Arch Rock Area

[AlanLichty]

Another of my stops along the Oregon coast from last month - the Arch Rock area in the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor. The usual viewpoints for Arch Rock don't really offer much of a sense of scale for the scenic sea stack so the view from my drone caught me off guard when I discovered it was much smaller than I was expecting. I pulled off of the highway just before I got to the established parking area and trailheads to avoid any crowds and easily launch my drone. The headlands on the left of this first image are the usual viewpoints of this area. All of these sea stacks are nesting areas for shore birds so I kept my distance with the drone.

Looking back at Arch Rock from the south.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Bob Israel]

Lovely views Alan. I love the second image looking down the coast. You framed it perfectly.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Another vote for the second image, very nice.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice views from the air. Things tend to look much smaller from that perspective compared to the ground. Another nod to the second image.

Just curious - have you tried a ND filter on the drone for a longer shutter?

 

[AlanLichty]

Lovely views Alan. I love the second image looking down the coast. You framed it perfectly.

Thanks Bob.

Another vote for the second image, very nice.

Thanks Ben.

Nice views from the air. Things tend to look much smaller from that perspective compared to the ground. Another nod to the second image.

Just curious - have you tried a ND filter on the drone for a longer shutter?

Thanks Jameel - I got 3 ND filters with the Fly More kit I bought but haven't seen conditions that would warrant pulling them out. I would worry about slowing down my shutter speeds up in the air since the wind at altitude is rarely still. I did encounter some stiff breezes out along the coast but nothing that kept me from flying. Got anything in mind for when/why we would want to use them for still images?

I just got my CPL filter this morning and ran up the Gorge to see what it could do but the winds in the Gorge were howling and I never even considered sending the drone up to find out. As soon as I headed up I-84 near Troutdale I could see whitecaps out on the river and knew my ambitions were doomed.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Thanks Bob.



Thanks Ben.



Thanks Jameel - I got 3 ND filters with the Fly More kit I bought but haven't seen conditions that would warrant pulling them out. I would worry about slowing down my shutter speeds up in the air since the wind at altitude is rarely still. I did encounter some stiff breezes out along the coast but nothing that kept me from flying. Got anything in mind for when/why we would want to use them for still images?

I just got my CPL filter this morning and ran up the Gorge to see what it could do but the winds in the Gorge were howling and I never even considered sending the drone up to find out. As soon as I headed up I-84 near Troutdale I could see whitecaps out on the river and knew my ambitions were doomed.

I was thinking on the coast where a longer exposure with the water would provide some surface smoothing. Definitely not when it is windy for sure.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Bob.



Thanks Ben.



Thanks Jameel - I got 3 ND filters with the Fly More kit I bought but haven't seen conditions that would warrant pulling them out. I would worry about slowing down my shutter speeds up in the air since the wind at altitude is rarely still. I did encounter some stiff breezes out along the coast but nothing that kept me from flying. Got anything in mind for when/why we would want to use them for still images?

I just got my CPL filter this morning and ran up the Gorge to see what it could do but the winds in the Gorge were howling and I never even considered sending the drone up to find out. As soon as I headed up I-84 near Troutdale I could see whitecaps out on the river and knew my ambitions were doomed.

Not that you can't use ND filters for photos, but their main purpose is for video's to knock down the shutter speed. If you are shooting mainly photos, I don't think I would mess with ND's. On mine I got a kit of ND's and a CPL. I tried the ND's a few times, but since I am doing both video and stills, I settled with the CPL for a middle of the road. It decreases the light a bit, but the CP is really nice for reflections, etc just like it would be in regular photography.

 

[JimFox]

I was thinking on the coast where a longer exposure with the water would provide some surface smoothing. Definitely not when it is windy for sure.

I would be curious as to just how long of a shutter speed you can get away with for a still photo. The Drones are that tripod in the sky, but I am not sure how long they sit dead still in the sky without small micro movements that might show up in a 1 second exposure for example. Maybe one of the guys who has used a drone for a while knows?

 

[AlanLichty]

I would be curious as to just how long of a shutter speed you can get away with for a still photo. The Drones are that tripod in the sky, but I am not sure how long they sit dead still in the sky without small micro movements that might show up in a 1 second exposure for example. Maybe one of the guys who has used a drone for a while knows?

While I certainly don't qualify as someone who has used drones for a while I have tried doing manual "bursts" using my drone's 48MP mode (burst mode with my drone is limited to 12MP mode). When I shoot in 48MP mode there is a 3 second lag after taking the shot while you wait for the data to be transferred before you can shoot again. I did try clicking off multiple shots at once but the drone took one shot and ignored the subsequent clicks of the shutter. The end result for a sequence of 3 shots taken over 9 seconds showed a considerable amount of movement with the drone when I perused them in LR later. I have seen similar results when I take comparison shots using the 12MP and 48MP modes on the same subject so the drone has been a far cry from a stable tripod up in the air.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Here is an example of long shutter drone image. Not mine, of course.

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat perspective but the static features in this scene feel quite soft.

 

[BlackRockArt]

Another of my stops along the Oregon coast from last month - the Arch Rock area in the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor. The usual viewpoints for Arch Rock don't really offer much of a sense of scale for the scenic sea stack so the view from my drone caught me off guard when I discovered it was much smaller than I was expecting. I pulled off of the highway just before I got to the established parking area and trailheads to avoid any crowds and easily launch my drone. The headlands on the left of this first image are the usual viewpoints of this area. All of these sea stacks are nesting areas for shore birds so I kept my distance with the drone.

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Looking back at Arch Rock from the south.

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C&C always welcome.

Alan, this is a nice perspective from above.

Oliver

 

[JimFox]

That’s a cool shot you found Jameel.

It certainly could be a cool look. I guess you just got to shoot a lot of fast shots and stack them and then use a median blend.

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, this is a nice perspective from above.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver. I like shooting with the aerial view.