Greetings from south Wales

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Hi,
Following retirement I enjoyed several hobbies but due to medical limitations they now focus on photography based activities. A keen astro photographer I also enjoy landscapes, wildlife and sites of interest. Now a drone owner I hope to add aerial photography to my portfolio. Having obtained the requisite pilot and operator registration, I added the A2 CofC and now endeavour to improve my flying and camera handling abilities.
I hope this forum and members can assist me in navigating this exciting new hobby.

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Hi Martin @Submariner and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Hi @Submariner and welcome to Grey Arrows :wave:t2:

Looking for recommendations of places to fly? Check out our interactive map on Drone Scene and please feel free to add locations of your own too :smiley:

Wondering whether you can fly a particular model of drone under particular circumstances? Check out Good 2 Go where you’ll soon find the answer :blush:

Have you seen our Members Map? You may find some members living near you.

Feel free to add yourself to the members map too!

Flying a drone is great fun but sometimes you feel the need to have a purpose for doing so and the Challenges category provides some great reasons for you to fly.

There are regular challenges which are open to all, that attract members of all abilities. Support, advice and constructive criticism is freely available; still photography, video and the techniques for editing both are involved in the challenges. Suggestions, for subjects or for complete challenges, are always welcome - take a look in the Challenges category for more information.

We’re a well established club with many knowledgeable members so it’s very likely that any issues you come across will have been discussed here before. Our discussion forum has very powerful search features which should help you find what you need but if you get stuck you can post a new question in the Questions & Answers category.

And finally, if you are new to drones and wondering what it’s all about, have a look at Resources for a beginner.

Welcome once again!

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Hi from sunny Blackpool

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Welcome along @Submariner Martin enjoy :+1:

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Welcome

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Hi Martin @Submariner - welcome to GADC from Gorseinon :+1: :+1: :+1:

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Welcome to the insanity, I mean hobby, from down the road in Cardiff!

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Thank you everyone, for your kind greetings and looking forward to getting to know some of you.

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Welcome to GADC, from down the road in Newport :waving_hand:

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Welcome! Croeso!

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WA

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Thank you @Altitude Wales, @Monaco and @Raider for your kind welcomes. Just been out flying the Mavic and definitely need more practice with simultaneous application of the flight and camera controls. Earlier today I was hovering over a Heron at the edge of my pond and attempted auto track while filming. The bird symbol displayed and the camera followed the bird as it took off across the pond, sadly due to my piloting skills the bird in the frame was quickly lost, but the take off was captured and in hindsight should have switched to 120 frame speed, we are always learning.

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Welcome to the group

And more. This is a great group, if you need advice there will be someone here that will have the knowledge. A friendly group and helpful.

Hope you enjoy your time here.

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Hi Martin @Submariner and welcone to the GADC forum

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Hi there @Submariner and welcome to the GADC

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Thank you @foley, @jahnb, and @FoleyMrs for your welcome. I am surprised by the number of responses and impressed with the warm welcome. Look forward to liasing with some in the near future.

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That is what this is about. A great group.

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