Aerial photography / Videography thread

Genoma · 11 May 2016 at 21:35

yeah read the OPs post later ...

oh well

pumapops · 15 May 2016 at 16:24

sunlitsix, your videos are brilliant, I have the same drone as yourself (everything standard except a couple of guards) and I can't seem to get video anywhere near as smooth as yours, any sort of non-yaw shots just turn into jelly, any chance you could share your set up to see where I've borked up mine?

almoststew1990 · 15 May 2016 at 16:33

dtokez, do you have any aerial photos from the Bitterne area?

dtokez · 17 May 2016 at 11:57

pumapops said:
sunlitsix, your videos are brilliant, I have the same drone as yourself (everything standard except a couple of guards) and I can't seem to get video anywhere near as smooth as yours, any sort of non-yaw shots just turn into jelly, any chance you could share your set up to see where I've borked up mine?

Do you use ND filters, sounds like your shutter speed is a little high. Ideally it should be about 2x the frame rate.

Greebo · 17 May 2016 at 12:14

dtokez said:
Do you use ND filters, sounds like your shutter speed is a little high. Ideally it should be about 2x the frame rate.

I learnt that the hard way. Surprising how often i need to use a nd32 filter to get the shutter speed to 2 x frame rate.

dtokez · 17 May 2016 at 12:47

almoststew1990 said:
dtokez, do you have any aerial photos from the Bitterne area?

Hi mate, yes a few from the Bitterne park area, Riverside park etc - anywhere in particular?

Bitterne Park looking towards Southampton water by Dtokez, on Flickr

dtokez · 17 May 2016 at 13:44

Greebo said:
I learnt that the hard way. Surprising how often i need to use a nd32 filter to get the shutter speed to 2 x frame rate.

Indeed yeah! In full sunlight it is surprising. I always shoot at 50fps which helps a bit

sunlitsix · 18 May 2016 at 19:19

dtokez said:
very cool, loving the vlog style

Thanks! I wanted to make videos with more than just aerial shots, done more since then but I won't link them all...

pumapops said:
sunlitsix, your videos are brilliant, I have the same drone as yourself (everything standard except a couple of guards) and I can't seem to get video anywhere near as smooth as yours, any sort of non-yaw shots just turn into jelly, any chance you could share your set up to see where I've borked up mine?

Thanks!

I think the key to smooth footage, while perhaps ND filters and lower shutter would help somewhat (I don't use any), is slower movements with the drone. I've noticed while razzing it around at full pelt the footage isn't as smooth!

almoststew1990 · 20 May 2016 at 13:07

dtokez said:
Hi mate, yes a few from the Bitterne park area, Riverside park etc - anywhere in particular?

The triangle and the park next to the river!

Delvis · 20 May 2016 at 14:01

sunlitsix said:
Thanks! I wanted to make videos with more than just aerial shots, done more since then but I won't link them all...

Thanks!

I think the key to smooth footage, while perhaps ND filters and lower shutter would help somewhat (I don't use any), is slower movements with the drone. I've noticed while razzing it around at full pelt the footage isn't as smooth!

I'll be honest, your videos are brutally amazing. This is pretty much the sort of tihng I'd be trying to do did I own a X8c/phantom or something.

I may try something similar with my EF250

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Willis · 20 May 2016 at 16:05

Here is few movies I've made, not had much time the last few months to get out and use my drone.

dtokez · 29 Jun 2016 at 16:18

Willis said:
Here is few movies I've made, not had much time the last few months to get out and use my drone.

Been away from here for a while but they are great. Really love the foggy sunrise

ethan · 6 Jul 2016 at 00:08

It would be interesting to see you do one of Trentham Gardens when you have the time.

Joebob · 3 Aug 2016 at 12:26

I have already posted this in the multirotor thread but I only just noticed this thread and think it's better placed here, so if a mod wants to remove my other post then feel free to do so

I just completed my first ever video edit, using the drone footage we shot over Durdle Door.
For best effects, play in full screen in HD and turn the volume up

Enjoy!

vodkacokebloke · 3 Aug 2016 at 20:18

ethan said:
It would be interesting to see you do one of Trentham Gardens when you have the time.

There are already a couple of lovely ones on youtube, just search for Trentham gardens drone. I've recently bought a phantom and hope to add a couple myself soon

spookywillow · 5 Aug 2016 at 17:37

Picked up an ND 8 and 16 filter for the P3P, Not sure if it's those but most of my shots are coming out like they are out of focus. Went out today and nearly all of the pictures I took are useless. They are official DJI filters too.

Here's one of the better ones. Just trying to learn post processing too and it's a steep learning curve that's for sure!

Clum · 6 Aug 2016 at 05:40

Are your shutter speeds becoming too low? Otherwise, perhaps condensation?

spookywillow · 6 Aug 2016 at 10:16

Possibly, I checked a video I did at the same time and that's clear and sharp so it's not the camera. A combination of having to save to jpeg and shutter speeds I reckon.

Hodders · 6 Aug 2016 at 11:32

Joebob said:
I have already posted this in the multirotor thread but I only just noticed this thread and think it's better placed here, so if a mod wants to remove my other post then feel free to do so

I just completed my first ever video edit, using the drone footage we shot over Durdle Door.
For best effects, play in full screen in HD and turn the volume up
Enjoy!

Really nice footage - looks like a great location. Drone flying looks like so much fun especially with FPV.

I fly a paramotor and as a sport it is unlicensed - no pilots licence or training required. You can just buy a wing and motor from ebay and give it a go. You'd be mad to even try and would probably kill yourself but you can.

It will only stay unlicensed as long as we - as a sport - behave responsibly and fly according to the CAA rules that govern us. 500ft from people, vehicles, structures etc, 1000ft or glide clear from villages/towns etc., respect airspace zones etc.

It strikes me that this is very similar to where non-commercial drone flying is at the moment. The CAA stipulate that drones fitted with cameras must not be flown:

within 50 metres of people, vehicles, buildings or structures
over congested areas or large gatherings such as concerts and sports events

Several times in the video you were closer than 50m from other people on the beach. Has anyone been prosecuted by the CAA or is it something 'everybody does' a bit like doing 75mph on the motorway ?

I'm really not having a go, I just want to understand how a different unlicences 'sport' approaches CAA rules.

Delvis · 6 Aug 2016 at 12:02

Hodders said:
Really nice footage - looks like a great location. Drone flying looks like so much fun especially with FPV.

I fly a paramotor and as a sport it is unlicensed - no pilots licence or training required. You can just buy a wing and motor from ebay and give it a go. You'd be mad to even try and would probably kill yourself but you can.

It will only stay unlicensed as long as we - as a sport - behave responsibly and fly according to the CAA rules that govern us. 500ft from people, vehicles, structures etc, 1000ft or glide clear from villages/towns etc., respect airspace zones etc.

It strikes me that this is very similar to where non-commercial drone flying is at the moment. The CAA stipulate that drones fitted with cameras must not be flown:

within 50 metres of people, vehicles, buildings or structures

over congested areas or large gatherings such as concerts and sports events

Several times in the video you were closer than 50m from other people on the beach. Has anyone been prosecuted by the CAA or is it something 'everybody does' a bit like doing 75mph on the motorway ?

I'm really not having a go, I just want to understand how a different unlicences 'sport' approaches CAA rules.

I'm unaware of anyone who has been prosecuted but at the end of the day just fly safe and don't fly over houses or mass crowds.....main reason is because you don't want to pee people off and it's just rude really.

I fly a racer so generally need to ensure there aren't people walking g near me...but then I usually fly at the back of a field so of they walk towards/under me they're a bit daft in their own right.