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.
I’m away on holiday and don’t get back till the competition ends so I’ll post from something I have on my phone.
It’s a screenshot from a flight over the Thames on a sunny day. This was the first time I flew my drone (MP) over the Thames after losing my first drone (Hubsan H501) in the Thames. I took off after locking on to a decent amount of satellites and took it over the water. The MP started drifting Raised the MP a bit and it seemed to be fine. From then on I had a very enjoyable flight filming the different boats travelling along the Thames. Don’t get much time to fly and missed a couple of opportunities to fly in sunny weather so I was happy to get a combination of good weather and scenery.
This was taken up by Derwent Reservoir on a very hot sunny day. I had not long had the drone (Mavic Pro) so did not have any ND filters yet. Something about the contrast between the trees and the hills in the background and the blue sky which makes the photo come together nicely.
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Raised the MP a bit and it seemed to be fine. From then on I had a very enjoyable flight filming the different boats travelling along the Thames. Don’t get much time to fly and missed a couple of opportunities to fly in sunny weather so I was happy to get a combination of good weather and scenery.