Top down view of people walking in a park

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Here’s a short video of a top down view of people walking in a London park just after mid-day on a warm and sunny day.

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I think this is quite intrusive flying that is likely to give drone flying a bad name. You are specifically filming people, rather than the park generally and people have a right to privacy.

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Not in public they don’t

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I think even in a public place, people should have the right not to be filmed at quite close quarters unless there’s a good reason to be filming them. Flying your local park and including random shots of people would be fine, but to fly with the purpose of videoing people crosses a line for me. If it had been kids hovered over, it would have been downright creepy and would no doubt have stirred up more anti-drone hostility. Responsibility is the partner of rights.

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In the most watched country in the world its very difficult.

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Surely there are more interesting subjects to film rather than random peeps walking past.

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How do we know they not involved ?

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Random or not, involved or not, still not very interesting.

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Its a strange one, certainly. Filming people walk past could be invading their privacy.

Out of interest have you got your CAA Flyers + Ops license?

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Would it make a difference ? And if we are talking ‘Flyer ID’ then it’s not required for sub 250g

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But it wasn’t.

It could, but this wasn’t.

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Crisps and nuts ;o)

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Strange way to do facial recognition by the looks of it…:man_shrugging:

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It may not make a difference, but it may give the flyer a understanding of what we can and can not do?

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But what is it in this video that isn’t permitted under the regulations?

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I’m not saying there is?

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Clearly a new pilot who is getting into the novelty of their drone.

Ultimately this kind of footage, one would assume, will eventually get a bit long in the tooth and boring and they will attempt some more interesting subjects, but London isn’t an easy place to fly a drone in the first place.

Maybe instead we can be helpful and give them some tips:

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Fair enough. It seemed like a bit of a pointed question to ask in the context, but I know that words can easily be taken the wrong way online. If your taking a straw poll, I do have them.

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Lots of tips here…

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