RTF Drone Photo Challenge - August 30th to September 12th - Sunrise or Sunset

You voted. You chose. Go for it!

Just to make it look official, though no one ever reads them:

RULES

The requirement is to submit a single still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition. This round will run from 00:01 Sunday August 30th to 23:00 Saturday September 12th 2026; the subject is Sunrise or Sunset

The image must be captured while the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly Challenge 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. Stacked images, HDR images and non-spherical panoramas are considered single images for the purposes of this competition.

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 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

The members of GADC will judge images. They may vote for any number of pictures through 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.

The Challenge Committee may request the original media 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 (and second and third-placed competitors if there are sufficient entries) 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. This was got out by a friend. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

E&OE

@group-challenges

8 Likes

I did :smiley:

Call me thick what does that mean :up_arrow: :thinking:

I have been putting little bon mots, snippets from songs or simple phrases in the rules to amuse myself and to see if anyone coments. You’re the first in over a year.

Similarly no one ever seems to remark on how good or bad the illustrations re for each round.

Which is why, given the small number of entrants from the 108 members of group-challenges, I wonder if my Saturday evenings might be spent in doing something for myself … :thinking:

5 Likes

Do I get a badge ? :partying_face: promotion ? :joy:

Ah, you mean the RTF does not get as many entrants these days - hopefully will pick up soon the scorching weather maybe ?

1 Like

Keep up with the good work, I do like Tintin :grinning_face:

3 Likes

Your images are great, they make me smile. Please do continue with them, I know I certainly appreciate them.

I take the hard work that you all do for granted, and don’t realise how much time it must really take to keep this great club going. While I do not say it, I do very much appreciate all the hard work the comities do for us. I feel very honoured to be a member of such a great group, and you all should be proud of what you have created.

6 Likes

I’ll second that ! :+1:

2 Likes

Likewise :+1:

2 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY.

Loch Leven

30th August 7.56pm

Mavic 4 pro. 28mm

This view over loch leven looking to loch Linnhe.

17 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Portchester Castle
19:03 on 31st August 2026
Mini 5 Pro
AEB Stacked Image edited in Lightroom
Original entry deleted as I realised I had removed the cars from the car park which is against the rules!

15 Likes

Pretty much the first thing I do with my pics too, people and cars
:grin:

1 Like

Yep. looked better with an empty car park but rules is rules…

1 Like

THIS IS MY ENTRY

I saw this sunset developing from my garden and dashed out onto the street to get airborne; location is the village of Hoo St. Werburgh in Kent.
In the distance you can see the River Thames winding its way from Gravesend and Tilbury on the left towards the estuary on the right.

19:47 on 4th September

Three image panorama with DJI Lito 1, stitched using Panorama Stitcher from the Mac App Store and tidied up in PhotoShop Elements.

Cheers :slight_smile:

Hugh

13 Likes

What, you did this Tintin illustration and the Beano one’s? They are brilliant.

Maybe the challenges should be advertised with the banner that shows the Big Meet and European drone insurance?
Had only scrolled this section once, missed the contest I planned to enter and then forgot to check back till now, but I always catch the banner at the top and it would be a nice reminder.

Unfortunately it goes against company policy :frowning:

Are you a member of group-challenges ? If not join and you will get notifications of this and any other challenges going.

1 Like

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Basket Case
Redcar Beach
5th Sept, 6:30am
DJI Mini 4 Pro

Crazy windy, and I’m constantly mind blown how such a seemingly fragile lump of flying plastic can hold its own

14 Likes

Joined. Cheers

Will have to do my part of being more vocal in the threads that do get traction, and attempting to participate myself.

1 Like

Well @macspite , that was fun. I’ve just spent a pleasant half hour looking back through the challenge pictures and re-reading the rules. I always enjoyed the pictures. Dennis the Menace is a particular favourite. And I liked your crane sitting on a crane. And the Beatrix Potter rabbit animation was so cute! I hadn’t picked up on the quotes hidden in the rules but I see now there is an extra challenge! I’ve been able to identify a few of them. I guess you are a fan of Ian Dury. Please don’t stop.

4 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

DJI Air 3S

24mm f/1.8 1/1000s

06 Sep 26 1930hrs

Sunset over Maiden Castle in Dorset.

This, the largest hill fort in Britain, was occupied throughout the Iron Age from about 800 BCE until the Roman invasion in the first century. Originally it only encompassed the western part of the hill, but it was expanded to cover the entire hill top in around 400 BCE.

The effort which must have gone in to the construction of the massive and extensive earthworks, built with a chalk core, using rudimentary tools, almost defies comprehension. Whilst the aerial view gives the best sense of the expanse of the site, the sheer height of earthworks, even after two and a half thousand years, can only be truly appreciated from the ground.

It is feat of prehistoric engineering to rival anything else in the country, and yet despite being but a short detour from the A35, there are seldom more than a handful of visitors.

11 Likes

Add a day on :wink: