Is there anything else can i improve in the video?

ranajee82 · Apr 13, 2019

As I'm new to Drones and don't fly too much. I just want experts opinion is it good work in the video or can i improve more? Please suggest

brett8883 · Apr 13, 2019

ranajee82 said:
As I'm new to Drones and don't fly too much. I just want experts opinion is it good work in the video or can i improve more? Please suggest

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It’s good work and you have the right idea it’s just gonna take practice to improve. I never really think there’s a point where it’s as good as it can get, everything can always get better.

I would have liked to have seen some shots where the drone starts in front of the boat height up looking down and then orbits to behind the boat slowly while reducing altitude. Once it’s behind the boat it is low looking out onto the scenery from the perspective of being in the boat. It’s a tough shot but something to work towards. Are you using ND filters? This is a perfect shot to break out the Polarizers to get a look into the water

ranajee82 · Apr 13, 2019

brett8883 said:
It’s good work and you have the right idea it’s just gonna take practice to improve. I never really think there’s a point where it’s as good as it can get, everything can always get better.

I would have liked to have seen some shots where the drone starts in front of the boat height up looking down and then orbits to behind the boat slowly while reducing altitude. Once it’s behind the boat it is low looking out onto the scenery from the perspective of being in the boat. It’s a tough shot but something to work towards. Are you using ND filters? This is a perfect shot to break out the Polarizers to get a look into the water

I got the point thx. And I'm not using any kind of filters

brett8883 · Apr 13, 2019

ranajee82 said:
I got the point thx. And I'm not using any kind of filters

That’s something that can improve your footage tremendously right away. You ideally want to have your shutter speed at twice your frame rate. So if you are shooting at 30 frames per second you want your shutter speed to be 1/60.

This ratio of shutter speed to frame rate means each frame is exposed twice. This allows for the proper exposure of each frame and creates the ideal amount out motion blur. ie it just looks better to our brains. It might sound like mumbo jumbo if you haven’t done much videography before but this is really just a basic principle of using a video camera and you’ll be amazed at the difference

ranajee82 · Apr 14, 2019

brett8883 said:
That’s something that can improve your footage tremendously right away. You ideally want to have your shutter speed at twice your frame rate. So if you are shooting at 30 frames per second you want your shutter speed to be 1/60.

This ratio of shutter speed to frame rate means each frame is exposed twice. This allows for the proper exposure of each frame and creates the ideal amount out motion blur. ie it just looks better to our brains. It might sound like mumbo jumbo if you haven’t done much videography before but this is really just a basic principle of using a video camera and you’ll be amazed at the difference

Thanks once again, i will try my best next time

MAvic_South_Oz · Apr 14, 2019

Nice video

The colour of the water, looks like a glacial lake ?

If you want to do a lot of water video (or photos) like this, then the NDPL (polorisers) are probably worth a look.
Besides the better to the eye ND benefits, a little bit of adjusting needed to reduce glare from the water can really make a big difference.

The Air PL filters are easier to use / adjust than the original MP ones, because you can turn them to adjust at least . . .

Polarpro make a great range of NDPL for the Air, you can see all the NDPL here by the rotating front rind adjuster.
DJI Mavic Air Accessories and DJI Mavic Air Filters

A good Ed Ricker video
This is a decent video showing what an ND8PL can do with water.

In your shot you can set up for that general flying direction of the boat, I would try minimum ND16PL for that, an ND32PL would probably suit that lighting.

ranajee82 · Apr 17, 2019

I can feel the difference

MAvic_South_Oz said:
Nice video
The colour of the water, looks like a glacial lake ?

If you want to do a lot of water video (or photos) like this, then the NDPL (polorisers) are probably worth a look.
Besides the better to the eye ND benefits, a little bit of adjusting needed to reduce glare from the water can really make a big difference.

The Air PL filters are easier to use / adjust than the original MP ones, because you can turn them to adjust at least . . .

Polarpro make a great range of NDPL for the Air, you can see all the NDPL here by the rotating front rind adjuster.
DJI Mavic Air Accessories and DJI Mavic Air Filters

A good Ed Ricker video

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This is a decent video showing what an ND8PL can do with water.

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In your shot you can set up for that general flying direction of the boat, I would try minimum ND16PL for that, an ND32PL would probably suit that lighting.