Mark The Droner Posted at 11-13 17:15
Quite a few years ago there was a Phantom pilot who used to post on PP occasionally - she was in Alaska.  She insisted she has flown many times in temps in the -15 F range.   That's cold!  

OTOH, I haven't seen her posts lately.  I wonder why?  

i am so impressed not only did you have fantastic control getting that bird through the trees but you are flying in a full snow storm ! i take my hat off to a superior flyer

jbj220 Posted at 11-14 04:39
ISO: 100 / f2.8 / 1/15sec.

does the camera struggle with snow and over exposure ? and do you use a nd filter or maybe a poloriser to cut the glare from snowy surfaces?

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-13 19:25
Gorgeous snap of your environment, Beautifully rendered and displayed.

Thanks a lot for sharing your work with the forum folk.

some amazing video that are coming to the forum! not often we get  agood covering of snow here in the uk especially on lower ground ? some amazing shots of different places ! some serious talented flyers on here

DAFlys Posted at 11-14 00:36
thanks mockingbird_71.

dont mention it as its a pleasure to see what you guys are posting

Montfrooij Posted at 11-14 05:27
Gheghegheghe.

i take that as a no then ! lol ive seen some of your videos my good friend and they are amazing

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 15:01
your as hard as nails my good friend i go into shutdown where theres lots of snow and cold weather

It can chill you, to the bone.

Yeah, but it always becomes doable. Layering... ;-)



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mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 15:08
some amazing video that are coming to the forum! not often we get  agood covering of snow here in the uk especially on lower ground ? some amazing shots of different places ! some serious talented flyers on here

Yes, the evidence is there. Haha



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RedHotPoker Posted at 11-14 15:20
It can chill you, to the bone.

Yeah, but it always becomes doable. Layering... ;-)

ive always wanted to head off grid into alaska then thought better of it

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-14 15:21
Yes, the evidence is there. Haha

Indeed you are right my good friend

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 15:23
ive always wanted to head off grid into alaska then thought better of it

Go for it... you’ll benefit. ;-)



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mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 14:54
really nice images of the power line inspection ! and sure you said for a minute you where in california! have they ever had snow on the coast lol

On very rare occasions it has snowed on the beach. But of course, it doesn't stay long.
I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They are quite majestic.
I didn't post process those pics at all they could be enhanced. I kinda like the contrast.

There used to be a fellow here from Grise Fiord.
His name was jeffrey qaunaq
There the average yearly temperature is −16.5 °C
He flew all the time, even in the 'winter'

Haven't seen him around lately.

Rigworker Posted at 11-14 19:08
There used to be a fellow here from Grise Fiord.
His name was jeffrey qaunaq
There the average yearly temperature is −16.5 °C

He’s been away from the forum, mostly all this past year.
His input has been missed. Much like you, yours, :-)


It's going to be another wonderful season...


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Winter is coming soon here, a very hard winter (here temperatures of up to 15 below zero are reached)

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 15:13
i take that as a no then ! lol  ive seen some of your videos my good friend and they are amazing

Thanks for that!
Nope snow is very rare here in NL.
Sea climate.

Nebuchadnezzar Posted at 11-15 00:05
Winter is coming soon here, a very hard winter (here temperatures of up to 15 below zero are reached)

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Absolutely stunning photos ! Just like a picture postcard

Montfrooij Posted at 11-15 01:26
Thanks for that!
Nope snow is very rare here in NL.
Sea climate.

No problem at all ! Brilliant to see all the fantastic pics and videos on the thread

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-15 03:08
No problem at all ! Brilliant to see all the fantastic pics and videos on the thread

Thanks again
That is one of the things I like about this forum.
Inspiration!

Nice to see others embrace the ice man...




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mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 15:05
does the camera struggle with snow and over exposure ? and do you use a nd filter or maybe a poloriser to cut the glare from snowy surfaces?

No exposure problems, use manual exposure only, I do not use nd filter in low light, and I only use polarizer during fall color.

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-14 14:55
wonderful video buddy lovely clarity too ? you live here ? looks like a place that has big spiders and snakes that rattle lol what altitude where you at if you dont mind me asking ! almost looks like your in a helicopter

Thank you and Yes sir, that’s a flight from my driveway. And yes theirs lots of all those things you mentioned. If it doesn’t sting you, prick you, bite you or kill you it doesn’t live here. I typically fly at about 350 feet AGL which can get you to the limits of the altitude at 1600 feet on this flight rather quickly. Even though legal you can’t make it to the top of the high peaks. I wish they’d didn’t have that limit in place as lots of legal flying could be done here at well about 1600 feet from where you took off. Thanks again, have a great weekend !

Montfrooij Posted at 11-15 03:09
Thanks again
That is one of the things I like about this forum.
Inspiration!

Inspiration is reciprocal unfortunately there are a few that dont inspire me who will not get a word response from me.

Archangel3356 Posted at 11-15 07:22
Thank you and Yes sir, that’s a flight from my driveway. And yes theirs lots of all those things you mentioned. If it doesn’t sting you, prick you, bite you or kill you it doesn’t live here. I typically fly at about 350 feet AGL which can get you to the limits of the altitude at 1600 feet on this flight rather quickly. Even though legal you can’t make it to the top of the high peaks. I wish they’d didn’t have that limit in place as lots of legal flying could be done here at well about 1600 feet from where you took off. Thanks again, have a great weekend !

I am summising your in the usa? so i take it you have a 400 feet limmit like we do in the uk ? or out in the wilderness you can fly as high as the bird will go?

jbj220 Posted at 11-15 05:11
No exposure problems, use manual exposure only, I do not use nd filter in low light, and I only use polarizer during fall color.

Makes a lot of sense and whilst i do use auto exposure i tend to use spot exposure somewhere between the horizon and the ground so it picks up the detail and the cloud formations in the sky!

as ive said before i love landscape or sea but i love water too sea lake or reservoir like the one below. Which incidently is not a winter video showing the level of exposure i try to get.

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-15 15:01
I am summising your in the usa? so i take it you have a 400 feet limmit like we do in the uk ? or out in the wilderness you can fly as high as the bird will go?

Yes sir in Arizona. Same here as the UK, 400 AGL is the max legal altitude we can fly.

Mogollon Rim - North Eastern Arizona Mountains Jan 4 2019

Sick Dawg Posted at 11-16 09:01
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Looks like an awesome spot to fly Sick Dawg !  Got to love Arizona.

Thanks.
Heber/Overgaard, nothing ever changes except the seasons.

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-15 14:59
Inspiration is reciprocal unfortunately there are a few that dont inspire me who will not get a word response from me.

True.
There is usually something to learn in every video.

Sick Dawg Posted at 11-16 09:01
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Absolutely wonderful pictures thank you for sharing

Montfrooij Posted at 11-16 10:58
True.
There is usually something to learn in every video.

Totally agree

I fly more when its cooler, i hate leaving my dogs at home too long on their own so i rarely go out for long during summer months so that includes no droning the majority of the time, anything under about 20C and its fair game but as a rule, i am out about 75% more from Autumn Through til mid Spring and i still cant fly for :poop: oh, its not FB ;)  PS, i will never manage my pfco, i have practised the figure 8 many times and still lose it, normally on the cross over and emergency gps mode initiated lol

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-13 15:12
I won’t post YouTube videos because I don’t like Google...

Yes winter is bitter here. But somehow we seem to survive it, year after year.

Over here survival very much depends. Not just about the usual stuff like, age, health and location.  Often we hear from the likes of train companies that it is the wrong type of snow, or we didnt expect snow (in the winter) so that why the trains were delayed, cancelled or crashed. Where you live RHP no doubt all the providers expect snow and cold temperatures and are ready for it.
Of course we have the same problems in autumn, "wrong sort of leaves on the line" and of course summer "Phew, what a scorcher, our rails are bent"

embayweather Posted at 11-17 05:17
Over here survival very much depends. Not just about the usual stuff like, age, health and location.  Often we hear from the likes of train companies that it is the wrong type of snow, or we didnt expect snow (in the winter) so that why the trains were delayed, cancelled or crashed. Where you live RHP no doubt all the providers expect snow and cold temperatures and are ready for it.
Of course we have the same problems in autumn, "wrong sort of leaves on the line" and of course summer "Phew, what a scorcher, our rails are bent"

You just need to grin, grit your teeth, and bare it. Hahaha


It’s only a season. You know how much I love seasoning... grin




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embayweather Posted at 11-17 05:17
Over here survival very much depends. Not just about the usual stuff like, age, health and location.  Often we hear from the likes of train companies that it is the wrong type of snow, or we didnt expect snow (in the winter) so that why the trains were delayed, cancelled or crashed. Where you live RHP no doubt all the providers expect snow and cold temperatures and are ready for it.
Of course we have the same problems in autumn, "wrong sort of leaves on the line" and of course summer "Phew, what a scorcher, our rails are bent"

Tis a good point, harsher climates are prepared as the more extremes are expected, where as here in the UK, our 1st sign that the UK Winter is going to be a warm one is when this is published
UK heavy snow alert: Britain faces COLDEST winter in decades - long-range weather forecast
As seen every single year, just the wording slightly changes and its always the same drivvle from the same reporter, odds favour him to be right at least once in his career, so if he keeps writing it every year, one year he will be right.



Even Scotland is more prepared than England because its more likely than not to be a cold winter...
I myself prefer to fly when its snowed, the scenery is more favourable, Autumn is another fave but its wasted around here as the forest is a nfz as professed by the National Forest...

mockingbird_71 Posted at 11-16 16:03
Totally agree

One of many things I like about this forum

Lovely pics  !

Archangel3356 Posted at 11-14 05:27
Yes it is Mockingbird. If your ever in the area shout me up and I’ll be happy to show you some great places to fly. Here’s a quick example of just flying from my driveway. Couldn’t ask for a better place to live. https://youtu.be/0ul4v61UNhw

NIce bit of Video - sharp as !  

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-17 13:23
You just need to grin, grit your teeth, and bare it. Hahaha

Not going to bare anything this winter it would frighten everyone and its too cold.

embayweather Posted at 11-18 04:51
Not going to bare anything this winter it would frighten everyone and its too cold.

Hahaha, no clothing optional beaches for you?




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