A combination of AVATA and AIR3 Footage captured on a hot sunny spring day in early May 2024, the intent was to capture the true beauty of the area, to explore the gorge and see that which is not normally seen, for which the AVATA came in really handy - although I seem to have a fault causing some 'jellification' on some of the shots...
This is my 3rd edit, and the shortest one so far, the first two attempts were 15 and 12 minutes+! I may have another go to make an ultra short - su 4 minute - version, but it is hard to know hat to cut out...
The story begins outside the House of Bruar, where we fly low and slow up the gorge and under the railway bridge, before then relocating to the first footbridge in order to maintain VLOS.
Then a flight up the gorge towards the higher bridge, at least as far as reception and VLOS will allow with the AVATA.
Next, we switch to the AIR3 for a higher-level flight to the Upper Bridge and an overview of the gorge. Arriving at the upper bridge a few moments to reveal the waterfalls and then fly back down, switching once again to the AVATA for the gorge footage, and then again switching location for the final flight back to the take-off point...
The heat was definitely an issue, the AVATA goggles were constantly steaming up as I was using them, so rather than take any chances I tried to keep my distance from some of the obstacles, hence one or two bits of quick swerving and no underflight on one of the downed trees, as to crash in the gorge would have made the drone irrecoverable along with the footage...
Still, overall a nice chilled-out result... Oh, and for bonus points, keep your eyes out for the 2 dragonflies that fly close under the drone in the last 2 minutes...
Definitely a place I want to return to and have another go at, perhaps in the autumn, and with more time and all 3 drones, then we can really capture it in full...
This is my 3rd edit, and the shortest one so far, the first two attempts were 15 and 12 minutes+! I may have another go to make an ultra short - su 4 minute - version, but it is hard to know hat to cut out...
The story begins outside the House of Bruar, where we fly low and slow up the gorge and under the railway bridge, before then relocating to the first footbridge in order to maintain VLOS.
Then a flight up the gorge towards the higher bridge, at least as far as reception and VLOS will allow with the AVATA.
Next, we switch to the AIR3 for a higher-level flight to the Upper Bridge and an overview of the gorge. Arriving at the upper bridge a few moments to reveal the waterfalls and then fly back down, switching once again to the AVATA for the gorge footage, and then again switching location for the final flight back to the take-off point...
The heat was definitely an issue, the AVATA goggles were constantly steaming up as I was using them, so rather than take any chances I tried to keep my distance from some of the obstacles, hence one or two bits of quick swerving and no underflight on one of the downed trees, as to crash in the gorge would have made the drone irrecoverable along with the footage...
Still, overall a nice chilled-out result... Oh, and for bonus points, keep your eyes out for the 2 dragonflies that fly close under the drone in the last 2 minutes...
Definitely a place I want to return to and have another go at, perhaps in the autumn, and with more time and all 3 drones, then we can really capture it in full...
