Everyone loves a good bridge especially if your filming it with a drone, there are so many to explore in the UK and beyond and I hope to get to a few and do just that when time allows.   Someone had mentioned the Avonmouth Bridge near Bristol to film a while back and it's a cool structure and it looks great from the air but I wanted to have a look underneath and see what It's all about.  Its fairly easy to get down to with a bit of a walk from Portbury dock and once you actually get underneath it your jaw will almost certainly drop as It's an absolutely epic feat of engineering.  I found it quite eerie at first as you'd expect it to be loud from the traffic volume but it was so quiet.   On one pillar I found a plaque dedicated to four men who tragically fell to their death whilst working on the bridge in 1999 and on it read a really touching message from their families and friends telling the reader if they wanted to share the men's vision you should just look above you.  The last thing I expected to see in such a remote location was some really amazing artwork and with only one battery available in my drone It had to be this over the possibility of an aerial shot which is what was initially planned.  Please excuse the clipping as I'm only just getting to grips with the exposure settings on the Mavic. I definitely plan on re visiting this another time with more batteries.  This was filmed in 4K @ 24FPS in Dlog with a custom setting of +1 on the sharpness.  The short film was tweaked in Final Cut Pro  I hope you enjoy this very quick 45 second shoot.  Thanks

Looks nice.
Shot handheld?

Montfrooij Posted at 11-7 02:42
Looks nice.
Shot handheld?

Thanks Montfrooij, No, this was flown. All of it using tripod mode.

Good work!

Jon Avery Posted at 11-7 02:48
Thanks Montfrooij, No, this was flown. All of it using tripod mode.

Wow.
Good flying!

Great video, thanks for sharing

Hi Jon Avery, Good job! Thanks for sharing this. Enjoy and always have a safe flights!

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing

A CW Posted at 11-7 02:49
Good work!

Thanks A CW, much appreciated

Jon Avery Posted at 11-7 08:26
Thanks A CW, much appreciated

You're very welcome mate

Very cool area, some seriously nice art going on there. It use to be that graffiti was shot down, and frowned upon by many people. Personally, I feel that good clean grafiti should be done on all the bare concrete areas, to brighten it up a bit.

Charissa Posted at 11-7 09:09
Very cool area, some seriously nice art going on there. It use to be that graffiti was shot down, and frowned upon by many people. Personally, I feel that good clean grafiti should be done on all the bare concrete areas, to brighten it up a bit.

nice motion, working multiple axises(sp) in tripod mode is the way to go for that close up dolly shot. A nice quick & dirty LUT would really add to the atmosphere of that location.
Recently did a piece at a similar location to yours, check it out may give some new ideas. turned out pretty nice after some post production color and effects:   https://www.instagram.com/p/BpoVr6Zn_Ss/

fly safe! and on a PSA note: never hurts to re-read your manual

Nice bridge . Thanks

Nicely done - thanks again for sharing!

Nicely done - thanks again for sharing!

DJI Paladin Posted at 11-7 05:14
Hi Jon Avery, Good job! Thanks for sharing this. Enjoy and always have a safe flights!

Thanks Paladin, appreciate your comments

Jon Avery Posted at 11-9 04:44
Thanks Paladin, appreciate your comments

You're welcome. Cheers!

Very cool street culture. Thanks for sharing.

DJI Panda Posted at 11-11 23:07
Very cool street culture. Thanks for sharing.

Thankyou, always great to get a thumbs up from an Admin Panda!