Hello ! Can I get some tips and tricks for footage at a beach ?

Isaac94 · Nov 30, 2019

Hello all ! It's great to be back here, once again. Tomorrow I'll leaving for Port Dickson, a local state in Malaysia which has some of the most beautiful beaches in Malaysia. I'm from Malaysia myself but I'm not from Port Dickson. Naturally the first thing once reaching there, is to eat, and go straight to the beach, and once there it's obvious I'm going to be setting up my drone to capture some nice stuff. The reason I posted this thread is to ask all you pilots that had / has been shooting in beaches, what type of drone shots do you guys mostly use while filming at the beach ? I've watched several videos of drone footage that was filmed at beaches, got a rough idea, I've used those common techniques most of the time as well, but still, hoping for each of you to share your tips and advice before I go out there and capture some amazing shots / footage.

hactick · Nov 30, 2019

My tip would be to realize that the ocean doesn’t look right if you change the speed of your clip while editing. Reversed footage also looks weird at the beach.

Hummingbird.UAV · Nov 30, 2019

Isaac94 said:
Hello all ! It's great to be back here, once again. Tomorrow I'll leaving for Port Dickson, a local state in Malaysia which has some of the most beautiful beaches in Malaysia. I'm from Malaysia myself but I'm not from Port Dickson. Naturally the first thing once reaching there, is to eat, and go straight to the beach, and once there it's obvious I'm going to be setting up my drone to capture some nice stuff. The reason I posted this thread is to ask all you pilots that had / has been shooting in beaches, what type of drone shots do you guys mostly use while filming at the beach ? I've watched several videos of drone footage that was filmed at beaches, got a rough idea, I've used those common techniques most of the time as well, but still, hoping for each of you to share your tips and advice before I go out there and capture some amazing shots / footage.

Fly so that you don't piss off the other people at the beach. Many people don't like the noise.

Skyflyer129 · Nov 30, 2019

A straight flight over where the waves break if present is always nice. Footage that has composition showing different color hues works well. Do they have a lighthouse there?
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