I never have obstacle avoidance on for the very reasons you stated. Nothing worse than getting the shot of a lifetime only to have the drone swerve last second.As a Captain on corporate jets for 25 years and not that long into drones, now with an Air 3 , rather than relying more and more on automatics I find I hand fly nearly all the time and seem to be switching off obstacle avoidance more and more !
This is because my flights are becoming more and more challenging where I need complete control !
I also get very close or use trees to frame pictures meaning I sometimes back the drone into foliage gaps
But main theme is getting more and more dramatic scenes
Do others do this or is it switching on all the whistles and bells ?
I’ve also found it somewhat easier to fly backwards through the more difficult obstacles and then reverse the footage in post.