Pistol River

[AlanLichty]

The Pistol River is just south of the Meyers Creek area and Cape Sebastian along US101. The name allegedly comes from an incident in the early 1850's when a soldier with US troops fighting Indian wars dropped his pistol in the river. The river basin itself isn't terribly long but looks like a pleasant enough place. There is a road that follows the north bank of the river that I would like to explore on some future visit.

This is a two shot panorama of the river basin. Avoiding sunlight on the lens of the drone is not an easy task with the low winter sun angle.

Backing up a bit from that view shows a large area of stabilized dunes near the confluence of Pistol River and the Pacific. In the right light the dunes can display some interesting shadows.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Fun viewpoint on that second image.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan, one thing I have noticed with the drone is that no matter what time of year, it's really hard to avoid the sun. The lens flaring is probably the worst aspect of using a drone as it often feels like 180 degrees of the sky is cut off from shooting into.

Both great views here. I think I would crop off the top in #2, maybe enough to lose the river? Is that your RV in it?

 

[AlanLichty]

Fun viewpoint on that second image.

Thanks Ben.

Hey Alan, one thing I have noticed with the drone is that no matter what time of year, it's really hard to avoid the sun. The lens flaring is probably the worst aspect of using a drone as it often feels like 180 degrees of the sky is cut off from shooting into.

Both great views here. I think I would crop off the top in #2, maybe enough to lose the river? Is that your RV in it?

Thanks Jim - I have more than a handful of images from my trip in January that suffer from some flavor of lens flare given the sun angle up here. One solution I have been made aware of is a CPL filter for DJI drones. They make filters for most of the Mavic drones including the Mini 2.

I left US101 in the frame as a point of reference for folks who have driven this stretch of highway and yes my RV as well to add a sense of scale to the scene. I do have some more shots of the dunes. These dunes were one of my targets for places to fly in advance of this trip. I have stopped there before but have had trouble finding good compositions along with being there with the right light.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

The second image has a nice combination of waves hitting the beach and the dunes.