I went back to my favourite place this week, filming over a couple of days we had alot of wind on the second day but the Mavic Air stood its ground although a little shaky, the wind was gusting at 48 mph so i reckon it did pretty well.


Ballysaggartmore Towers are two ornate entrance lodges (one also acts as a bridge) that are situated approx 2.5 kilometres from the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland. The structures are considered architectural "follies". They were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834. He held an estate of approximately 8000 acres, the majority of which was rented to tenant farmers but he retained approximately 1000 acres as a personal demesne.


The lodges were constructed on the main avenue leading to the family's residence; Ballysaggartmore House. Local lore suggests that the grand entrance lodges were built as a prelude to an extravagant mansion that Keily-Ussher intended to build but never did as he ultimately ran out of funds due of their construction, and that his building pursuits were spurred on by his jealous wife who was envious of her sister in-law who lived at the stately Strancally Castle.


This is my longest video yet at 8 minutes, I hope you enjoy it, so thank you for watching!

OPPS Something went wrong with youtube.... new video posted below original

What a most beautiful video again Michelle, thank you very much (also for showcasing our beloved Mavic Air performing at its best)! A bit long yes, but really beautiful and with great perspectives!

Wachtberger Posted at 2018-8-24 14:41
What a most beautiful video again Michelle, thank you very much (also for showcasing our beloved Mavic Air performing at its best)! A bit long yes, but really beautiful and with great perspectives!

Hello my dear friend, Thank you for your lovely comment, and thank you for sitting through it lol . I know i just couldnt bring myself  to  cutting any of the clips any more than that

Awesome stuff!

M2Wair2 Posted at 2018-8-24 15:07
Hello my dear friend, Thank you for your lovely comment, and thank you for sitting through it lol . I know i just couldnt bring myself  to  cutting any of the clips any more than that

I have no doubt that you will get there, cutting is brutal when confronted with beautiful footage. How was this song of great Cat Stevens? "The first cut is the deepest..." ;-) I shall try to stick to a new policy now in my videos: No clip longer than five seconds and if possible no repetitions from the same perspective. But I can tell you, it is bloody brutal and it hurts

Good job Mrs, flying in those winds proved to be a challenge to say the least, you did very well controlling the aircraft at times very strong gusts. The Towers walk is exceptional, roll on the winter snows.

Interesting history and structures.  Really well flown/filmed.  It looks like it would make some awesome photographs there also...

MrArcher Posted at 2018-8-24 15:17
Awesome stuff!

Thank you very much indeed

ghutch Posted at 2018-8-24 18:18
Interesting history and structures.  Really well flown/filmed.  It looks like it would make some awesome photographs there also...

Thank you very much, yes I took photographs there too it is a lovely place to walk and visit

M2Wair Posted at 2018-8-24 16:36
Good job Mrs, flying in those winds proved to be a challenge to say the least, you did very well controlling the aircraft at times very strong gusts. The Towers walk is exceptional, roll on the winter snows.

Thank you hun

Wachtberger Posted at 2018-8-24 15:19
I have no doubt that you will get there, cutting is brutal when confronted with beautiful footage. How was this song of great Cat Stevens? "The first cut is the deepest..." ;-) I shall try to stick to a new policy now in my videos: No clip longer than five seconds and if possible no repetitions from the same perspective. But I can tell you, it is bloody brutal and it hurts

Ha good choice of song for comparison,  yes you are right it is brutal i must try to do that also.

Awesome video Miche !! Towers in any point of vision in this excellent slow video. Compliments. Thanks

astrofly Posted at 2018-8-25 04:21
Awesome video Miche !! Towers in any point of vision in this excellent slow video. Compliments. Thanks

Thank you very much  indeed Astro, I really appreciate your lovely comment

Who "needs" one of those new-stinkin'-expensive aircraft? ;-)   You're living proof that it's the photographer, not the camera that makes beautiful images!  Nice work!  

A fascinating subject, well portrayed. I did feel that some footage was a little repetitive, and perhaps some judicious pruning to shorten the clip would have no detrimental effect. Thanks for the share.

