I am actually now a bit of an experienced pilot - I bought my drone back in June and it is now September as I post this. I am currently awaiting a replacement drone on the wonderful DJI Refresh program, and this will be the second time I have sent my baby into DJI after a crash.
I happen to live in an apartment on a property which has an exceptional access to some very interesting features. I have virtually exclusive access to a small lake which is populated with lots of fish of varying sizes, and turtles ranging in size up to about 3 ft across. Prior to getting my drone I had, over the past 3 years of living here, spent lots of time on the one spot where you could sit at the edge of this lake and watch things. I could rarely get glimpses of the turtles. I could see the smaller ones if they climbed up on logs and such, and took lots of zoom pictures of them that way, but I was mostly just aware of them without being able to actually see very much of them, especially the larger ones.
So then once I got my Mavic Air 2, I found I was able to, on a nice clear sunny day, get over the top of this lake and see what the bigger turtles were doing out in the lake - and CLEARLY, and in a way I could watch over and over and pick out details of what was happening. I found that I suddenly can really study and get to know this community that I am sort of a part of now. It has really been an incredible few months, which promises to continue shortly. As I said, my drone is in the process of getting replaced, so now I am spending time going back through the hours of video I have shot. I honestly feel like I am using my drone in a fairly unique way, however I look forward to seeing what others on this forum do with their drones.
Now I would like to present to all here the first playlist of videos I have posted on YouTube. This demonstrates what I am doing, and it is easy to understand how this footage could never be captured in any other way - this wonderful stuff is totally enabled by having a drone, and this is becoming a rather joyous endeavor on my part. I still want to figure out how to plug in some kind of sound to these videos - I know how to do it technically, but I can't figure out anything that feels appropriate along with these situations. So if anyone has any ideas, I'd happily listen. In the meantime, without further ado:
On Stuart Lake video playlist
Thanks, and I look forward to learning lots more about drone capabilities and tricks and such, while bringing a bit of my world into this world.
For instance, I already have a drone recovery kit which includes a 30+ ft. extendable painter's pole and an inflatable rowboat. Trees and lakes and streams, Oh My!
I happen to live in an apartment on a property which has an exceptional access to some very interesting features. I have virtually exclusive access to a small lake which is populated with lots of fish of varying sizes, and turtles ranging in size up to about 3 ft across. Prior to getting my drone I had, over the past 3 years of living here, spent lots of time on the one spot where you could sit at the edge of this lake and watch things. I could rarely get glimpses of the turtles. I could see the smaller ones if they climbed up on logs and such, and took lots of zoom pictures of them that way, but I was mostly just aware of them without being able to actually see very much of them, especially the larger ones.
So then once I got my Mavic Air 2, I found I was able to, on a nice clear sunny day, get over the top of this lake and see what the bigger turtles were doing out in the lake - and CLEARLY, and in a way I could watch over and over and pick out details of what was happening. I found that I suddenly can really study and get to know this community that I am sort of a part of now. It has really been an incredible few months, which promises to continue shortly. As I said, my drone is in the process of getting replaced, so now I am spending time going back through the hours of video I have shot. I honestly feel like I am using my drone in a fairly unique way, however I look forward to seeing what others on this forum do with their drones.
Now I would like to present to all here the first playlist of videos I have posted on YouTube. This demonstrates what I am doing, and it is easy to understand how this footage could never be captured in any other way - this wonderful stuff is totally enabled by having a drone, and this is becoming a rather joyous endeavor on my part. I still want to figure out how to plug in some kind of sound to these videos - I know how to do it technically, but I can't figure out anything that feels appropriate along with these situations. So if anyone has any ideas, I'd happily listen. In the meantime, without further ado:
On Stuart Lake video playlist
Thanks, and I look forward to learning lots more about drone capabilities and tricks and such, while bringing a bit of my world into this world.
For instance, I already have a drone recovery kit which includes a 30+ ft. extendable painter's pole and an inflatable rowboat. Trees and lakes and streams, Oh My!
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