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PandaFlyingcat
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Location Shenzhen China - just some random photos shortly after blue hour and night
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PandaFlyingcat
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ALABAMA
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Absolutely great captures!
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PandaFlyingcat
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ALABAMA Posted at 2018-7-26 08:13
Absolutely great captures!

cheers mate°
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Superb pictures. Thanks for the share.
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Charissa
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Very nice images, exposure is spot on, love the vibrant colors. Which drone did u use?
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PandaFlyingcat
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Charissa Posted at 2018-7-26 09:18
Very nice images, exposure is spot on, love the vibrant colors. Which drone did u use?

uuuhm this was a P4A plus.
about 3 months ago. i have alot 4k night flight videos i need to finish work on...
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PandaFlyingcat Posted at 2018-7-26 10:37
uuuhm this was a P4A plus.
about 3 months ago. i have alot 4k night flight videos i need to finish work on...

Well what are you waiting for?

I need or want to see your wonderful videos. These pics are stupendous.
Really wonderful work you did there...


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Awesome captures!  Could you give more info like drone used, camera settings, etc?  Thanks!
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PandaFlyingcat
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djiuser_7PDwRJbRO9JH Posted at 2018-7-26 11:14
Awesome captures!  Could you give more info like drone used, camera settings, etc?  Thanks!

P4A plus
iso 100
shutter ~1/2 sec

for night images you need to be high, stable and shoot 3-6 photos for each scene to make sure you got one which is sharp enough. so from 200 photos you get usually 10-20 better ones. and those you can start work on with lightroom and/or PS. thats it
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Rodger8
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Great color, thanks for sharing
2018-7-27
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Kevin Halle
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Stunning photos!!
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Nice pictures, thanks for sharing !
2018-7-27
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DMX_MT
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Really Incredible Night Photos ! You are the King Buddy !
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Do you shoot these in Manual or Auto ? Would really love to know some info about the Settings.

I Love Night Photography too ! You are so Talents Mate !

Thank you !
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azswift
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Great composition. Thanks for sharing.
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dj_dread
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very nice photos!
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Awesome shots.
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PandaFlyingcat
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DMX_MT Posted at 2018-7-27 06:10
Do you shoot these in Manual or Auto ? Would really love to know some info about the Settings.

I Love Night Photography too ! You are so Talents Mate !

hey,
everything at night should be shot in manual. always do RAW.
iso as low as possible. (not over iso200 but mostly shoot in 100)
whitebalance i also choose myself and try put it cold enough so the sky have a tiny blue shimmer in it but the ground is still not too cold.
in a bright megacity like shenzhen with all the LED lights you dont need very long exposure. usually aroun 1/2 sec.
fly high to reduce motion from the ground and do 4-6 photos for each shot. increasing the chance you have one which is sharp because most photos will be blurry and go right to the trash later.

multi exposure is helpful too if you have extreme bright spots with low areas like on my second photo. but you need a good software later to align the photos in post.

thats it. happy flying
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PandaFlyingcat Posted at 2018-7-27 09:49
hey,
everything at night should be shot in manual. always do RAW.
iso as low as possible. (not over iso200 but mostly shoot in 100)

Really Thank You for this Information !

I just printed you comment to keep in my Notebook.

Obviously with the Spark I cannot shoot Raw, but will try it later on this year with my Mavic PP.

I will do Multiple Shots are you told me. Should I use also Auto Exposure Bracketing please (AEB) Please ?

Thanks so much for all this Help ! So Much Obligated !

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PandaFlyingcat
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DMX_MT Posted at 2018-7-27 10:25
Really Thank You for this Information !

I just printed you comment to keep in my Notebook.

naaah forget the auto exposure braketing first if you never try that before. spark is unable to do good night shots. mavic should do the trick.
f2.8 (or whatever lowest possible in mavic)
iso 100
adjust exposure time so you end up something like -0.7 (slightly underexposured photo)
in a bright city you end up somewhere around 1/2 sec.
in darker enviroments it can go up to 2 sec.
dont worry about the very long time. just fly high. 300m+ will do.
shoot in RAW and make some photos from same spot. be sure you let go all controls for like 10 seconds so the drone can get stable and gimbal isnt move anymore.
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show me some results in your post later. cheers
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STRIDE8
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Great pictures with great colors
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Really nice photos!
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PandaFlyingcat Posted at 2018-7-27 10:34
naaah forget the auto exposure braketing first if you never try that before. spark is unable to do good night shots. mavic should do the trick.
f2.8 (or whatever lowest possible in mavic)
iso 100


Thank you so much PFC !

You are the King of Night Photography ! So Obligated to You Mate !


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woowww so amazing photos took......
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very nice shot
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Top job PandaFc. Really makes you want to go out and give night shooting a go.
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PandaFlyingcat
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sky wombat Posted at 2018-7-27 23:27
Top job PandaFc. Really makes you want to go out and give night shooting a go.

cheers mate, off you go then! post results later
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RcMuSic
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Amazing!!
Looking forward to see your videos.
Lucky you people that can take night photos over cities
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PandaFlyingcat
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why? you can not?
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PandaFlyingcat Posted at 2018-7-27 23:34
cheers mate, off you go then! post results later

Here you go Panda. That's as good as it gets here as no night lights anywhere
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PandaFlyingcat
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sky wombat Posted at 2018-7-28 00:38
Here you go Panda. That's as good as it gets here as no night lights anywhere [view_image]

well. thats a start. at least everything looks sharp. now go out to find a brighter city. oooor you wake up at 5 morning and try get the blue hour between night and sunrise.
any way you can get up to 400 meter or so? even with no lights you should be able to see a bit more.

cheers mate°
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Abdul Baset
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Superb.. Very Nice
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Very nice
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The colors are great
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Super nice
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Is it hard to take those pics
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HenryHM
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Amazing!! unfortunately we are not allowed to fly above 120m or at night in Australia
2018-7-28
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very great shot  
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