Throwing Shade

[AlanLichty]

I got some new software for my drone last week and immediately went out to see how it worked by taking a panorama sequence of Mt. St. Helens using the new capabilities of the telephoto lens. Not the best view of the volcano with the clouds throwing shade down on the slopes but I did like the clouds overhead. Click through for a wider view.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice clouds for this scene. Is this a in drone pano? If that was what the firmware was supposed to address, it did a good job.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Nice image and exposure control with those clouds. How many frames was this?

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice clouds for this scene. Is this a in drone pano? If that was what the firmware was supposed to address, it did a good job.

Thanks Jameel - the firmware update gives me RAW output for the telephoto lens along with adjustable ISO and shutter speed but not the f/stop. I also got burst mode and AEB for the telephoto lens but automated panos only work with the 24mm lens. This pano sequence was done by manual camera positioning and stitched in LR.

Nice image and exposure control with those clouds. How many frames was this?

Thanks Kurt - this is 3 frames wide but I did crop it in a bit for the final scene above.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interestingly the Mini 3 pro allows shooting in portrait mode. That would make for interesting panos. Apparently done for the tik tok crowd. Hopefully the future drones include this as well.

 

[AlanLichty]

I think the Mini 3P can do panoramas in vertical mode too. I think the propellers need to be set back slightly from the camera to make this feature work since they would be visible on drones like ours.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Looks great on my iPhone

 

[AlanLichty]

Looks great on my iPhone

Thnx Ben!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I think the Mini 3P can do panoramas in vertical mode too. I think the propellers need to be set back slightly from the camera to make this feature work since they would be visible on drones like ours.

Indeed. The propeller arms on the Mini 3 Pro stand out for this reason.

 

[JimFox]

Very cool Alan! Glad to see this worked well for you.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very cool Alan! Glad to see this worked well for you.

Thanks Jim.

 

[Alisa]

Love the clouds and layers!

 

[AlanLichty]

Love the clouds and layers!

Thnx!

 

[Bart Carrig]

Wow, and it wasn't long ago this would be considered impossible. Well done.

Bart

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow, and it wasn't long ago this would be considered impossible. Well done.

Bart

Thanks - I am still getting used to the possibilities of what can be done with a telephoto lens on a drone. This was taken about 200' above my driveway.