It's all a bit "suck it and see" with going over vegetation, or water for that matter. Can't tell you how many times I've had to do a "glassy water" shot again because I didn't have it just right on the first run. Depends on the height of the aircarft above the object and also sometimes whether you have the camera angled upwards as you approach. The one where I go over the fern really close WAS really close, just inches, but because it was pre-tilted upwards to emphasize the tall trees the fern was captured a split second before the downdraft hit it.
Hard to comment on the tripod mode question as they would have to be the Mavic 2 shots, 3 doesn't have that. We all know though that "cine" mode on the 3 is useless compared to "tripod" on the 2. For post I use what tools I happen to own, FCPX and Da Vinci Resolve studio 17 on a MacPro and imacpro, I'm sure you could get similar results with other setups. All shots are color-graded.
They are known as the Hoop pine or Dorrigo pine and are found in New South Wales, Queensland and even on the island of Papua New Guinea.
Forgot to reply on locations. Happy to reply on specific shots but all bit too general otherwise. It was shot in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and in the Northern Territory.
I'm not sure it is just the smoothness Josh, I think it is also the speed. It simply doesn't fly SLOW enough which I have raised with DJI Support. They are looking into it but it may take some time. Now I have the RC Pro controller, and have dampened down the settings, it is a LOT better (e.g. the opening shot in the above film) But nevertheless for the price we paid on the 3 that controller should have been standard with both M3 models.
Yes the sticks just have a nicer feel (not unlike the standard controller on the M2P!) and you can dampen the sticks way down in the EXP settings. "Cine" mode is still not equivalent to "tripod" mode but it is getting there, I expect them to fix this by the end of the year.
