This is another one of those things that gets much better and cheaper with a digital camera. This poor guy only got one shot per launch and had to carefully time it so the kite would be at the right hight for the camera to be focused.
Even Google Earth is getting in on the act now.
.KITE TAKES AERIAL PHOTOS
You don’t have to hire a plane and pilot to get good air shots of ground objects.
By E. J. Roy
FOR many years, the idea of making photographs from a kite has been in my mind. This year, I decided to do something about it. First was the kite design, and having had considerable experience with various types of kites, I finally selected a design for a triangular box kite with wings.