos. In the first excerpt, shades of blue play a smaller role. In the second shot, blue areas take up more space. Blue can extend over a large contiguous area or only appear in individual parts. What also counts for the effect is whether these areas extend to the edge of the picture or surround the main subject.

According to camera data, Image 1 and Image 7 were taken on May 10, 2019. There is a gap of less than a minute between the two images. The exposure time was 1/500 second for the first of the images mentioned and 1/400 second for the second.

Select landforms for a landscape portrait

When publishing about a mountain range, the direction of view should be stated in the caption, as long as it can be determined with certainty. The same ridge can look very different from one valley than from the other side. For the aerial photographer, the question arises when planning whether the location in the foreground or the shape in the distance should be the deciding factor. If a close and a distant reference point is retained in the image, even readers without local knowledge can understand the gradation of the terrain.

Related motifs in the aerial photo archive

The article Obersinn offers another perspective. At Obersinn, the houses lie like a narrow band between meadows and wooded heights. In the gallery Burkardroth there is a different focus. The aerial photos show the community of Burkardroth in the Rhön.