The Grey Arrows 1st Annual Birthday Competition

Great entry Paul, love those reflections.

:+1: Couldn’t agree more.

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Wow, those reflections :open_mouth:

Great photo @Paul_M :+1:

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very good indeed - any closer and the cannons would be out

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This is one of my favourite pictures as it epitomises the classic droney straight down shot. This type of photo can’t be taken from a plane, rooftop or mountain; it’s only possible with a drone.
And this particular picture took a fair bit of lining up as the combines were both moving fast in different directions. Literally had to be in the right place at the right time for this one.
Cheers,
Ian

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Love the symmetry of the combines @ianinlondon and having the one with the small bit of red really adds to give the picture. Nice one :+1:

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One of the simplest and I might add a non planned candid ‘portrait’, this is my eldest daughters (then) under 13 football squad at training. Its not what would spring to mind when you think of drone shots, but everyone else is going to be posting them.

I’d taken the drone to flight test after a firmware upgrade and happened on the sun being just right, this was shot early evening in May 2017 at Selby College playing fields… I’ve lost the original in a recent HDD failure, but managed to grab this from my Instagram account.

Brayton Belles, Giants in girls football.

giants

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That’s brilliant!!! :+1:

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@ianinlondon Brilliant entry mate. Can see a lot of effort has went in to getting that one.

@milkmanchris Wow! That really is a cracker.

Thanks guys, keep em coming.

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Amazing photos both @ianinlondon and @milkmanchris :+1:

Ian, you must have the patience of a saint waiting for that exact moment :slight_smile:

And equally, Chris, you too in trying to get everyone to stand at the correct angles - really unusual shot :smiley:

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Brilliant was also the first word that came to mind for me when I saw your photo @milkmanchris - love it :+1:

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As a newbie to drone photography I only have a few images to choose from. This was from one of my first outings for the GADC Treasure Hunt challenge, and I probably would not have ventured to visit this location so early into ownership for my MA if not for the challenge.

I have chosen this image of Southsea Pier as it combines early dawn light, which I always favour for landscapes pictures, with the shadows that are only possible when being taken for the view point of a drone. I feel that they give a third dimension to the shot.

This is not a panorama from a series of shots, but just dropped to a letter box framing.

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Cracking photo @BrianB !

That pier would make a great landing pad :smiley:

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For a Chinook? :rofl:

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Great submission Brian!

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Yeah, fair point, it is kinda huge :blush:

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You seem to have lost track of the concept of “portability” that lead you to buying the MP. LOL

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I know I’m not eligible to win but I thought I’d share this with you anyway.

As you’ve probably seen from my posts in The Great Big Non-Drone Photo Thread! I’ve got bit of a thing for sunrises and sunsets :blush:

The story behind my personal-best photo?

I walk my dog nearly every morning on the local flashes (disused coal mines, purposefully collapsed and flooded many years ago in order to make a massive wildlife nature reserve). We’re here probably +320 days a year, through sun, wind, rain and come winter, pitch black dark too (Maglite LED torch rocks!), my wife thinks I’m slightly mental. Anyway, due to work commitments we’re usually here from 6am daily, even on the weekends (routine now) and during those golden-hour months we see some stunning sunrises. Especially in autumn, as you get this eerie freezing fog hovering really low over the lakes and through the damp woodlands. Ever since I got a drone I’ve wanted to fly it above the fog so one seriously cold morning I stood there for over an hour, just waiting for the sun to come up above the fog… bloody hell, my fingers we so cold after this flight I could barely fly the drone back!

Worth it though. Bit like some of yours that you’ve posted here, it was a right place at the right time kinda moment, albeit a somewhat planned time and moment.

This photo is cropped, but otherwise unedited.

:+1:

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Funny you should say that, its on my list of places to go back to, when we get some sun again, and a take of from there might look impressive!:wink:

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Thanks Callum

Stunning Rich, would love the chance of flying over early morning mists as those :+1: