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p.4 #1Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
That last one is pretty awesome!
Jul 01, 2017 at 08:26 PM
p.4 #2Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
A 5 image pano from today, July 4th. I'm loving this mavic pro.
Jul 04, 2017 at 04:38 PM
p.4 #3Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Me too! Great shot!
K-H.
K-H.
Jul 04, 2017 at 04:42 PM
p.4 #4Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Watched the fireworks last night and saw lots of drones up in the air taking in an aerial view. Made me want to get one of my own! Any fireworks shots here?
Jul 05, 2017 at 01:05 PM
p.4 #5Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Graham I saw the same thing...those'll be neat shots (though the safety aspect is questionable).
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Bill
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Bill
Jul 05, 2017 at 03:25 PM
p.4 #6Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
I wonder how many will face consequences for endangering the public?
Jul 05, 2017 at 04:33 PM
p.4 #7Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
They may not have...depends on what they were flying over...if it was crowds of people, then yeah, that's a problem, but if they were over empty fields and the like (might be accessible depending on the particular fireworks location), it's OK.
Recreational flight:
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-recreational-users/
Commercial flight (which actually includes postings to Youtube):
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-business-users/
Recreational flight:
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-recreational-users/
Commercial flight (which actually includes postings to Youtube):
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-business-users/
Jul 05, 2017 at 05:44 PM
p.4 #8Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Thanks Bill.
How far does the drone have to stay away from people?
Well posting the videos could create a problem as well.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9416441810/arizona-man-arrested-for-flying-camera-drone-over-wildfire-impeding-firefighters
How far does the drone have to stay away from people?
Well posting the videos could create a problem as well.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9416441810/arizona-man-arrested-for-flying-camera-drone-over-wildfire-impeding-firefighters
Jul 05, 2017 at 05:55 PM
p.4 #9Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Relevant XKCD...
https://www.xkcd.com/1858/
Hard to tell how close any of them were to the actual fireworks in my area, so I can't really say whether anyone was flying irresponsibly or not. I know my neighborhood is at least far enough away from any airports though.
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Hard to tell how close any of them were to the actual fireworks in my area, so I can't really say whether anyone was flying irresponsibly or not. I know my neighborhood is at least far enough away from any airports though.
Jul 05, 2017 at 06:49 PM
p.4 #10Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
The drones (recreational or commercial) can't be "over" people. Horizontal distance is not specified...so 1 foot is, technically, enough.
A commercial flyer CAN fly over people, but only if they get an exemption from the FAA.
A commercial flyer CAN fly over people, but only if they get an exemption from the FAA.
Jul 05, 2017 at 09:41 PM
p.4 #11Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
"Arizona man arrested for flying camera drone over wildfire, impeding firefighters"
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9416441810/arizona-man-arrested-for-flying-camera-drone-over-wildfire-impeding-firefighters
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9416441810/arizona-man-arrested-for-flying-camera-drone-over-wildfire-impeding-firefighters
Jul 06, 2017 at 08:09 AM
p.4 #12Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Heh, seems that these discussions are always the same, not relevant to forum, country or language = not much photos or on-topic discussion, but lots of complaining of flying over people etc. irrelevant. Seems that the #ssholes flying their drones over people and annoying places (e.g. in front of hundreds of people in national parks) just ruin this for everyone, and make real on-topic discussion impossible.
I have now had DJI Phantom 4 Pro for half a year, and NO ONE has ever seen or heard me flying the drone, and also I have ZERO interest flying drone on places other people around (the amount of stupid questions and interest is incredible, and I have zero interest to discuss with non-photographers about drone photography, and I'm not interest to discuss drones with anyone, I would not touch these plastic toys if they would not have camera...).
As a tool for photography DJI Phantom 4 Pro camera seems pretty good, sensor is same as in RX100 - ISO 100 is super clean, and dynamic range is pretty good (not fullframe level of course). Lens seems to technically OK, widest aperture is f/2.8 and image quality is pretty good wide open, and I find f/5.6 optimum. Lens has some flare but takes it pretty well (could be better as this one is not shoot from tripod and one can't shade the lens like with camera I can). Stabilization is really good; I have never had any issues with HDR images, and also quite long exposures are possible if there is no wind.
On negative side is fixed field of view; 24mm equivalent is simply too wide for majority of photography. It's OK on real wilderness (no roads, mobilelinks, etc. within next 30km/20miles), but for example in Southern Finland 24mm is so wide that in aerial photography you will include always some ugly crap made by people to your landscapes. As camera position is free in aerial photography, I would find ~50mm equivalent as optimal for drone and even 35mm equivalent would be significant improvement to 24mm equivalent. (on my previous drone I had 20mm equivalent at it was completely useless). Other negative item is that there is bracketing in DJI application, but it's only 0.7EV (5 images or 3 images), so I'm quite limited on creating HDRs on challenging lightning.
Enough talk, this thread definitely needs more photos and on-topic discussion.
"Warm and cold" - DJI Phantom 4 Pro, f/5.6, HDR (1/160s, 1/250s, 1/400s, 1/640s, 1/1000s), ISO 100
Samuli
I have now had DJI Phantom 4 Pro for half a year, and NO ONE has ever seen or heard me flying the drone, and also I have ZERO interest flying drone on places other people around (the amount of stupid questions and interest is incredible, and I have zero interest to discuss with non-photographers about drone photography, and I'm not interest to discuss drones with anyone, I would not touch these plastic toys if they would not have camera...).
As a tool for photography DJI Phantom 4 Pro camera seems pretty good, sensor is same as in RX100 - ISO 100 is super clean, and dynamic range is pretty good (not fullframe level of course). Lens seems to technically OK, widest aperture is f/2.8 and image quality is pretty good wide open, and I find f/5.6 optimum. Lens has some flare but takes it pretty well (could be better as this one is not shoot from tripod and one can't shade the lens like with camera I can). Stabilization is really good; I have never had any issues with HDR images, and also quite long exposures are possible if there is no wind.
On negative side is fixed field of view; 24mm equivalent is simply too wide for majority of photography. It's OK on real wilderness (no roads, mobilelinks, etc. within next 30km/20miles), but for example in Southern Finland 24mm is so wide that in aerial photography you will include always some ugly crap made by people to your landscapes. As camera position is free in aerial photography, I would find ~50mm equivalent as optimal for drone and even 35mm equivalent would be significant improvement to 24mm equivalent. (on my previous drone I had 20mm equivalent at it was completely useless). Other negative item is that there is bracketing in DJI application, but it's only 0.7EV (5 images or 3 images), so I'm quite limited on creating HDRs on challenging lightning.
Enough talk, this thread definitely needs more photos and on-topic discussion.
"Warm and cold" - DJI Phantom 4 Pro, f/5.6, HDR (1/160s, 1/250s, 1/400s, 1/640s, 1/1000s), ISO 100
Samuli
Jul 25, 2017 at 01:35 PM
p.4 #13Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Thanks Samuli.
That's a great image.
How high was the drone? TIA.
K-H.
That's a great image.
How high was the drone? TIA.
K-H.
Jul 25, 2017 at 02:30 PM
p.4 #14Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
k-h.a.w wrote:
Thanks Samuli.
That's a great image.
How high was the drone? TIA.
K-H.
Thanks. Seems that my "resize,sharpen, upload-to-website"-script needs improvement - it has removed EXIF-fields (Absolute Altitude and Relative Altitude do not exist on JPG) and I had to check this from original file:
ChromeBookDebian:/data/DJI/DNG$ exiftool DJI_0049.DNG | grep Altitude
Absolute Altitude : +213.76
Relative Altitude : +148.70
GPS Altitude Ref : Above Sea Level
GPS Altitude : 213.7 m Above Sea Level
==> Drone was 149m (~450foot) from the ground.
Samuli
Thanks Samuli.
That's a great image.
How high was the drone? TIA.
K-H.
Thanks. Seems that my "resize,sharpen, upload-to-website"-script needs improvement - it has removed EXIF-fields (Absolute Altitude and Relative Altitude do not exist on JPG) and I had to check this from original file:
ChromeBookDebian:/data/DJI/DNG$ exiftool DJI_0049.DNG | grep Altitude
Absolute Altitude : +213.76
Relative Altitude : +148.70
GPS Altitude Ref : Above Sea Level
GPS Altitude : 213.7 m Above Sea Level
==> Drone was 149m (~450foot) from the ground.
Samuli
Jul 25, 2017 at 02:44 PM
p.4 #15Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Very nice image Samuli,
Yes...we need more images (and less talk, probably should start a second thread with "talk").
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Bill
P.S. So OK...I created a drone discussion thread here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1501189
Yes...we need more images (and less talk, probably should start a second thread with "talk").
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Bill
P.S. So OK...I created a drone discussion thread here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1501189
Jul 25, 2017 at 03:23 PM
p.4 #16Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Canaries Village, St. Lucia from my honeymoon earlier this month.
The DJI Mavic is so easy to travel with.
ƒ/2.2 1/100 ISO100
The DJI Mavic is so easy to travel with.
ƒ/2.2 1/100 ISO100
Jul 25, 2017 at 03:36 PM
p.4 #17Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
An 8 image pano stitch, the Phantom 4 Pro is one of the best offerings for regular consumers and even pros once you can carry it. The sensor is MUCH better than the other offerings but comes at a little more cost. It's worth it though, especially at higher ISOs.
ƒ/2.8 1/4 ISO2000
ƒ/2.8 1/4 ISO2000
Jul 25, 2017 at 03:49 PM
p.4 #18Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
So glad this thread was started. I can't believe I missed it... I started with a P3S and now I fly a Mavic Pro. Here are a few of mine for now:
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Memphis_Mavic by Theron Malone, on Flickr
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Bass Pro Shot by Theron Malone, on Flickr
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Downtown Memphis, TN by Theron Malone, on Flickr
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Memphis_Mavic by Theron Malone, on Flickr2.
Bass Pro Shot by Theron Malone, on Flickr3.
Downtown Memphis, TN by Theron Malone, on FlickrJul 26, 2017 at 03:30 PM
p.4 #19Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
Here is one from the other day.
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DJI_0366 by Theron Malone, on Flickr
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DJI_0366 by Theron Malone, on FlickrJul 27, 2017 at 01:43 PM
p.4 #20Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
mikethevilla wrote:
Very good warning.
A few things that are important to note though:
-You are REQUIRED to register your drone with the FAA no matter what type of usage it's for. This takes all of $5 and 5 minutes on a website.
-You don't need any sort of insurance or license if you're just flying for fun/non-commercial purposes. It is important to take notes of the laws and rules (in the USA, most importantly: No higher than 400 ft above nearest structure, at least 5 miles from an airport, not over private property, and no flying in National Parks).
-You're only required to get a...Show more →
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I don't claim to be an expert in faa uas reg. however, below is a direct quote from the summary of small unmanned a/c rule (part 107), link:: https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf
"Maximum altitude of 400 feet above ground level (AGL) or, if higher than 400 feet AGL, remain within 400 feet of a structure."
iaw the reg. above, you are permitted to exceed the 400 ft agl ceiling when maintaining a 400 ft radius w/in a structure taller that 400 ft agl. there are additional wordings to this exception which aren't included in this summary, but i haven't been able to locate the complete wordings to this exception.
basically, while maintaining the 400 ft radius, the drone ceiling will be 400 ft above the tallest point of the structure (agl). as such, if the structure is 500 ft agl, then the max ceiling for the drone will be 500 + 400 for the total of 900 ft agl.
bear in mind there are 2 main factors in effect for this exception to occur:
1) drone is operating w/n the approved geo-zone, and 2) 400 ft radius to the structure has to be maintained at all time.
imho, it would be rare that the exception will be applicable under normal operations.
disclaimer: i don't own a drone but have hands-on flying with drones from friends. i have been reading up on the faa requirements for uas operations before committing to buying one.
i'll be following this thread to see if i can learn more from other operators. ;')
Very good warning.
A few things that are important to note though:
-You are REQUIRED to register your drone with the FAA no matter what type of usage it's for. This takes all of $5 and 5 minutes on a website.
-You don't need any sort of insurance or license if you're just flying for fun/non-commercial purposes. It is important to take notes of the laws and rules (in the USA, most importantly: No higher than 400 ft above nearest structure, at least 5 miles from an airport, not over private property, and no flying in National Parks).
-You're only required to get a...Show more →
>>>
I don't claim to be an expert in faa uas reg. however, below is a direct quote from the summary of small unmanned a/c rule (part 107), link:: https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf
"Maximum altitude of 400 feet above ground level (AGL) or, if higher than 400 feet AGL, remain within 400 feet of a structure."
iaw the reg. above, you are permitted to exceed the 400 ft agl ceiling when maintaining a 400 ft radius w/in a structure taller that 400 ft agl. there are additional wordings to this exception which aren't included in this summary, but i haven't been able to locate the complete wordings to this exception.
basically, while maintaining the 400 ft radius, the drone ceiling will be 400 ft above the tallest point of the structure (agl). as such, if the structure is 500 ft agl, then the max ceiling for the drone will be 500 + 400 for the total of 900 ft agl.
bear in mind there are 2 main factors in effect for this exception to occur:
1) drone is operating w/n the approved geo-zone, and 2) 400 ft radius to the structure has to be maintained at all time.
imho, it would be rare that the exception will be applicable under normal operations.
disclaimer: i don't own a drone but have hands-on flying with drones from friends. i have been reading up on the faa requirements for uas operations before committing to buying one.
i'll be following this thread to see if i can learn more from other operators. ;')
Jul 27, 2017 at 04:27 PM