These are stunning pictures jgnu! You are obviously good at this - would love to hear a few tips from you if you can spare the time. And thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks, I'm really glad you enjoyed the photos
Most of the tips I can give are more general ones for all landscape photography. I've found that whether or not the camera can fly doesn't make a difference to a few fundamentals:
- Good light and interesting weather is super important. The second photo was shot right after a heavy rainstorm cleared, and the first photo is the result of going to that spot many cold mornings when the forecast showed chances of fog.
- Composition is always important for a good shot. I'm very fond of leading lines that lead to the brightest or most contrasty part of the image for example.
- I find that limiting the number of colors used in an image can be very effective. Some examples from the images I posted are the lighthouse shot (mainly blue and magenta) and the islands (pale orange and teal tones).
- Don't be afraid of post processing. There is always a risk of overdoing it, but I think the post processing stage is where the image really comes to life.
As for drone specific tips, I've figured out a few things along the way:
- I initially thought I would have to blend exposures a lot, but it turns out that when shooting raw in good light (I especially like just after the sun goes down), a single exposure is enough, even from the tiny pro platinum sensor.
- I also thought I would shoot mostly straight-down shots, but that actually got old pretty fast, and I now mainly like the compositions with just a little bit of sky in them.
- I love the ability to rotate the camera to portrait mode on the pro platinum. It's weird that the newer drones can't do that!
- I've tried some more advanced techniques, like stacking many 0.5s exposures to get the feeling of a 30s exposure (the image with the little lighthouse), but that turned out to be a lot of work and sort of took away a lot of the enjoyment for me.
