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Originally Posted by vexxed82
Aerials are tricky. You're moving fast and can literally circle the entire skyline multiple times in a few short minutes. You can have terrible shadows one moment, then get brilliant light illuminating your subject tower the next. Unless you're directing a pilot to get very specific shots that you've prepared for (i.e. a morning flight to get the east side of the skyline lit up) there's a certain "you take what's given to you" approach to aerial photography.
edit: I guess the other aspect of aerial photography is knowing when not to take a photo. That said. Sometimes even a 'bad' photo is good in the future when looking back for comparison or historical purposes.
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Keep in mind Mr Shore is shooting during breaks from work - IIRC he is the traffic copter for WBBM - new radio 78. His flickr page is a gold mine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bartshore/