From 253 feet in the air

[SHRED]

I got a Phantom 3 Advanced drone.
Being a newbie these pictures I took at dusk came out real dark.
I used an app called Snapseed to lighten them.
I'm really enjoying this drone and see lots of photographic potential.

Millerton Lake, Clovis California.

[Blue_Tires]

1. Nice, very nice!

[shraby]

2. Where did you get the app? Would like to download it for my pc and check it out but

I need a site that I can trust. Is it an expensive app?

[alfredo]

7. There is a PC version. I think you can get it through Google.

[SHRED]

10. I downloaded it via Google Play for my Android

[procon]

3. These camera drones are opening a whole new category for photographers.

Very exciting to see the big panoramic vistas you captured.

[klook]

4. Great!

Do you think the dark exposures saved you from blown highlights? If so, underexposing may be a good option. Can you shoot RAW with the drone camera? That would give you even more flexibility.

Not much room for improvement, though, I'd say. These photographs are gorgeous.

[SHRED]

11. Yes it does do RAW

I did save both JPEG and RAW.
Now that I'm home I'll go to the PC and see what I can do with the RAW.

[klook]

13. Very cool

Looking forward to more from your eye in the sky.

[stonecutter357]

5. Thanks For Sharing. WOW.

[NYETNYET]

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[YOHABLO]

8. Very nice photos. How much that drone set you back?

[SHRED]

12. I got a great deal

My photographer buddy sold me it with an extra battery for $400.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1138184-REG/dji_djp3awb_phantom_3_quadcopter_1080p_camera_battery.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I remember saying, when I was a kid, wouldn't it be neat to have a flying camera

then you take pictures of what the neighborhood looks like from the air.
At the time, late 1950's, my brother and I would get into serious discussion of how to do it.

who knew?

[SHRED]

14. Great foresight!

[Major Nikon]

15. I had the same dream

However as a kid such things were the work of pure fantasy or at least so far out of reach to be unobtainable from a practical aspect. So I went another direction by learning to fly and taking a camera with me. So now I have no more ambition to get a flying camera, which is not to say the footage I've seen derived from such methods isn't impressive. I just have another way to do it.