Having a small drone can be quite handy on a small farm, we normally use ours to check stock tank levels and to check some of our fence line to check for fallen branches.
I’ve never really been a particularly big fan of aerial or drone photography (and to be honest after 20+ years as a professional photographer, I know full well that interest in any specific photography niche becomes an expensive exercise!), but recently I saw some rural aerial images that inspired me to drag our drone out a few times in the past month to capture some views from above Eagleburra.
Drone photography certainly has its challenges such as wind, limitations in camera settings and lens quality, dive-bombing birds and horses that freak out at the sound, but after a few trial flights, I started to get the hang of it. Not surprisingly, it also didn’t take long for me to decide that as soon as I can justify the cost, I will need to invest in a bigger drone with a much more capable camera 🙂
Like most landscape photography, shooting at golden hour or very early morning when the sun is low on the horizon yields the best results, plus I did find it necessary to use exposure bracketing and combine the images in post production.
These birdseye images certainly give a different perspective of the view in each direction from Eagleburra.
