3 Halloween Light Painting

[RAC DJI]

Drone Light Painting with a Halloween theme.
Waypoint mission with a Mavic 3 Pro.
Photos taken with Canon R50 with 16mm F2.8 lens.

 

[GFields]

Awesome job!

 

[RAC DJI]

Awesome job!

Thank

 

[Erk1024]

That's amazing!

 

[toucanf16]

Very impressed with that! I’ve always wanted to do something similar, but not on such a scale as yours. Maybe just writing my name in the sky! I assume it’s done with waypoints. Any other software used?

 

[RAC DJI]

Hi, thanks for the encouragement. I use Litchi in combination with utilities found on this website. Litchiutilities.com

 

[Tofino]

That is awesome.

 

[RAC DJI]

Thanks, they are lots of fun to design and execute.

 

[Escape_Velocity_Coach]

Very impressive. Well done

 

[toucanf16]

Hi, thanks for the encouragement. I use Litchi in combination with utilities found on this website. Litchiutilities.com

Litch and my M3P are not friends! Maybe I need to blow the dust off my Mini 1

 

[RAC DJI]

The mini’s do an ok job but the gps is not as accurate as the newer drones. I’m going to try my mini 3 pro in the next couple of days and compare the results.

 

[EyesWideShut]

The mini’s do an ok job but the gps is not as accurate as the newer drones. I’m going to try my mini 3 pro in the next couple of days and compare the results.

@RAC DJI - I enjoy seeing your light paintings and am also curious on the Mini 3 Pro results when you get a chance to test. I'm sure a lot of us have checked out your Litchi Mission Utilities link - litchiutilities.com but l also think it would be interesting if you'd post your approx. camera exposures along with the light paintings. Thanks for sharing!

 

[RAC DJI]

@RAC DJI - I enjoy seeing your light paintings and am also curious on the Mini 3 Pro results when you get a chance to test. I'm sure a lot of us have checked out your Litchi Mission Utilities link - litchiutilities.com but l also think it would be interesting if you'd post your approx. camera exposures along with the light paintings. Thanks for sharing!

Hi, next time I’ll post the settings with the photos. Here’s the settings for these.
Witch ISO 100 F2.8 Exposure time 151 seconds.
Pumpkin ISO 100 F2.8 Exposure time 417 seconds.
Grim Reaper ISO 100 F6.3 Exposure time 280 seconds.

 

[Chrislaf]

Hey Russ, I didn’t realize you had posted some of your light paintings for Halloween - nice shots as usual. I hadn’t seen the Jack-o-lantern one before - it turned out great.

I posted some of mine tonight. Almost forgot about them as they were done a few weeks ago.

Chris

 

[Chrislaf]

Litch and my M3P are not friends! Maybe I need to blow the dust off my Mini 1

Litchi Pilot works fine with the Mini 3 Pro as long as you have a compatible controller.

The Mini 3 pro uses virtual sticks which is not as accurate as a drone that can upload waypoints to the drone like the Mavic 3 or the Mavic 2.

Chris

 

[RAC DJI]

Hey Russ, I didn’t realize you had posted some of your light paintings for Halloween - nice shots as usual. I hadn’t seen the Jack-o-lantern one before - it turned out great.

I posted some of mine tonight. Almost forgot about them as they were done a few weeks ago.

Chris

Thanks Chris, BTW got my M3P replacement yesterday and I’m back in action.

 

[Chrislaf]

Thanks Chris, BTW got my M3P replacement yesterday and I’m back in action.

Glad to hear that you got a replacement - thank goodness for Care Refresh.

Now it's on the Christmas. Already have one painting ready to go but will have to wait for the weather to get better. It has been windy the last few days.

Chris

 

[RAC DJI]

The mini’s do an ok job but the gps is not as accurate as the newer drones. I’m going to try my mini 3 pro in the next couple of days and compare the results.

The mini’s do an ok job but the gps is not as accurate as the newer drones. I’m going to try my mini 3 pro in the next couple of days and compare the results.

Hi, I did a comparison of the same mission done with two different drones. The only difference is I slowed the Mini 3 Pro mission down to 6 KMH from 7.5 used on the Mavic 3 Pro. Even at a faster speed the Mavic does a better job staying on course.

 

[MS Coast]

Drone Light Painting with a Halloween theme.

Every time I see one of your posts, I involuntarily smile, think "Wow" and shake my head in wonder.

That lake makes an excellent foreground for your work.

 

[Chrislaf]

Nice comparison Russ!

The Mini 3 Pro did a pretty good job even though it is a much smaller and lighter drone and uses virtual sticks. Did you run them both on the same day with similar wind profiles?

Even though my Phantom 3 Standard can upload waypoints to the drone and has powerful motors, it is not as accurate as the Mavic 3 Pro or the Mavic 2 Pro likely because it can't access as many satellites and also because it is older technology. I have been meaning to compare the Mini 3 Pro to the Phantom 3 and see how much of a difference there is. I suspect the phantom will be more accurate even though it tends to float around a bit.

Chris