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Views from the Blue
Access to Inaccessible Places
- Benbulbin, Ireland
- Taken by Niall Timony, 10/02/21
- source: facebook
Through their unique flight paths and movements, drones have opened up access to inaccessible places, producing never-before-seen views of certain landscapes or buildings. These unique perspectives emphasise the need to reappraise the negative association between drones and remote locations (accentuated by warfare) and, instead, think about how, when used commercially, access to inaccessible places can enhance and remake existing relationships with landscape.
Benbulbin is a large flat-topped rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. To date, most shots of the mountain have been taken from its front side. Drone flight has made it possible to capture new views of this mountain from the back (as seen in this image). This seldom seen perspective allows viewers to inscribe the space with personal meaning, creating new understandings of the landscape that is out of bounds or hard to access in real life.
08.07.2021
Could you explain the idea of the ‘front’ and ‘back’? Given the presence of buildings, fields etc in the foreground, why is the ‘back’ somehow “seldom seen”?
11.06.2021
2nd bad picture. Colour way off.
10.06.2021
Yes, a different perspective, not a very exhilarating shot.
But does show what can be done with a drone.
if we were up the side of a mountain nearby the pic could have been the same. Will we get the dark side of the moon one day from a drone?
01.06.2021
awe-inspiring view with such depth of perspective and colour range
27.05.2021
Stunning!
26.05.2021
Wonderful
25.05.2021
Lovely photo
25.05.2021
Lovely scenery
25.05.2021
Big sky
25.05.2021
Amazing sky
17.05.2021
Beautiful photo. I had no idea Ireland had scenery like this. Really goes to show how drones have made it possible to capture some truly incredible images.