Gotta love SoCal!

The entire day today - nice, warmish weather (65F/18C), not a single cloud in the clear blue sky, light breeze from time to time.

As I did my daily hike (I went a bit earlier than usual), I noticed a slight haze gathering on the western horizon.
There is hope, I thought to myself.

Stepped out of the house 20 minutes prior to sunset: could see some whispies over the neighbor's roofs. OK, made sure my M3C is ready.

5 minutes prior to sunset: good to go. Not the entire sky, but enough to justify a flight.

Maverick goes up and starts cranking, and I'm just sitting there enjoying the view.

Too relaxed, I say, as after I prepped the hyper-lapse, I forgot to switch from the sports mode to normal, so the timelapse came up super shaky. OK, another lesson learned.

Below are some frames and the movie I made for the timelapse and more frames.

Big thank you to the helpful crowd of this forum for various pointers!

This is how it looked when I went up (-5")



This is what it was right after the timelapse/sunset: not enough clouds/light for a big lens pano, but more than enough for the "fun" x7 lens



Then just waited a bit for the upper layers to light up.
As always, +10" and +15" did not disappoint!

A single frame from +15"



A 3x8 pano from the main lens at 15"



A farewell 22 frame pano at +20" (had to change the battery before this one, as I started not on full one)



And finally the movie



Thank you for watching!

Incredible skies.

Lovely shots. Like the third best.

Nice ones again!

I like the 3rd image too.  

Absolutely spectacular sunset shots!    Your timing was perfect.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-19 23:31
Incredible skies.

Thank you! We do get them in winter times, and occasionally in May/June, our "monsoon" season.

Depp Posted at 12-19 23:34
Lovely shots. Like the third best.

Thank you, appreciate it!

Montfrooij Posted at 12-20 01:50
Nice ones again!

Thank you, got lucky again!

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 02:00
I like the 3rd image too.

What's not to like
Thanks!

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-20 03:51
Absolutely spectacular sunset shots!    Your timing was perfect.

Thank you!
It's so much easier to do sunset with the new M3C batteries. With M2P I was always short on juice so sometimes was too late for the show, or would run out just when the colors would peak.

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:52
Thank you! We do get them in winter times, and occasionally in May/June, our "monsoon" season.

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:53
Thank you, got lucky again!

Just had to press the button

Montfrooij Posted at 12-20 08:35
Just had to press the button

Exactly, M3 did all the hard work

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 09:00
Exactly, M3 did all the hard work

That is what I keep saying

Those pics are fantastic.

Climbnride58 Posted at 12-20 14:22
Those pics are fantastic.

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:54
What's not to like
Thanks!

You're very welcome Darth.

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 08:00
Thank you!
It's so much easier to do sunset with the new M3C batteries. With M2P I was always short on juice so sometimes was too late for the show, or would run out just when the colors would peak.

You're very welcome Darth.  

Great to hear that the M3C is working out so well for you.  I'm sure it will get even better with a few  more tweaks from DJI.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-21 03:59
You're very welcome Darth.  

Great to hear that the M3C is working out so well for you.  I'm sure it will get even better with a few  more tweaks from DJI.

I have my BD coming mid-January, the FW update will be a very welcome BD gift

Thanks for sharing.

Dong ZeYuan Posted at 12-21 18:21
Thanks for sharing.

My pleasure, thank you for looking!

DarthSLR Posted at 12-21 07:17
I have my BD coming mid-January, the FW update will be a very welcome BD gift

Sounds like a win-win for you then.    Hope you are having a great week.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-22 03:59
Sounds like a win-win for you then.    Hope you are having a great week.

Yes, it is! Thank you, I could definitely do much worse

DarthSLR Posted at 12-22 07:08
Yes, it is! Thank you, I could definitely do much worse

You're very welcome Darth.    

it looks so good

SHERLOCKHOLMES Posted at 2-3 22:36
it looks so good

We do get lucky sometimes
Thank you!

Simply beautiful.

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 2-25 20:03
Simply beautiful.

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 2-25 20:33
Thank you!

My pleasure.