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 Official drone photography thread for images. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1) | |
EDIT (July 25, 2017):
This thread, the original "Official drone photography", became more of a discussion thread, and lacked many images. I have created a dedicated discussion thread...please use that one for discussion:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1501189
Thanks.
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Howdy fellow FM-ers...
I have been a general aviation pilot for a few decades, and have very much enjoyed the view from up there. But taking pictures thru the usually scratched windows didn't work well.
On commercial aviation flights, I typically have a camera nearby and my nose sometimes pressed up against the window.  Yeah, I'm a lost cause.
Anyway...
When "drones" came along a few years ago, I saw a way for my flying and photography passions to merge, without having to hire a helicopter for $1000 an hour. My love of flying and photography could come together beautifully in one fairly small package that can be put in a backpack and taken pretty much anywhere.
So...
I decided to start this "Official Drone Photography" thread. I'll post a couple images here right now, and invite others to do the same.
Rules? Well, let just say it should be a shot that practically speaking, couldn't be taken with anything other than a drone. But let's just have fun with this. Try to give fellow FM-ers who have seen those "buzzy toys" flying around, a taste of what they can do photographically, in the spirit of FM.
The drones I use are a home-made hexacopter (6 blades), as well as a DJI Phantom 3 Professional, as well as a 3DR Solo. The Hexacopter and the Solo use a GoPro, which in my case, is a Hero 4 Silver.
As decent as these small sensors can be sometimes, esp for posting to the web, and while of course subject/lighting/composition are king, I'd like to start flying with a larger sensor at some point...an RX100, GM1/5, or even better, a Ricoh GR2...those cameras chosen for a combination of image quality vs size/weight, so I don't have to build or buy a larger drone, which wouldn't be nearly as easy to travel with as the Phantom and Solo.
With that said:
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