Post by efliernz on Dec 23, 2011 9:46:19 GMT 12
I fly aerial photography with radio-controlled helis and have done for the last 5 years. I've been working on a new machine, a "hexacopter".
Our humid stormy weather created come interesting sites this week.
I shot this at 200’ from my hexacopter at 8:40 Wednesday night. The photo is a still-frame off a 6-minute HD video.
We had a torrential sub-tropical 1 hour downpour from 6 until 7. Looking north was clear, east was cloudy, over town / south was torrential still but looking towards Raglan… stunning ;D
The item at the top of the photo is not a ufo but the underneath of the front hexacopter arm.
My hex is letting me shoot as slow as 1/200 which open-up many opportunities.
If you are wondering what a diy development hexacopter looks like - it is here at the end of the video. My Christmas project is making a "nice and presentable" version!
Note - the video is a little shaky but the new duy camera mount rocks!
Merry Christmas everyone,
Pete
Our humid stormy weather created come interesting sites this week.
I shot this at 200’ from my hexacopter at 8:40 Wednesday night. The photo is a still-frame off a 6-minute HD video.
We had a torrential sub-tropical 1 hour downpour from 6 until 7. Looking north was clear, east was cloudy, over town / south was torrential still but looking towards Raglan… stunning ;D
The item at the top of the photo is not a ufo but the underneath of the front hexacopter arm.
My hex is letting me shoot as slow as 1/200 which open-up many opportunities.
If you are wondering what a diy development hexacopter looks like - it is here at the end of the video. My Christmas project is making a "nice and presentable" version!
Note - the video is a little shaky but the new duy camera mount rocks!
Merry Christmas everyone,
Pete
