Happy Tuesday!

Okay, by now I’m sure you’re getting tired of Fall colors shot from a drone.  Sorry, I just have to add another round.

So 7 or 8 years ago I was in an officer waiting to see my client and in their lobby they had a image similar to the one above.  I was really intrigued by it and made a mental note to do something similar when I had the opportunity.

Last Sunday I decided to take some drone shots of the water tower with the beautiful Fall foliage and see if I could get close to replicating the image I saw back then.

The technique used to capture all sides of the subject (the water tower) is called point of view circle.  It’s not all that complicated but it does take some practice.  I used the DJI Mini 3 Pro drone for this project.  It weighs under 249 grams and on a calm day is the perfect drone for this type of flight, with one exception.

The drone has sensors facing front, back, and down but not sideways.  So it makes this maneuver a bit risky if anything gets in the way of the drone moving sideways.  I published a video a month ago called “water tower madness” which clearly demonstrated this weakness.

Anyway a short 3 minute video below will show the maneuver so I hope you’ll watch and enjoy it.

Enjoy your day and be careful.