"Had a good day today. I hit a branch once, but the drone righted itself so I didn't have to run down the beach a quarter of a mile to get it. Tons of surfers and hot girls at Cloud 9 today. All three of my kids took their second surfing lesson...
Actually, I did.
And it's what everyone has been thinking, they're just uncomfortable saying so.
This person should not be anywhere near a drone (and probably a lot of other things).
At that altitude with the camera pointed down at the water, all you can see is water. You can't tell whether the drone is descending or the water is rising up. Looking at the controller screen, you could only see that the surface of the water was...
I know I could see a recording. I just wanted to know what you visually saw the drone do the environment around the drone, that rear, front, up, and down, with an estimate of height above surface as you could see it with your unaided eyes.