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PHOTOS: Cris Benton captures San Francisco Bay with high flying kite

ByWayne Freedman KGO logo
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Cris Benton starts flying his kite for his aerial photography. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
This is an aerial photograph of Fort Barry near Point Bonita. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph of Fort Barry near Point Bonita. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph over the San Francisco Bay. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph over the San Francisco Bay. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph over the San Francisco Bay. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph over the San Francisco Bay. All those white dots on the land are migrating birds at rest. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is an aerial photograph over the San Francisco Bay. (Aerial photo courtesy Cris Benton)
This is one of the cameras Cris Benton uses for his kite aerial photography. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
Cris Benton starts flying his kite for his aerial photography. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
Cris Benton shows ABC7 News what kind of camera he likes to attach to his kite. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
Cris Benton walks along the Marin headlands with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
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Cris Benton starts flying his kite for his aerial photography. (ABC7 News reporter Wayne Freedman/KGO-TV)
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