Greetings from the MN Northwoods

[ProPhoto_56401]

Hi, everyone!
This experience has been a slight whirlwind for me (first drone purchased and Part 107 completed within two weeks), but I made the decision to up my photography game, and aerial seemed a surefire way to do it.
I've been lurking for a short time, but have already gleaned A LOT of information on the features and limitations of the Spark. Can't wait to keep learning from everyone!

Home base is in Central Minnesota, where the forests are thick and the lakes are plentiful.

Photo is of the Cuyuna Mountain Bike Trails in Crosby, Minnesota.

 

[Grin factpr]

Welcome to the forum. It’s a friendly, helpful place with loads of good members and info.
I like the pic too.

 

[msinger]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Spark 317]

Hello from the Hoosier Heartland, ProPhoto_56401.

Welcome to the Forum. ?

 

[Highflyer]

Welcome to the forum ProPhoto ?

Jeff from Minnesota

 

[Kendallfordguy]

Welcome from your neighbor in Wisconsin!

 

[Jtwixalot]

Welcome to the forum ProPhoto...from JTwixalot in St. Paul

 

[TommyTheLoot]

Another Cheesehead chiming in Welcome!

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Gotta love the woods... nice photo.

and greetings.

 

[NDJollyMon]

I was born in East Central MN, but am currently east of Bemidji.
Welcome.

 

[twickers14]

Welcome. What’s a Cheeshead-quoted in an earlier post. Lovely shot, any clues as to the process, was there any HDR involved?

 

[msinger]

What’s a Cheeshead-quoted in an earlier post

Cheesehead - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[twickers14]

Love it. Sport has a wonderful knack of finding quirky things to help supporters get on top of their opponents. We have it here in the UK and most of the time it’s fun!

 

[TommyTheLoot]

Welcome. What’s a Cheeshead-quoted in an earlier post. Lovely shot, any clues as to the process, was there any HDR involved?

Just a nickname for people from Wisconsin. Also a foam headgear worn primarily at Green Bay Packer football games! LOL

 

[twickers14]

Hi, everyone!
This experience has been a slight whirlwind for me (first drone purchased and Part 107 completed within two weeks), but I made the decision to up my photography game, and aerial seemed a surefire way to do it.
I've been lurking for a short time, but have already gleaned A LOT of information on the features and limitations of the Spark. Can't wait to keep learning from everyone!

Home base is in Central Minnesota, where the forests are thick and the lakes are plentiful.

Photo is of the Cuyuna Mountain Bike Trails in Crosby, Minnesota.
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Hi. I wondered if any HDR techniques were used to arrive at this great shot?

 

[JordanGrabe]

I'm just wondering since I have yet to get my 107, did you use any of the training courses or just study on your own?

 

[msinger]

@JordanGrabe, you can find a list of commonly used free and paid Part 107 study resources here.

 

[JordanGrabe]

Thank you!

@JordanGrabe, you can find a list of commonly used free and paid Part 107 study resources here.

 

[TommyTheLoot]

I'm just wondering since I have yet to get my 107, did you use any of the training courses or just study on your own?

I tried studying on my own using the FAA study guide. But the reading is extremely dry (as one can probably imagine) so I signed up for a paid program instead. This way too, I figured I would be more motivated to get it completed if there was some "skin" in the game so to speak

I think one of the positive aspects of using a paid program is it looks like a lot of them will reimburse you if you take the test & don't pass. There are conditions of course but I didn't see anything too egregious.

Good luck with your studies whichever path you take!

 

[ProPhoto_56401]

Hi. I wondered if any HDR techniques were used to arrive at this great shot?

Hi!! I shot this bracketed (manual exposure), then *gently* merged to HDR- manually.

I've attached one of the low res cached original exposures!