Bird’s Eye View photography is a type of photography that captures the subject from an elevated location. Perspective, angle, and composition are vital component in this type of photography. Bird’s Eye View photography adds interest to a shot or simply offers significant information about the subject. Most often, it is used in making blueprints, floor plans and maps.
Commonly, the term bird’s eye view and aerial view is synonymously used but they have slight differences. Aerial view is a term used to describe a viewpoint from a great height, even at a wide angle. Unlike other types of photography, a bird’s eye view photography requires a hand-held or mounted position and usually not supported by land based structure.
Learning bird’s eye view photography is not an easy process. It requires a depth of knowledge on the bird’s eye view feature, bird’s eye view lenses, and a whole lot more, and it can only be acquired by a hands-on experience. Furthermore, a fish eye view lens could be use in bird’s eye view photography to give a dramatic, rounded distortions of the fascinating subject. Because fish-eye lenses are not cheap, photographers usually use image-editing software such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Elements to transform and distort a photo. Some of the advanced digital cameras nowadays have their bird’s eye view feature, making it easy to provide a good image or picture.
Compiled below are the Top 9 Examples of Mind-blowing Bird’s Eye View Photography captured by various photographers. The main source of these pictures is http://www.flickr.com along with artists’ individual websites. We have done every care to research upon copyright issues. If you are the owner of these pictures please get in touch with us through our ‘Contact Us’ page.
Hot-air Balloon (Photo by Batistini Gaston)
The Great Lake of Chicago (Photo by Stuck in Customs)
Puerto de Galinhas (Photo by Ric e Ette)
Le Thalasso Bora Bora (Photo by Pierre Lesage)
Ventura College Pool (Photo by MichaelMikkelson)
Chicago from a Chopper (Photo by Stuck in Customs)
Hotel pool in Berberibe, CE, Brazil (Photo by Ric e Lette)
