{"id":5396,"date":"2017-03-19T23:16:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T04:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2017-03-19T23:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T04:23:48","slug":"going-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5396","title":{"rendered":"Going places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m primarily a video guy, but not when it comes to drone work. Yeah, I can do it, but there would have to be a really unique subject or conditions for me to want to do video seriously with an aerial camera. Drones (I hate that word) are kind of a one trick pony in a way, and to get remarkable drone (I used it again) video one has to do a lot of planning or live in an area that&#8217;s breathtaking without drones (dangit).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/fox_island_DJI_0452-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/fox_island_DJI_0452-6-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"fox_island_DJI_0452-6\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/fox_island_DJI_0452-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/fox_island_DJI_0452-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/fox_island_DJI_0452-6-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>So what do I like to do, you ask?\u00a0 Use the unique ability of being able to position a high quality camera anywhere I want.\u00a0 Sometimes that may be up in the sky, but normally it&#8217;s at an altitude just slightly different from anything you could get without a really tall ladder.\u00a0 Typically I try to keep the effect very subtle, so that the angle catches the subconscious eye as unusual but without making it obvious that I&#8217;m shooting from an aerial camera.\u00a0 Or, in this case, out over the ice that would never support my weight if I tried conventional photo work.\u00a0 It may not look like it, but I was only about a foot or two above the ice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/03\/river_ice_DJI_0462-6_hdr-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>I was hoping for a sunset, and that never really materialized in the typical sense, but there was still some scattered color in the sky to the south.\u00a0 So I worked the area, snapped away a few times, and caught what color there was in the fleeting moments before all went dim.\u00a0 And the best part is, I kept my shoes dry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m primarily a video guy, but not when it comes to drone work. 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