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Recent content by Valentiaman

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    Gather around children, and let me be blunt...

    I've no idea whether what you wrote makes sense or is helpful, in any way. This is because having seen your rude, patronizing and condescending tone, plus the "shouting" (capital letters), I stopped reading your post.
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    Decent Read

    Mush. ;)
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    Decent Read

    Anything about drone landings in it? Sorry...couldn't avoid picking up on the pun in the thread title. "Descent" means 'to go down'. "Decent" means 'of good taste and with value'. :)
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    Pricing

    There is no such thing as a "going rate" for video and photography work. The old adage 'you get what you pay for', is relevant here because experience counts, or at least it should. When I started in commercial photography in the early 1980's I met an experienced photographer who told me that...
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    First Snow on Valentia Island, for 8 Years

    Thanks for that. I’m away at the moment and will try to post a higher res version at the weekend. What would you recommend for YouTube?
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    First Snow on Valentia Island, for 8 Years

    Valentia Island, on the extreme west coast of Southern Ireland, in County Kerry, saw it's first snowfall in 8 years, yesterday, thanks to "Storm Emma". Temperatures were below -4, but I managed to get the P4A up for a few minutes. Here is 90 seconds of it.
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    Still Photos

    The actual fence are the lines with highlights along the top edge.
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    What is everyone flying? Current projects?

    Thank you, very encouraging for a newbie droner. :)
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    What is everyone flying? Current projects?

    Experienced stills photographer (35 years), based on the far west of Ireland. Only recently into using drones, but have photographed from "real" aircraft (helicopters) and flew scale model heli's, including rotor-span models. Only drone (so far), Phantom 4 Advanced. Bought lens hood and...
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    Lens Hood Problems

    Really helpful, thank you very much!
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    Lens Hood Problems

    Following a discussion with @Darren Gahan I invested (only €15 with postage) in a lens hood for my P4A. This is the hood. I've had 1 test flight with it and technically, the images look good. They are sharp and flare free, although the light was far from contrasty. However, it did present...
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    Is a Phantom 4 Pro Professional Enough?

    Love it!
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    Is a Phantom 4 Pro Professional Enough?

    Good point. Anyone know if it's possible to get a lens hood for that camera? Given the wide angle of view, though, I doubt it would be feasible as there would be a lot of vignetting. UPDATE: Found one!
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    Is a Phantom 4 Pro Professional Enough?

    It's the same image, with exactly the same post processing, other than I added sharpening to the 2nd one (65%) and reduced the highlights on that one, to minus 70%. The first one has highlights at "zero" and sharpening at zero (no default sharpening in the software.)
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    Is a Phantom 4 Pro Professional Enough?

    The light's good now, so I'm off to do some testing! Here is the same property shot, twice. The first without sharpening, and normal highlights - I think it shows the "ghosting" I mentioned. The second with 65% sharpening and reduced highlights. I welcome thoughts from you and other experienced...
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