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A double scull rowing boat @ Peterborough City Rowing Club
29/06/2025 @ 8:45AM
Mini 3 Pro
Exposure time 1/4
ISO 100
The drone was moving at the same speed as the boat to keep the boat as sharp as possible while capturing the motion blur of the oars.
THIS IS MY ENTRY
Not much time to do as going away shortly. As no ND filter, had to be at dusk/night. The screen on the RC1 controller was misleading, what I saw on screen, was not what turned up as images. A lot more light trails, than blurred cars. Still an OK image.
Peter
I may have to go into jobsworth mode here and say I don’t think that fits within the rules of editing for crop, colour and contrast only. Nice image though.
@Challenges_Committee what say you?
I’m working away at the minute so annoyed I can’t really get out and play.
Mines a stack of 7 images averaged to try & emphasise/illusion of that moving effect - however if stacking falls foul of the rules that’ll be mine disqualified too 
See what the gaffer says I guess, however I think I have some longer exposure HDR ones on my sd card I’ll take a look for back up when I’ve had breakfast 
Either way it’s no bother after all it’s only fun or could pop back today as it’s only a few minutes from home.
Thanks for the comments. I did wonder whether would be OK or not.
I assume the spirit of the rules is basically reasonably straight photos, with no creative elements to make composites. So I assume HDR and panoramas are definitely OK and what I & Kirky have done are on the borderline.
I will not be heartbroken if disqualified, as the main aim of RTF has happened, I went out to take some photos, when otherwise, I would not have done so.
Peter
Worry not I’m in the same boat
Amen that 🧎➡️
THIS IS MY ENTRY
Blackpool Promenade
1 July 11:30 AM
Mini 4 Pro
A couple of firsts for me here, first time using ND filters (ND 64), been planning on getting some since buying Mini 4 pro, still not sure how these no.s equate to stops. First attempt at panning with a drone. First physical contact with a seagull whilst in flight (this was meant to be a practise session, however due to harassment by gulls and either other commitments or crap weather has become my entry).
Thanks to @Acedrone in his post above that gave me a starting point with regards exposure time.
Sorry for the late reply, we have been sorting out a couple of unrelated things out backstage 
The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition.
Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.
We have accepted panos in the past which fairly obviously are a combination of individual photographs. More importantly you, the GADC voters, have accepted panos. We don’t think they break the spirit of the rules regarding editing, they are an accepted way of creating a single image (as long as no photoshopping objects in or out occur)
If anything a pano is the opposite of a crop
We have undoubtedly accepted HDR images in the past whether knowingly (sometimes the file name is a giveaway) or unknowingly. Stacking images of different exposures of the same subject is, in our opinion, a valid technique for creating a tonally pleasing single image.
Image stacking of a moving object is again a means to an end in creating a single still image to illustrate the subject of this challenge. There are instances in which it can be used to remove objects, a stacked photo of a traffic roundabout with very little traffic to begin with is one technique that this ChallCom member has used. They were also previously surprised when a stacked set of images of a dog running around an enclosure yielded not 20 dogs as intended but none!
We are happy with the use of stacking to create an image for this challenge as, obviously, those who have used and openly discussed what they have done are happy.
The bottom line?
If you think a photo has broken the rules then vote for a different one. If you admire the thinking and technique that produced an image while sticking to the spirit of the rules then feel free to select it as one of your favourites!
The VAR decision is in …. And the goal (stacked images) stands!
Time to vote for your favourite image - due to the scarcity of entries, you have just the one vote. The poll closes at 22:00 on Monday 7th July.
