What do you do when not flying your UAV?

Czolgy · Dec 16, 2018

Some photography and used to travel a lot. The odd Formula 1 race.
Retirement is creeping up....
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Krusty Geeza · Jan 6, 2019

Loved reading about your other pursuits here, folks. A great assortment of hobbies, activities & careers amongst you all.

I’m a long exposure photographer who voluntarily holds Mindful Photography groups for people living with mental health challenges in their lives & am also an active advocate for government & NGO organisations as a Lived Experience Representative on all manner of advisory panels.

I’ve recently discovered a great passion in exploring & capturing places in various states of abandonment & decrepitude, which I will now be able to add drone footage of on my site.

I live in outer suburbia on a large permaculture based property, with many fruit groves & veggie beds dotted around the place. I’m also a guerrilla gardener, planting edible plants all over the city!

Here’s a few of my 6 minute long exposure photo’s.

Thanev · Jan 6, 2019

I manufacture overhead doors for my main income,renovate my home,teach my grandson how to fly(I have aprox.20 rc aircraft),fly tying and fishing,and should time allow,shoot and sell prints from my DSLR with my favourite subjects being aircraft and landscapes.

...and the crash of a real CF-18

I am sloppyshooter on google.

ufosaboveus · Jan 12, 2019

I have several hobbies... I love photography and am also am a pilot and have an airplane. Don't get to fly it as often as I wish because it is a very expensive hobby so I fly RC to get my flying fix cheaper. I also enjoy hunting and fishing and pretty much anything outdoors but my main love is probably photography.

ufosaboveus · Jan 12, 2019

Thanev said:
I manufacture overhead doors for my main income,renovate my home,teach my grandson how to fly(I have aprox.20 rc aircraft),fly tying and fishing,and should time allow,shoot and sell prints from my DSLR with my favourite subjects being aircraft and landscapes.
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...and the crash of a real CF-18
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I am sloppyshooter on google.

I love shooting pics of airplanes too. That airplane pic of yours is incredible and seems unreal to have captured it at that very moment. Are you on the level or is it a photoshop?

ufosaboveus · Jan 12, 2019

seeing the airplane pics motivated me to share a few of my airplane pics too as I love taking them.

this is my humble bird

red bull air races

military jet banking hard

Vietnam war re-inactment

these pilots got serious skills!

Thanev · Jan 12, 2019

ufosaboveus said:
I love shooting pics of airplanes too. That airplane pic of yours is incredible and seems unreal to have captured it at that very moment. Are you on the level or is it a photoshop?

If you check my Flickr site(I am sloppyshooter)you will see the sequence of shots from this real airshow crash.The sequence starts at High Alpha approach, goes through pilot ejection and captures the resulting fireball.My RAW photos were also used in the investigation of the incident by the Canadian government.

ufosaboveus · Jan 12, 2019

that has to be some of the most amazing stuff I have seen regarding an airshow accident. I imagine it was surreal when you captured that sequence. Although I hate to see a horrible accident like that, it was amazing you captured it and share with others. Thanks for posting, you really made my day!

ufosaboveus · Jan 12, 2019

kinda cool view of a B29 named Fifi.

the business end of an attack helicopter

space shuttle in piggyback config at Houston space center

blue angels

Thanev · Jan 12, 2019

ufosaboveus said:
that has to be some of the most amazing stuff I have seen regarding an airshow accident. I imagine it was surreal when you captured that sequence. Although I hate to see a horrible accident like that, it was amazing you captured it and share with others. Thanks for posting, you really made my day!

Thanks!Wouldn't want to see it again.
I see you have some very good captures as well.Living in ths States you have a lot of different aircraft available.We are somewhat limited in Canada.Happy shooting and love that Anafi!

Efliernz · Jan 13, 2019

Full-time tech support engineer fibre-optics for Nokia.
Part-time commercial aerial photographer/videographer specialising in road/highway construction - hanging out of a Piper Archer with no door. It's my own LLC shooting with Sony A7riii gear.
I fly a club Zenair Zodaic Advanced microlight for fun. I fly aeros with a mate when the wife isn't watching

I shoot amateur stage shows and airshows for fun.
I’m a model rc builder, pilot and instructor of 30 years.
I'm not bored

ufosaboveus · Jan 14, 2019

Pete, I know the archers well as I own a Cherokee. I have to ask how you get shots of the ground with a low wing? I do it with my plane but wife hates it because I bank steep turns and use the little hinged vent on the left seat to stick the lens out. A prefer low wings over high wings for flying but cessnas with tip out windows sure are handy for aerial photography.

Efliernz · Jan 14, 2019

ufosaboveus said:
Pete, I know the archers well as I own a Cherokee. I have to ask how you get shots of the ground with a low wing? I do it with my plane but wife hates it because I bank steep turns and use the little hinged vent on the left seat to stick the lens out. A prefer low wings over high wings for flying but cessnas with tip out windows sure are handy for aerial photography.

I still use a 172 with the tip-out window if the Archer is busy but I prefer the Archer. Video must be from the Archer with the A7riii on the Zhiyun Crane 2 - hand held on a block of foam on my knee.

Most of my pics are about 30deg down. We fly lots and lots of circles. We bank 60-70 if needed and to quote my pilot “this is so much fkg fun” as we scream around at 500’ like a couple of horny teenagers lol.
The relationship I have with my pilots is everything! I know he can’t see what I’m shooting so I use my pilot skills to position him - 115Kts at 500’. We don’t stuff around!