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PilotSmith
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Most of my aerial photos sessions are in the early morning and I'm have any issues with sun shining in my photos can someone tell me how to correct this issue??
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You can manage glare/flare to a small extent using a polarizer filter and I've seen some custom hoods, but you basically deal with it by shooting with the sun at your back.
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Best way to post some of the photo video so we can see what are you talking about!
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The polarizer filters solved my issues.
Cheers.
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Could you please tell us more about your doubts so we could help?
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RobDownUnder
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Have you used the Perspex camera cover - that messes up sunrise and sunset pics.
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Do you have an example?
I can imagine what you are talking about (sun hitting the lens causing lens flare and white haze, but just to be sure).
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Montfrooij Posted at 2017-8-30 22:19
Do you have an example?
I can imagine what you are talking about (sun hitting the lens causing lens flare and white haze, but just to be sure).

yea... can you give any tips
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Filters will take care of it, for best lit photos always take photos where the sun shines it's light not into the sun.
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hallmark007 Posted at 2017-9-9 09:16
Filters will take care of it, for best lit photos always take photos where the sun shines it's light not into the sun.

which filter... I am new to all this
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PilotSmith Posted at 2017-9-9 09:38
which filter... I am new to all this

Early morning i use either a nd-4 or nd-8 filter. nd = neutral density....
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PilotSmith Posted at 2017-9-9 09:38
which filter... I am new to all this

Depending on how bright, ND4/ND8 it's always good to carry ND4 to ND32.
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PilotSmith Posted at 2017-9-9 09:38
which filter... I am new to all this

I would love to see some pictures of what you are talking about.
To see what you are having issues with.

My best guess is that you are having troubles with the high contrast in the morning (bright sky / dark ground), causing for either a white sky OR a very dark ground.
In that case ND filters probably WON'T work, because they only reduce shutter speed (Or raise the ISO) by reducing the amount of light hitting the sensor in the total frame (so equal across the frame).
As a photographer / videographer, I use them often to be able to make long shutterspeed exposures. (nice with flowing water etc.)
Ideally you would use a graduate ND filter,  that is dark in the top and bright in the bottom. BUT this won't help you while flying, since the location of the horizon in the frame is different all the time.
With a camera on the ground you can adjust the ND filter for that (move the dark part up or down), but obviously you can't while flying.

The best thing you can do I guess, is shoot DNG and expose for the sky. You will have to do some post processing to lift the darker parts.
You can of course get a ND filter, but that is just for getting smoother video, as you will be able to maintain a shutterspeed that matches your fps * 2 (so if you are shooting 30fps, you would want a shutterspeed of 1/60)

The only situation a ND filter will help you, is when the combined fastest shutterspeed, lowest ISO and smallest aperture is still not fast enough for the brighter part of the picture.
But I doubt if that is the case.

Long story, if you show some examples I would like to take a look!


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From personal experience - having sun shade lens hood can help with lens glare. However it will get into your shot on sharp / fast manoeuvres. You can find cheap lens shades pretty much anywhere; $3 on DX

Hope this helps & happy flying!
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