This Iron-age grafitti is notoriously difficult to photograph from the ground.
Please see my Uffington White Horse gallery for a few of my attempts.

So together with my son Richard as pilot, I took to the air whilst the grass
is so green and the sun shone beautifully yesterday.

It's still not easy to capture this local icon (the oldest chalk figure in the UK)
from the air. But I think with a bit of trial and error on choice of aircraft,
time of day, time of year, approach angle, lens etc etc we might take the perfect
picture one day. At least it's something to aim for.

Meanwhile, this is the first attempt. Here's an alternative closer shot: