I filmed this video a few days ago - my first flight in a big city! Thanks to the fact that big cities tend to host large international airports, it's no surprise that it's tricky to find a place to fly a drone. However, there are gaps to found between no fly zones, and that's what I found here.

I love flying in wild and rural places with their immense natural beauty, but it was undeniably exciting to fly in such a complex moving environment as the city. Rowing teams on the river, trains, jet boats, trains, and sea lions (see if you can spot him swimming by the bridge!) made for a spectacular afternoon flight. This was another situation where where the zoom on the Mavic 2 Zoom was immensely useful, since it allowed me to safely get close up footage of all this cool stuff!

Hi and good day Illuminations. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video from Portland. You did a great job and thank you for your support.

Excellent video

DJI Stephen Posted at 1-7 12:17
Hi and good day Illuminations. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video from Portland. You did a great job and thank you for your support.

Thanks Stephen!

Cool video! Nice sub!!! Do you know anything about it? Looks like its in private hands.

Illuminations Posted at 1-7 15:09
Thanks Stephen!

You are very much welcome Illuminations. Have a safe and happy flying always.

BHProductions Posted at 1-7 15:18
Cool video! Nice sub!!! Do you know anything about it? Looks like its in private hands.

Thanks, the Sub is actually owned by OMSI (Oregon Museum of Industry and Science) and is open to the public. Both the Sub and the Museum are a lot of fun to visit! Right now OMSI is hosting the King Tut exhibit.

Another great video of my city

Nicely done

Illuminations Posted at 1-7 16:49
Thanks, the Sub is actually owned by OMSI (Oregon Museum of Industry and Science) and is open to the public. Both the Sub and the Museum are a lot of fun to visit! Right now OMSI is hosting the King Tut exhibit.

Cool! Thanks for the info!

Great video, it looks really nice

Woe Posted at 1-7 19:06
Another great video of my city

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 1-8 10:50
Thank you!

Do you live here or just visiting

Woe Posted at 1-8 10:53
Do you live here or just visiting

I live about an hours drive North in Washington - don't spend much time in cities, but when I do it's usually Portland I head to! The traffic may be bad, but it's not the nightmare that is driving anywhere near Seattle.......

BHProductions Posted at 1-7 15:18
Cool video! Nice sub!!! Do you know anything about it? Looks like its in private hands.

More info here. USS Blueback

I got some cool shots of it when I was in Portland.  

I've also put together a photo gallery on my blog: https://illuminationsfromtheatti ... set-in-city-of.html

Lobstah Mobstah Posted at 1-8 11:45
More info here. USS Blueback

I got some cool shots of it when I was in Portland.

Thanks for the link Lobstah

Whow, Excellent footage, loved the Sub, will definatley check out that link.

ShermanFlyer Posted at 1-8 15:46
Whow, Excellent footage, loved the Sub, will definatley check out that link.

Thank you!

Cool, thanks for sharing!

Very nice video!

Cool, thanks for sharing!

Montfrooij Posted at 1-11 05:17
Very nice video!

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 1-13 18:55
Thank you!

You're welcome!

CharlieZ Posted at 1-11 16:28
Cool, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for watching!

Great footage! I think it was great to incorporate the mavic 2 zooms capabilities in this video! I love see what other people make in this city!

AlphaFlightNW Posted at 1-25 23:52
Great footage! I think it was great to incorporate the mavic 2 zooms capabilities in this video! I love see what other people make in this city!

Thank you, the zoom capability was absolutely essential for this video.