Stunning Aber Falls, Wales

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A 4-mile walk with a 450ft ascent on some very well-maintained paths brought us from the car park to the amazing Aber Falls, a few miles off the A55 North Wales Coast Road just behind Abergwyngregyn.

The impressive falls are 120 meters tall, and carry the drainage from the high plateau above, falling almost vertically to the valley floor, where the clear waters flow through the village of Abergwyngregyn on their way to the sea. The short river, Afon Rhaedr Fawr, has the highest vertical descent gradient of any river in England or Wales!

A stunning location, with another waterfall also in the valley, and one I think we shall return to once autumn colours are more evident…

Anyhow, it is an enjoyable moderate walk, that is pretty much accessible for most of the walk, and one we both thoroughly enjoyed…

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Brilliant fiming and editing. Thank you

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Thanks Neil, it was a great day out and a good place to fly…

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Stunning

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Thanks Paul, its a great place for flying…

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Wow ! We need info from you how to do this. Is that FPV !! I am lazy on editing, 3/10 could do better !!

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Thanks…

How do I do it?

I used both my AIR3 and my AVATA1 for this location, and used footage form both to create the video.

I have set the AIR3 up so that it ‘feathers’ the turns and gimbal movements, so when I make a turn or move the gimbal it starts slower and gets faster, and the opposite when I stop the turn or gimbal movement - which makes it looks much smoother and cinematic. IaninLondon has a few great videos on setting up your drone for cinematic flying.

Then its the way I fly, instead of a moving forward pan I tend to use a fly sideways and pan the opposite way, which makes it appear smoother. Also when flying keep the movement constant - unless flying FPV - to make it look as smooth as possible - move in 2 planes if you can, so sideways and a turn, and a descent if you can too…

Have an idea of what you want to capture from your location, and look for things that will make it better - find an intro shot and an outro shot - such as the pullback, or the reveal that I used here… Then fly the area and keep on doing so, explore and see what else you can see, play with angles and speeds, and movement, and then when you get home start the editing process - which I find as fun as the flying…

As to editing, find your music first, then create your story, intro, reveal, ain subject, far views, close-ins, moves, and outro, cut the transitions to the music. And after that, add SFX and colour grade it to make the footage look like it did when you filmed it, and voila…

Hope that helps :slight_smile:

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Brilliant video as always, you always seem to find great places.

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Lol, the places are out there, although sometimes some effort is needed to get to them, this was a 90 min drive and just under an hours walk in… and the same to get home…

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We don’t seem to get waterfalls or the like, down south in Wiltshire, it’s mostly chalk downs and Salisbury plain, not that is any good for flying. I did find some great waterfalls and chines in Shanklin in the IOW, before my drone days.

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The thing is, and I find it hard to admit this as a man ! You are in a different class. We need you as our leader. You could produce guides on how to do this. I am very busy (cooking, cleaning, washing up, you believe me ! ) Actually I am, winning sailing races, running a sailing club (true). IT, DIY you name it. I have a mini 2 and a Mavic Platinum, very good but not as advanced as yours I think. Also watching herself paint the house etc !!

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Alan (Suffolk)

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Lol, thanks Alan, appreciate the confidence boost…

I work full time - thankfully now remotely - in Education, so the drone flying is weekends and holidays, and editing is before work and when its raining on a weekend - I also have far too many other hobbies, leatherworking, blacksmithing and a bit of woodturning, and - not often now - dark ages re-enactment, so am busy myself too…

I know some other women flyers that are also knocking it out of the park, when not in a naturally female environment we tend to have to be at least as good as men or better to be taken seriously, or at least that is what I found…

I spent 25 years in the Cycle Industry, which is a very open one, where all that matters is the knowledge and passion for bikes rather than what gender, or sexuality folks are, and tbh I have found the same sort of welcome within the drone community, no-one bats an eyelid at a woman flying or doing well…

I am reasonably good at flying, I have mild (undiagnosed) ADHD / ASD, so have the hyper-focus superpower, which is why I can really dig deep into the knowledge and gan experience at a high rate of knots, I can be almost obsessive at times…

I have written a guide on our editing workflow, which is on the forum - Workflow whilst editing video - #11 by AlbionDrones - but as to being a leader, nah, there are already great leaders and forum experts - and really helpful folks - on the forum and running it, and they do a great job…

I could put some videos together on how I do what I do, but would anyone really watch them, and tbh I prefer being behind the camera and not in front of it…

Thanks for the kind words though…

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Well there you are then. You concentrate on it and you become good. I will try and follow in your footsteps. I may become close but not that good ! The fact you are a woman is irrevalent, if you’ve got it, flaunt it !
Here is one I did in Scotland, a few years ago, I am smoother now.

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Thanks…

Very nicely done, Talmine, the Kyle of Tongue and the Rabbit Isles are such a stunning area, I have friends who live nearby, and its where we are hoping to move to when we retire… Nowt wrong with that footage hon :slight_smile:

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OK, I started photography at school aged 12. I have done B&W amd colour processing. Now lazy so we do digital. Retired now but very busy with sailing and herself, and DIY. I can replumb and rewire a house and have done. Am quite IT literate and am a network engineer, Masters in IT Security. Worked for the blue people over 30 years as a civilian, IT projects etc. But this is nothing compared to you Suzanne ! Just studying the docs you have written. I do have Movavi editor, have to get using that more. Alan

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