This baby's got to fly - images added

[Erik Lund]

Spectacular images, you seem to have a great ability to vision the view.

[simato73]

Thank you David and Erik.
There is still lots of room for improvement, but now that I am spending less of my mental faculties flying the drone (starting to develop some muscle memory) I am finding that finding good images from above is not that different or more difficult than the usual way.

[simato73]

The last outing, yesterday, was to South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead, Wales.
I went to shoot the setting moon behind the lighthouse, but clouds spoiled everything.
I still got some decent shots with the drone to save the day.
Will go there for another moonset before Christmas.
Jpeg SOOC, haven't had yet the time to edit them.

[Akira]

The last outing, yesterday, was to South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead, Wales.
I went to shoot the setting moon behind the lighthouse, but clouds spoiled everything.
I still got some decent shots with the drone to save the day.
Will go there for another moonset before Christmas.
Jpeg SOOC, haven't had yet the time to edit them.

Amazing shots, both right from above and utilizing the exaggerated perspective.  The subject itself is attractive as well.  Surely your technique is improving!

[simato73]

Amazing shots, both right from above and utilizing the exaggerated perspective.  The subject itself is attractive as well.  Surely your technique is improving!

Thanks Akira, very kind.
Conditions were not optimal, strong wind and flat light, but the location has huge potential and I will go back, even if it is a fairly long drive from home.

[Jakov Minić]

Truly spectacular, Simone!
Have you stopped making ground photos

[golunvolo]

Spectacular point of suits the subject. Really cool images. The long tortuose road has some spiritual Initiation flavor to it.

[simato73]

A few from near home, on the winter solstice.

1. Former quarry at Tegg's Nose.
2. Looking south from Tegg's Nose toward Shutingsloe
3. I work in the bright white industrial estate near the top of the image.
4. Sunset at Tegg's Nose

[rosko]

Definitely a new dimension for landscape photography.

I mean from the ground of course.

I was said that despite their technical features a drone can easily be lost.

[simato73]

Definitely a new dimension for landscape photography.

I mean from the ground of course.

I was said that despite their technical features a drone can easily be lost.

Thank you Francis.

With the newer models it is far more difficult to lose them, they have added new valuable features.
In mine, if radio contact with the remote is lost for more than 2 seconds, an automated "return to home" procedure begins, whereby the drone returns to where it started (as recorded by the GPS). The only problem is if you have moved in the meantime, especially grave if you are in a boat (it means it will land in water!)
I only lost radio contact once and the procedure performed flawlessly.
The previous model did not have this feature and there were numerous cases of "flyaways" that I heard of in video blogs.