I have finally found some time and courage to compile a video from some of the footage I have shot since I got my Mavic Pro in December.
This is my first attempt at anyting like this so please bear with me if not everything is up to standards. I consider myself a quite proficient still photographer, but this video thing is completely new to me. So far I have found that shooting and editing something that is actually worth looking at has been very challenging and I still have a lot to learn. I also have several decades of experience flying Radio Controlled airplanes, but flying the drone in a way that produces useable footage takes some new skills.
(Edit: Finally after several hours the video also shows the 1080p resolution option in Youtube.)
The footage included in this video was shot at different times, ranging from December and until just recently. A few of the clips included are only two days old. As you can see, even if spring is approaching rapidly here, in the mountains of Norways west coast it is still sort of winter, and lots of snow even if temperatures are now more in the pleasant range. In fact this period is prime backcountry skiing season in these areas.
All footage was shot in the fjord districts on the west coast of Norway, in the area known as Sunnmøre.
I have not been able to use the Mavic as much as I wanted since winter conditions have been challenging in periods. Both low temperatures, wind and snow as well as short daylight hours in mid winter have put limitations on when I have been able to fly. In the areas where this was shot we do not have really extreme winter temperatures, but the cold can still be challenging for fingers and batteries, and measures had to be taken to protect them from the worst cold.
During clear sunny weather with this much snow the light can be pretty intense. Some of the footage was shot with ND64 filters and even then the shutter speeds were still quite short.
That is some amazing footage. Well done.
I know how you fee though, I just finished a video edit myself which was quite challenging as I am used to taking stills.
Not sure why the 1080p option is not present. It was rendered to 1920x1080 and uploaded that way. But then I am a complete noob when it comes to Youtube so maybe I am doing something wrong, just can not figure out what that might be ......
GoldenSun, you are right, some shots are indeed a bit dark. I think it is a combination of under exposure during shooting and unskilled editing/grading. With bright snow conditions like this the automatic exposure is often fooled into under exposing, and you have to add some positive exposure compensation. I try to keep an eye on the histogram while flying/shooting, but sometimes I forget (flying high up in the mountains makes me nervous sometimes ) Also I am not quite familiar with the editing software yet, so probably a lot to be improved in the grading.
JensIR Posted at 2018-4-16 06:06
The video is now available in 1080p.
As for more: this was footage from almost five months, so maybe I will have some more in some months
Thanks man, much better.
I expect something new in about a week or so.
JensIR Posted at 2018-4-16 05:50
GoldenSun, you are right, some shots are indeed a bit dark. I think it is a combination of under exposure during shooting and unskilled editing/grading. With bright snow conditions like this the automatic exposure is often fooled into under exposing, and you have to add some positive exposure compensation. I try to keep an eye on the histogram while flying/shooting, but sometimes I forget (flying high up in the mountains makes me nervous sometimes ) Also I am not quite familiar with the editing software yet, so probably a lot to be improved in the grading.
I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually, no one's born an expert! ;)