Photo by Scott Schwartz (a.k.a. “aerialdrone.”) All rights reserved.
As a landscape photographer, I look for patterns. So, I couldn’t resist this shot, while I was flying my DJI Phantom 4 (https://www.dji.com/phantom-4) over the El Paso Mountains, recently.
Many of the rock formations in the El Paso Mountains are of volcanic origin, and the rocks in the lower-right hand side of this image seem to be of this variety.
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Of all the photos that I’ve taken with my DJI Phantom 4 (https://www.dji.com/phantom-4), this is one of my favorites. I shot this in October, 2016 at an area in the Mojave Desert that is known as Robber’s Roost. According to legend, infamous bandit Tiburcio and his gang camped here, while “casing” the nearby Freeman stage coach stop.
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So, here I’ve used my DJI Phantom 4 (https://www.dji.com/phantom-4) to capture this rock formation in California’s Calico Mountains. As a photographer, here are the settings that I used: 1/500/sec. @ f 2.8. ISO 100.
I converted the image to black and white after the fact, using the simple Microsoft editing program that came with Windows 10.
Although flying my DJI Phantom 4 ( https://www.dji.com/phantom-4) is fun, it is not a “thrilling” machine to fly. The Phantom 4 is first and foremost, a flying camera platform. For thrills, I have a small Hubsan H107C, which flies fast, and, being inexpensive, is expendable. And, of course, I am a licensed private pilot, so I have had a lot of fun operating manned aircraft, as well.
As a photographer, though, I consider my Phantom 4 to be, primarily, another piece of camera equipment.
So, with that said; here is more video footage that I shot in the El Paso Mountains:
So, I tried my hand at shooting footage of some buildings. In this case; the ruins of an old mining camp in the El Paso Mountains.
As you can see, I still have some work to do on my technique! But, I’ll keep at it!
The El Paso Mountains are one of my favorite places; the vast expanses, the rock formations that resemble the grand canyon…
At any rate, this video, which I shot during my visit to the El Paso Mountains a few days ago, captures some of the “expanse.”
My DJI Phantom 4 may have been in “Sport” mode at the time, which enables it to fly faster. The truth is that I don’t remember. I rarely fly in “Sport” mode, because Sport mode disables the obstacle avoidance function.
This image was taken with my DJI Phantom 4, in November of 2017.
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