Eilean Donan from the Air - a photo on Flickriver

            I continue to experiment with Drone Photography and I will be the first to admit that the results are a little hit and miss. Probably a lot more miss than hit but I suppose practice makes perfect and all that. 

This shot was taken of Eilean Donan Castle at 23:30, long after the sun had set and in almost complete darkness. I used the built-in HDR mode to try and get something useful from what was certainly far from optimal conditions. Away from the building and the lights the image is oddly ghostly and the noise level is pretty dire. If that was the quality of the whole image it would be discarded without hesitation. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how well the detail on buildings came out. I’ve applied a fair but of post processing to the raw image to bring out the detail but at least the detail was there to recover. 

In future I’ll be limiting use of the drone to times where light is more abundant. The quality of the DJI devices may be impressive, relatively speaking, but they really do not stack up against a decent DSLR.

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Dornie (show map)

Taken on: June 9, 2018

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Eilean Donan

Eilean Donan Castle

Drone Photography

Grant Morris

Grant Morris Photography

Dornie

Scotland

Landscape

Castle

Night Shot

DJI Mavic Air

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Sets appears in: • Drone Photographs • Landscapes and Panorama

Camera: DJI FC2103, f/2.8, 1/4 sec, 4.5mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	DJI FC2103
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.25 sec (1/4)
Focal Length:	4.5mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No flash function
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows)
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