Of course. I’m a freelance GIMP user (!)
And I sign my work
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Click the pic for the Leaderboard update
Our duty scorekeeper reports it’s been a slow day on the Challenge frontline
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Are you really supposed to try to get all those by 30th Sept ? 
I’d struggle for 4 I reckon!
We would be both very surprised and delighted if someone managed all 25 items especially if the included all the bonus items and the Drone Scene entries.
This is not primarily a photo competition. It’s a test of planning and ingenuity more than a test of piloting or artistic skills. With Drone Scene, Google and the internet as your friends you can plan several great summer days out (take the family!) that include a number of the treasure hunt items
Give it a try! 
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Not surprised there are no entries yet. That set of requests will require a little bit of planning. (almost akin to a sniper scoping his prey for a week before taking the actual shot). If you want to catch a roundabout, with 4 roads, with a single tree, with no cars and still fly within drone code … gonna take some doing.
I was out today with my Phantom-asaurus, on the look out and it never left the boot of my car. Because it is such a monster of a thing, I have managed to convince my financial controller (the wife) that I need a Mini2 tomorrow morning. Watch this, as soon as I charge the batteries, DJI will announce release date for Mini 3 
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Realistically we don’t expect too many entries in the first week, That time can be well spent in planning. Remember we’re asking for just the item as a minimum. To take your roundabout as an example it may make sense to forgo one of the bonuses, perhaps the lone tree and score a certain two points rather than spend too much time chasing that elusive third point at the expense of other subjects.
This is a Birthday CHALLENGE - we want to see just how good our members are at rising to the occasion!
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Happy birthday GADC! I’m looking forward to this one! I reckon with some proper planning I can obtain 80-90% of the points on offer 
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I inadvertently potentially got an entry today for item 4 (commuter train) when recording for a time lapse of the Spaghetti Junction so have quickly entered it onto DroneScene. Although the committee will need to judge if it passes rule for being the dominant subject. Probably not, but if you don’t ask! Anyway if it doesn’t please delete this post as I actually have a better option for a commuter train (but may not get round to it, or trains on that line may not have more than 4 carriages) what’s the deal with double entries for the same item if I decide I’ve got a better entry down the line?
Taken 18/08/21 around 5pm
Item 4 Commuter Train
bonus point for moving
bonus point for more than 4 carriages
Drone scene entry: Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Spaghetti Junction (M6 J6) - Bridges in West Midlands
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Ade, thanks for your honesty although we would have disqualified your entry anyway for the reasons stated - the train is in the picture but to any normal observer it is incidental; the main focus of the picture is the Gravelly Hill interchange and the traffic on it.
You could also claim that you have captured item 18, A Lake or Reservoir as we can glimpse Aston Reservoir behind the roadways, At a further stretch of the imagination you could also claim the premises on Elkington St for both an item and a bonus, if they were more than just a couple of pixels!
Thanks for kicking the entries off with a grand video but sorry, no points for you - yet. Get the train as the main subject and we will happy to award you the points
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Reminds me of an old hangar on a disused air force base 
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I’m still receiving therapy now mate. 
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Right, let’s kick things off on a Thursday morning then.
1. Traffic Roundabout
I claim 3 bonus points for:
- 4 or more exits
- Single tree in centre
- No vehicles (on the roundabout itself - I appreciate I’m on dodgy ground for this one!)
Taken near Postwick Park & Ride in Norwich, Norfolk at 8.20am on 19/08/2021.
Added to DroneScene here
(Incidentally, DroneScene is going to be full of roundabouts by the time this competition ends… )
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WheyHay! thank you @rustybarnet
The Leaderboard will start today. 
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Please note :
No Drone Scene Entry Required 
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Ah. RTFQ Rusty… 
Any bonus points if Royal Mail vehicles are there? 
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Just to stop confusion Thanks Ian
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Much as I love seeing new additions to the Drone Scene map, that roundabout isn’t the most photogenic place to fly 
Any objections if we remove the roundabout location from Drone Scene @rustybarnet ?
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