I'm still in the "gee whiz" mode and probably will be for a long time.
Reason I go to the trouble, and it is a lot of trouble, researching drone laws in different countries and trying to register and comply with all the laws as best as I can, is to get a perspective I can't get otherwise.
A lot of places have outlooks and viewpoints which are very popular. Google Maps have high reviews of them. But the views in these places are often obscured by foliage or buildings and of course lot of other people who are taking selfies and such.
Drones get you above all that for unobstructed views. We often ask what makes a landscape so awesome. A lot of it has to do with the sense of grandeur and scope from being able to see details for miles in multiple directions. Of course drones allow you to "make" these wide nightlines possible. For instance, you're on a mountain road which is covered with trees or buildings or dense foliage but the road is going along a mountain range. Yet you can't see it from the road or you only see glimpses of the mountain as you drive by gaps in the trees. Fly a drone above that and you get the panorama you wouldn't get otherwise.
As far as composition and trying to deal with light, using filters, etc. obviously that can be done but you're often trying to get a flight in before someone might object and you're fighting for enough sunlight, avoiding windy times, etc.
So I try to do as many panos as I can for a given flight, because the DNGs I save don't always stitch so I capture many of them at different locations, elevations, as well as capture some video or hyper lapses before the battery runs out and I have to land.
