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July 2014 : Thursday
Jul 2014 : Thursday
DJI Phantom Quadcopter Review
I’m putting together the beginnings of a DJI Phantom Review here on the site. I’m adding the specifics of my setup as well as a little behind-the-scenes video if you want an early look! Or, if you just quickly want to know my setup, here it is: DJI Phantom 2 with Zenmuse H3-3d 3-axis Gimbal and Gopro Hero 3+ Black Edition.
Video: Floating Over Bora Bora
Here’s my latest video that I thought you might enjoy! Thanks again to the team over there at the Four Seasons Bora Bora for making such a fabulous resort that was so amazing to shoot from the skies above… wow what a week!
(be sure to click the little gear to make it hi-rez!)
The music in there is “Jetstream” by the incredible Luscne. Click that link to see their Soundcloud channel!
Some favorite Aerial Photos
As you’ll read in the review above, I set mine up in such a way so it records HD video and also takes a photo every five seconds. Every one of these photos below is taken using that process!
I love aiming the camera straight down… I think this is also why I like looking out of a plane window so much… I want to do it all day long!
Oh my gosh – how beautiful is this place? Even though it is beautiful from the ground level, it’s really remarkable how surprising the view is from just a bit above. I showed this photo to several people that have worked there at the Four Seasons for many years, and they were absolutely shocked at the angle. I think taking photos from new perspectives like this is so exciting!
If you watch the behind-the-scenes video for this on the review page, you can see more how this shot was made… mostly just lucky!
Just what I always wanted, my own small deserted island! How cool! I find that when I do these straight-down shots that I prefer to have the GoPro set on the wide-angle mode because it makes it look like the quadcopter is much higher than it really is.
Now, I don’t love this shot, but I’m putting it up anyway. The light was starting to get low here, and this is when the GoPro doesn’t do so hot. There are many artifacts and other problems with this photo. But, I still kinda like it, despite the flaws.
I love that the top-down view is often kind of confusing. This was taken wide-angle, but I used the Profile Correction in Lightroom to make all the lines nice and straight again.
The amazing blues that the GoPro can capture!! This is a view of the Pacific ocean in the other direction off the island.
Another view looking towards the north and the little deserted island you may remember from before.
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Another crazy view from above that shows the lovely colors of blue. I also profile-corrected this one so the horizon was straight across. Sometimes I leave it curved though, because I like the effect.
This is one of my favorite shots and I didn’t even take off yet! This kind of shows how awesome the GoPro camera is!
Which one do you want to live in? I shot this from room 101, right below. I was laying on my back by that little plunge pool. Actually, one of my favorite ways to fly this thing is laying on my back!
