Tom Narwid
Well-Known Member
While Doug Sherman was working on that fantastic lightning shot alongside Bob Shuman I was out a ways and 400 feet above with the DJI Mavic Air quadcopter. This is what the quad saw at that time.
Monsoons over Tatahotso Point area
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Wow, this is from a robot? Great quality.
This is really cool Tom! What's interesting is I like your view point. Often a drone shot seems to be high up looking down, I like that you kept the more traditional Landscape angle here. It's almost like you shot from Doug's spot but you were shooting from a 12 foot ladder to clear those close rocks.
Excellent work Tom!
Excellent work Tom!
Kyle Jones
Moderator
Wonderful perspective. How did the drone handle the weather conditions?
AlanLichty
Moderator
I have the same question as Kyle - those aren't exactly calm looking skies.
Tom Narwid
Well-Known Member
At that time the "little guy" was very stable. But it was only less than a minute later and the software sent me a loud warning that it was getting windy and unsafe. I had it on the ground very quickly. It then got real real ugly around there and lightning came close so we all jumped into Bobs SUV and beat it out of there. The Mavic Air is quite good up to about 12-15 mph wind. The gps system is amazing and keeps it where you want. With a F2.8 fixed focal point lens you can get a real fast shutter speed and images remain quite sharp ( 93 degree FOV). During this trip I took some panoramics consisting of 21 images each and they all seamed perfectly and were sharp.
Tom Narwid
Well-Known Member
At that time the "little guy" was very stable. But it was only less than a minute later and the software sent me a loud warning that it was getting windy and unsafe. I had it on the ground very quickly. It then got real real ugly around there and lightning came close so we all jumped into Bobs SUV and beat it out of there. The Mavic Air is quite good up to about 12-15 mph wind. The gps system is amazing and keeps it where you want. With a F2.8 fixed focal point lens you can get a real fast shutter speed and images remain quite sharp ( 93 degree FOV). During this trip I took some panoramics consisting of 21 images each and they all seamed perfectly and were sharp.
Tom Narwid
Well-Known Member
Trick is Jim not to go too high. I do wish I could have had the b___s to go out about 1000 more feet. But the wind was going to catch up to mee very soon (see comments I made to Alan and Kyle)
Guy Schmickle
Well-Known Member
Glad the drone survived! Beautiful shot!
Douglas Sherman
Staff
Wow!!! I knew this was going to be an incredible image, Tom. You got just high enough to see down into the canyon. This is a real winner.