Good Morning Saint Mary......


Onew of the last panos I grabbed with the Mini2 before having that great vertical camera on the Mini3.


Taken with the Mini 2.




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Hello there DAFlys. Good day and thank you for posting this beautiful photo that you have shot. Great work and keep flying. .

DJI Stephen Posted at 6-28 22:57
Hello there DAFlys. Good day and thank you for posting this beautiful photo that you have shot. Great work and keep flying.  .

thank you so much DJI Stephen.   

DAFlys Posted at 6-28 22:50
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Nice composition. Will the Mini 2 be retiring now?  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-28 23:56
Nice composition. Will the Mini 2 be retiring now?

Flying her right now

Blériot53 Posted at 6-28 23:56
Nice composition. Will the Mini 2 be retiring now?

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 00:03
Flying her right now

Oops, don't mention what I said, infront of her

Very nice shot!

Blériot53 Posted at 6-29 00:05
Oops, don't mention what I said, infront of her

She couldn’t hear over the prop noise.

Montfrooij Posted at 6-29 00:37
Very nice shot!

Thank you Peter.  Shame it was too tall for instagram.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 00:49
Thank you Peter.  Shame it was too tall for instagram.

Yeah, I also have some nice shots that were cut to a normal ration unfortunately.

Montfrooij Posted at 6-29 01:03
Yeah, I also have some nice shots that were cut to a normal ration unfortunately.

I thought they were adding a new portrait size to insta but this must still have been too big.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 01:16
I thought they were adding a new portrait size to insta but this must still have been too big.

Well, my image was like 10:2 I think.
So they cut it.

Montfrooij Posted at 6-29 01:36
Well, my image was like 10:2 I think.
So they cut it.

That's a little extreme 10:2.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 01:43
That's a little extreme 10:2.

Yup. But it was a nice shot.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 00:48
She couldn’t hear over the prop noise.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 01:43
That's a little extreme 10:2.

Montfrooij Posted at 6-29 02:52
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That's a cool shot,  I would have cloned out the shadow of you taking though.

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 02:55
That's a cool shot,  I would have cloned out the shadow of you taking though.

It was too warped to bother. I have to make something to let it rotate exactly around it's axle.

Looks a bit like a frog about to jump ;-)

Montfrooij Posted at 6-29 02:52
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Cool shot!

Depp Posted at 6-29 03:35
Cool shot!

Thanks

Depp Posted at 6-29 03:35
Looks a bit like a frog about to jump ;-)

thanks Depp,   I think.

DAFlys Posted at 6-28 22:50
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What an awesome pano DA.     Looks like you are getting in a bit of flying despite the rains.  

Cracking image, thanks for sharing.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-29 06:45
What an awesome pano DA.     Looks like you are getting in a bit of flying despite the rains.

Thanks DT,   managed to get a few flights in,  although we could use the rain as there is a bush fire near the castle at the moment.  

AeroNW Posted at 6-29 14:56
Cracking image, thanks for sharing.

thanks AeroNW.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-29 22:15
Thanks DT,   managed to get a few flights in,  although we could use the rain as there is a bush fire near the castle at the moment.

You're very welcome DA.    I saw the video you posted on the brush fire and hope it got extinguished before it spread very far.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-30 04:32
You're very welcome DA.    I saw the video you posted on the brush fire and hope it got extinguished before it spread very far.

It was out last night but someone left a comment on my instagram reel that the fire was the third this week.

DAFlys Posted at 6-28 23:02
thank you so much DJI Stephen.

Hi there DAFlys. Thank you for the reply and you re very much welcome. Have a safe and a happy flying always. .

DAFlys Posted at 6-30 22:36
It was out last night but someone left a comment on my instagram reel that the fire was the third this week.

Wow, I would have thought after the rains you've had that it would be hard for brush fires to get started but I guess things do dry out rather quickly.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 7-1 04:51
Wow, I would have thought after the rains you've had that it would be hard for brush fires to get started but I guess things do dry out rather quickly.

Its right on the top of  a hill so it gets a lot of wind which may have helped to dry it out.  

