My first attempt at videoing a location and editing aerial footage taken with my DJI Mavic Po.
Was fun and challenging to edit 25 minutes of footage down to around 3 minutes in FCPX.
The weather was quite windy on the day, so my concentration was a more geared to getting the Mavic home safely after sending it out 1.2 miles from one end of the reservoir to the other.
Shot in 4k, downscaled to 1080p for this video.
Settings: D-Log with sharpness +1, contrast -1, saturation 0
Used ICARUS LUT Film Contrast 2 and messed around quite a bit with exposure and saturation as being a beginner, and making beginner mistakes whilst filming, I kept adjusting exposure in-flight (schoolboy error).
Great video - just curious, are you aware of the active airfield at the edge of Blithfield? I’m a drone pilot and GA who flies from the airfield there.
No prob - wasnt having a go btw, no rules were broken!
It is a small but pretty active airfield, the runway is north of the causway so if drones are below 400’ and over the water there will probably be sufficient separation. Should the drone stray North of the reservoir I suspect that it would be perceived as a problem.
Only posting it to make others aware if they use this site for inspiration…
Cheers
Andy
Blithfield suggest drone use is strictly prohibited (likely security concerns)
Which seem odd as it has a road running across it.
Steve.
(South Staffs water)
We appreciate you asking for advice however unfortunately drone flying at Blithfield is strictly forbidden and any footage you may have seen will have been taken without permission unless it is the official footage filmed by South Staffs Water.
We have many stakeholders here whose privacy must be respected along with private residences along the banks and on the wider Estate which have been previously subject to illegal and intrusive flying of drones. In addition to this unauthorised filming of any of our structures and assets is also prohibited. We are also within a very short distance (500m) of a private local airfield which adds to the complications and legislation regarding drones.