My new toy

[David Eckels]

First two are jpegs. Last two are dngs.
Definitely a learning curve. DJI Mavric Mini 2.

[Jeremy Roussak]

I want one!

Jeremy

[Rajan Parrikar]

Welcome to the cult!

[Bob_B]

I want one!

Jeremy

Me too! (Nice shots btw).

[kers]

Some 12 years ago i wanted a drone for photographing architecture, but they costed about 15.000€ and were not very sophisticated. Then i decided to put my money on a large 12m tripod- low tech, but able to shoot high res photographs. It was clear the drones would become cheaper and better; Now it is really amazing what you can buy for 1000 €. I am waiting for the dji mavic 3- also since januari there are new rules in the EU that DJI will keep in mind while developing it- i hope.

[David Eckels]

I can see how addictive it can be. Thinking of it as a 400 ft tripod, wish I could squeeze a little more resolution out of it though. DNGs are better than Jpegs of course, but have to be shot manually, which makes panos more difficult. However.......with a better camera on a bigger drone....... Already prepping the wife!
Thanks, Bob; early days.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Pretty soon I'm going to be the only photographer left who only takes photos from six feet or less above the ground.   

I love what you droners are doing, but I would dread having to ask my neighbor to retrieve my drone from their bedroom.

[David Eckels]

I know what you're saying, Eric. There's an 80 year old lady neighbor next door that changes with the window open, but fortunately, she can't see so good so the drone is safe.
Also, they are hard to keep track of more than a hundred yards away so I've ordered a strobe that should help. If you are in familiar territory, you can navigate just fine by pointing the camera at the ground, but beware of trees and garage doors. I found out the hard way by snapping a bit of a prop in a collision, but the drone kept flying. It is reasonably resilient and remarkably easy to fly for a beginner. My only caveat is that I wish I could figure out how to enhance the capture files. Overall, the change in perspective is intriguing.

[Jeremy Roussak]

I love what you droners are doing, but I would dread having to ask my neighbor to retrieve my drone from their bedroom.

I hadn't realised you took that kind of photo, Eric. You've certainly not published any of them here!

Jeremy

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I hadn't realised you took that kind of photo, Eric. You've certainly not published any of them here!

Jeremy

That's just because I don't have a drone yet. So just in case I get one, best to keep your shades drawn at night.

[kers]

Pretty soon I'm going to be the only photographer left who only takes photos from six feet or less above the ground.   

I love what you droners are doing, but I would dread having to ask my neighbor to retrieve my drone from their bedroom.

Then try bathrooms...

[David Eckels]

Went back to the OOC DNG merge in LR and reworked for esthetics. FIRST though, I used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale 2x and made sure it got saved as a 16-bit TIF. The quality seemed much enhanced although I wish it would save as a raw file (ie, without rendering). Working on a TIF vs DNG in LR is a little different/trickier; less latitude it seems. Anyway, then on to PS for finalizing PP and sharpening. Chose a +/- monotone rendering in the end. Comments and suggestions greatly appreciated.

PS DJI cameras are now recognized in LR and EXIF data is available! This was 1/400 sec @f/2.8, ISO 100 saved as DNG and converted to TIF

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

That was well worth your hard work, David.

[David Eckels]

Thank you, Eric, and the full size quality is really quite good. Maybe I will try a 16x24 print just to see.