PhotoFeed Contest - Cityscape - Rochester Christmas Market.

22 days ago · 2 min read · Rochester

Hi everyone!

Keeping on trend with the festive period, this past weekend I went to visit a well known and popular Christmas market in Rochester, Kent. This city has long been on my list of places to fly for a picturesque setting on a river bank, the castle and cathedral, ties to naval history and all the old buildings lining the high street from multiple centuries as the city grew bigger.

I arrived quite late in the afternoon and the roads were very busy so I didn't have too much time to explore. I have visited Strood before to check out an old Russian submarine but this time it was all about the market.

What's impressive to me is how the entire thing is set within the walls of the castle grounds which makes for an interesting layout and silhouette at night!

A few daytime shots to start off. I headed directly to the castle first as I planned to create a day to night transition video.

By the time the golden sunlight burned through the clouds, I had walked down the high street to the south of the castle to a small park so I grabbed some shots of the cathedral tower lit up. For some reason the wide angle pano shots that the drone spat out are exposed much higher than I would like and not as good quality wise as I expected so I took some AEB's of the subjects to make sure I had a variety and to preemptively avoid disappointment.

Into night and the fair ground really comes alive!

Finally of course, some tiny planets.

I had so much fun flying around finding nice angles that my fingers were absolutely freezing by the end of the night. It was seven degrees and I had trouble keeping movement smooth whilst moving around the sky. Maybe I'll share the video here soon.

Take care, until the next time!

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