Epic HDR

[RPL]

We had a dense fog advisory this morning, so I eagerly charged up one battery and took her to the sky. My goal was to ascend in altitude until I cleared the upper blanket of fog.

Well, it took a while until I finally cleared it, but boy was it worth it when I did. Some of the most beautiful views I’ve ever seen while flying. I quickly snapped some pics using the AEB feature (my go to style of photography). Anyways, this is the end result. Needless to say, it was quite beautiful.

 

[Davenwolf]

Awesome shot

 

[Poletramp]

Did you have trouble going back down with the fog being so dense . Awesome capture.

 

[Linda]

That is incredibly beautiful!

 

[Pejebe]

Zeer mooi resultaat. Maar hoe is de terugkeer verlopen? Op RTH of handmatig?

 

[RPL]

Did you have trouble going back down with the fog being so dense . Awesome capture.

No troubles during the decent. However, there was some condensation that collected/built up on the aircraft. I cleaned it off as soon as it landed. As I said, it was one of the most amazing aerial views I’ve ever seen.

 

[RPL]

Zeer mooi resultaat. Maar hoe is de terugkeer verlopen? Op RTH of handmatig?

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[Marksspark]

Zeer mooi resultaat. Maar hoe is de terugkeer verlopen? Op RTH of handmatig?

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Very nice result. But how did the return go? On RTH or manually?

 

[RPL]

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Very nice result. But how did the return go? On RTH or manually?

It’s amazing how stable and accurate the GPS/Glonas is. Even though the Spark was way up high, it never once moved out of its Longitudal position. I manually brought it down with 100% accuracy, despite a 1 minute period of being in nothing but clouds. Amazing little bird.

 

[Marksspark]

Zeer mooi resultaat. Maar hoe is de terugkeer verlopen? Op RTH of handmatig?

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Es ist erstaunlich, wie stabil und genau das GPS / Glonas ist. Obwohl der Funke weit oben war, bewegte er sich nie aus seiner Longituditalen Position heraus. Ich habe es manuell mit 100% Genauigkeit heruntergebracht, trotz einer 1-minütigen Periode, in der es nur Wolken gab. Erstaunlicher kleiner Vogel.

 

[Andre Levite]

We had a dense fog advisory this morning, so I eagerly charged up one battery and took her to the sky. My goal was to ascend in altitude until I cleared the upper blanket of fog.

Well, it took a while until I finally cleared it, but boy was it worth it when I did. Some of the most beautiful views I’ve ever seen while flying. I quickly snapped some pics using the AEB feature (my go to style of photography). Anyways, this is the end result. Needless to say, it was quite beautiful.
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Fun Fact: Those steaks of sunlight from behind the clouds are called "crepuscular rays". Enter that term into a Google Image Search for more great pics like this one

Wikipedia: Crepuscular rays - Wikipedia

 

[John.H]

What software did you use?

 

[RPL]

I use Photomatix to layer/process the AEB images in order to create HDR.

 

[John.H]

Thanks

 

[pmshop]

Photomatix - awesome stuff!!!

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Sweet shot

 

[nedcampbell]

Would you mind posting a bit more about the AEB feature? I'm new to all of this and wanting to learn the photo side of things.

 

[JamiePHove]

Would you mind posting a bit more about the AEB feature? I'm new to all of this and wanting to learn the photo side of things.

+1

 

[JamiePHove]

Also, great shot
How high up were you?

 

[pmshop]

Would you mind posting a bit more about the AEB feature? I'm new to all of this and wanting to learn the photo side of things.

If I may, Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) is the photo setting on the spark that takes 3 rapid pictures.
First photo is a step under exposed from auto settings, Second is auto and the third is a step over exposed from auto.
The idea is to merge all three to make shadows pop and over exposed areas darkened a bit.
Example, use the sky from the first photo and the ground from the last photo...but much more advanced.
Then you would use Photomatix or a similar program that can merge the three photos to simulate an HDR photo.
Photomatix has a ton of adjustments to tweak the picture to perfection.