RTF Competition January 21st to February 3rd 2024 - Shadows - Winners announced

The subject chosen for this round of RTF is:

You have 14 days to produce something marvellous. Have fun (and keep to the rules) :slight_smile:

RTF RULES
Scope

The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition. This round will run from 00:01 Sunday 21st January to 23:00 Saturday, February 3rd 2024 and the subject is Shadows.

The image must be captured during the time that the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly competition so please show that the image is created by a flying camera!

Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.

Please post only one image, the image you wish to be judged, in this thread.

Images must be posted with the following information as a minimum:

In Capitals as the first line of your post:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

If this is not done at the time of posting the picture will be ignored. Should it be absolutely necessary to change your picture then delete the previous picture and add “This is my entry” - as above - as the first line of your new post. If in any doubt contact the Challenges Committee
(@Challenges_Committee)

Further Information is required

  • Location
  • Time and date
  • Aircraft/camera used
  • Feel free to add any further information that you think will be of interest

Voting

Images will be judged by the members of GADC who may vote for any number of images by means of an anonymous poll open for two days after the closing date for competition entries.

Voting in the poll is open to all GADC members, whether they have entered the competition or not.

You may vote for one, all, some or none of the entries.

The original media may be requested by the judges in case of a dispute.

Schedule

The competition subject will be announced every second Saturday around 22:30. The subject will be chosen by a poll of GADC members selecting from three that have been picked at random from the subject list. You may make additions to the list at any time.

The competition will run from Sunday 00.01 to Saturday 23.00 fourteen days later. Voting by poll will be open for a further two days until Monday 22:00

The winner, second and third-placed competitors will be announced shortly after the vote is closed

Have Fun! Be Safe!

All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Landowners’ wishes and permissions must be respected. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

E&OE
2 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Stonehenge
Today – 26th Jan 2024 - Approx 3pm
DJI Mini 4 Pro

7 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY
Jan 28th 2024
2pm
Mini Pro 3
Nr Aylesbury

8 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Blaise Castle Estate
28th Jan 2024 - Approx 1PM
DJI Mini 4 Pro

5 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Fleetwood Road recreation ground, 30/1/24 approx 11:55. Screenshot from 1080P video
Drone…well it started life as an Eachine X220S, but has been modified with a DJI Air Unit

5 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Goals Northampton

Taken 02-02-2023 @ 19:47
with DJI M3P

4 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Airship Hanger

Taken on 26th Jan at 9.03 am
SS: 1/500 s, ISO: 100
DJI Mini 2, Height : 30 m

Location: The Hub, Business Park, Farnborough
Approval for flight from Farnborough ATC.

This is a portable airship hanger dating back to 1912 that’s now part of the business park it’s ~20m high and. ~60 long

3 Likes

A very well done to all who found a break in the suitable weather! If the wind died down it seemed grey and cloudy, if the sun shone it was windy. Not the best time of year to be jumping at shadows :slight_smile:

A small poll this week - six images for any Grey Arrows member to vote on - as always you can select all, some, one or none - but do so before the poll closes on Monday 5th of February at 22:00

And, speaking of Jumping at Shadows here is the late Duster Bennett’s great track to play while you are making your decision on the winning image(s)

THIS IS MY ENTRY
28 jan 2024
11:41 am
dji mini 2 se
dagenham
parsloes park

How does one vote? Is it just a matter of clicking a LIKE emoji, if so, does it matter which one?

Click on the box next to each picture to vote for it

Click on the box(es) of the image(s) you think are winners. When you have done so click the blue VOTE NOW button underneath the images.

Hi Brian,

It looks like you just missed the end of the competition - it always finishes at 23:00 on a Saturday. Not to worry, you have plenty of time to enter the current RTF competition - Angular

It seems to be a quiet time of year both for contestants and voters. Our colleagues on the “Hall of Fame” desk have been sitting in the canteen with no work to do and spending their time complaining. At least we here on this side of the competitions offices the RTF and FAFEC staff have something to do.

It is getting toward the end of the financial year and it appears that both national and local government weather budgets have been spent, hence the succession of grey days we have experienced. It seems that from next week the heating will get turned back down again :frowning:

Still - to more exciting matters - our top three from our small but select band of contributors:

In third place with the skeletal ribs of an early airship hangar is @Stomper - Nigel - who sought permission from Farnborough Air Traffic Control to take the shot within the airfield’s FRZ. In our experience ATCs are normally very helpful when it comes to polite requests from drone pilots :slight_smile:

Second place goes to another of our regular competitors - Jason - @Acedrone with a floodlit evening shot of footballers on a nicely striped pitch in Northampton:

We have a clear winner in John Parsons - @StunningDrone who, if our records are correct, is a first-time winner in the RTF competition with a great overhead picture of the stones of Stonehenge and the visitors who braved the cold casting long shadows in the mid-afternoon sun.

Congratulations to John, Jason and Nigel and an honourable mention to new entrant @Danstone454 - no Christian name - to @geoff - Geoff - :slight_smile: and to Martin - @MartG1960 - for braving the winter weather and submitting images for the competition.

Let’s hope for better weather for the next round - Angular which can be found here

@group-challenges

2 Likes

Well done !

Thank you for everyone who voted. All great entries as usual from everybody. You are correct, this is my first time winning. Hopefully more to come, and fingers crossed the weather changes for everyone. :muscle:

Congratulations!

Well done!