DAFlys Posted at 7-2 00:50
Its right on the top of  a hill so it gets a lot of wind which may have helped to dry it out.

Wind is very good about getting things dried out.  Growing up on a farm twice a year we had to remove any old and/or brown undergrowth along perimeter lines to keep fires from starting or spreading.  Was quite the chore as it usually scared up a few rattlesnakes in the process.  One year during the clean up I stepped on something that I thought was a fallen branch but when I looked down I saw it was a rattlesnake and he he was rattling his tail like crazy.  My foot was holding his head down just enough so he couldn't turn or move.  Nobody else was nearby so thinking quickly I pull my pistol out of the holster.  Then I got to thinking if I shoot and miss I'll blow a hole through my foot.  Had to take a deep breath and holding the pistol in both hands get off a shot.  Missed.  Now I'm needing to change underwear.  2nd shot was spot on his head. Turns out he was only a 4 footer but from the loudness of his rattle you'd have thought he was a 10 footer.  From then on I started to practice shooting weekly.  

The other part of the story was I had a machete in a scabbard on my right leg to be used for cutting underbrush when needed but I never thought about using it to try and cut off the snake's head.  I remember my dad telling me that if I had tried to bend over and cut the snake's head off I may have released some of the downward pressure on the snake in the process.  So kind of glad I opted for the pistol.  

Sorry, long story.

DowntownRDB Posted at 7-2 04:54
Wind is very good about getting things dried out.  Growing up on a farm twice a year we had to remove any old and/or brown undergrowth along perimeter lines to keep fires from starting or spreading.  Was quite the chore as it usually scared up a few rattlesnakes in the process.  One year during the clean up I stepped on something that I thought was a fallen branch but when I looked down I saw it was a rattlesnake and he he was rattling his tail like crazy.  My foot was holding his head down just enough so he couldn't turn or move.  Nobody else was nearby so thinking quickly I pull my pistol out of the holster.  Then I got to thinking if I shoot and miss I'll blow a hole through my foot.  Had to take a deep breath and holding the pistol in both hands get off a shot.  Missed.  Now I'm needing to change underwear.  2nd shot was spot on his head. Turns out he was only a 4 footer but from the loudness of his rattle you'd have thought he was a 10 footer.  From then on I started to practice shooting weekly.  

The other part of the story was I had a machete in a scabbard on my right leg to be used for cutting underbrush when needed but I never thought about using it to try and cut off the snake's head.  I remember my dad telling me that if I had tried to bend over and cut the snake's head off I may have released some of the downward pressure on the snake in the process.  So kind of glad I opted for the pistol.  

thats brilliant DT,  although I think I would have run away quick.

DAFlys Posted at 7-2 23:35
thats brilliant DT,  although I think I would have run away quick.

Believe me DA that was my initial thought.  But then something kicked in and told me not to.  At least I didn't shoot my foot.  Again, this is why I try to shoot my guns weekly.  Got to get that muscle memory built up and practice getting the red dot on center of target.

DowntownRDB Posted at 7-3 06:15
Believe me DA that was my initial thought.  But then something kicked in and told me not to.  At least I didn't shoot my foot.  Again, this is why I try to shoot my guns weekly.  Got to get that muscle memory built up and practice getting the red dot on center of target.

Do you do that at a range?   Ive always wondered what that would cost.

DAFlys Posted at 7-3 23:51
Do you do that at a range?   Ive always wondered what that would cost.

I have an annual membership at an outdoor pistol and rifle range.  If the weather is bad then I use an indoor range which costs $12 per hour.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 7-4 06:02
I have an annual membership at an outdoor pistol and rifle range.  If the weather is bad then I use an indoor range which costs $12 per hour.

That's a lot cheaper than I would have guessed,  but then I saw one range collected the bullets for scrap metal and made a fortune from it.

DAFlys Posted at 7-4 23:12
That's a lot cheaper than I would have guessed,  but then I saw one range collected the bullets for scrap metal and made a fortune from it.

The indoor range that I shoot at during inclement weather requires you to police your own brass.  I don't reload my own so I take the brass to a armorer that I know and he reloads them and sells them.  He gives me free gun cleaning and repairs in exchange for all the brass.