Very nice footage. I agree that it's difficult  to cut it more. Every clip is so nice

Another superb piece of footage Mich - keep it up

WebParrot Posted at 2018-8-25 09:31
Who "needs" one of those new-stinkin'-expensive aircraft? ;-)   You're living proof that it's the photographer, not the camera that makes beautiful images!  Nice work!

Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!

At last someone else with the same mindset as me lol. Thank you again WP

Blériot53 Posted at 2018-8-25 10:02
A fascinating subject, well portrayed. I did feel that some footage was a little repetitive, and perhaps some judicious pruning to shorten the clip would have no detrimental effect. Thanks for the share.

Thank you

nixuspix Posted at 2018-8-25 10:04
Very nice footage. I agree that it's difficult  to cut it more. Every clip is so nice

Thank you very much

A CW Posted at 2018-8-25 10:12
Another superb piece of footage Mich - keep it up

Thank you very much Andy

M2Wair2 Posted at 2018-8-25 10:42
Thank you very much Andy

You're welcome

M2Wair2 Posted at 2018-8-25 10:39
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!

At last someone else with the same mindset as me lol. Thank you again WP

Same mindset...... ahhhhh hello explain the inspire and "we need a Matrice" lol

M2Wair Posted at 2018-8-25 10:51
Same mindset...... ahhhhh hello explain the inspire and "we need a Matrice" lol

That's next year! you can get it for my birthday that way i am not the one getting it!

very nice!

alex_markov Posted at 2018-8-25 10:55
very nice!

Thank you very much Alex

Miche,
Magnificent video.
Watched it from beginning to end.
I am always amazed how you can capture the beauty of something so old.
It was nice to see that your hubby gave you a compliment on your superb flying skills. Well done.
I know how you feel about editing a long video. It just doesn't feel right cutting it to make it short.
Take care and fly safe.

Something has gone wrong with the video through youtube so here it is again!

B1houdini Posted at 2018-8-25 14:18
Miche,
Magnificent video.
Watched it from beginning to end.

Hi Houdini Thank you very much indeed for your wonderful comment

I enjoy it so much and never want to loose any detail when editing, i like to show people what we see and im so pleased you enjoyed it too.  Thank you.

Take care and safe flying too

M2Wair2 Posted at 2018-8-26 04:16
Something has gone wrong with the video through youtube so here it is again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDISc3UMtI&t=11s

Stunning work as always Miche. Thanks for sharing

Oh dear...... guilty I was clicking buttons and somehow it kinda ended up deleted......

The first version before I deleted it was good, the new version in my opinion exceptional. Well done girly you rocked it.

Woe Posted at 2018-8-26 04:47
Stunning work as always Miche. Thanks for sharing

Thank you very much indeed Woe

hey miche - that was really super. loved the close ups, made me feel as though i was able to explore construction details personally. loved the aerial shots too - really good orbits round the turret and other good cinematic techniques very well executed. super image quality for the most part. i also loved your 'outtro"? i mean the graphics to your end of video titles looks super cool. thanks for sharing - hi to john

Bekaru MP UAV Posted at 2018-8-26 12:50
hey miche - that was really super. loved the close ups, made me feel as though i was able to explore construction details personally. loved the aerial shots too - really good orbits round the turret and other good cinematic techniques very well executed. super image quality for the most part. i also loved your 'outtro"? i mean the graphics to your end of video titles looks super cool. thanks for sharing - hi to john

Hey Bekaru, nice to see you back!

Thank you so much for the wonderful comment, John is good and says hi and welcome back too,.

I have been given the reigns lately to try and work on my flying techniques and really wanted to get close so im glad it worked.  Thank you again. Take care and fly safe

Welcome back Bekaru it's great to see you back and hopefully enjoying a bit of downtime.   Good to see you back buddy

M2Wair Posted at 2018-8-26 14:16
Welcome back Bekaru it's great to see you back and hopefully enjoying a bit of downtime.   Good to see you back buddy

hi John, i miss my friends on this forum but life has been super busy and something had to give. nice to see y'all again.