Judah wrote:

VFR is about seeing and avoiding other planes, not seeing and avoiding the
ground.

What a stupid comment. It's about both.



I believe SVFR is more designed to be able to take off (or land) in weather
that is below minimums, when you know that the weather up there is clear.
For example, if the visibility on the ground is only two miles because of
some light early morning ground fog that once you get off the ground is
cleared up...

And if the field is VFR but you would like to operate near clouds for a
specific reason like taking pictures, aerial surveillance, etc, I can
issue a SVFR so you don't have to worry about cloud clearance requirements.