Today I want to experiment with some long exposure photography with a Freewell nd1000 filter on my New Mavic 3 drone which is supposed to be so stable that 8 second exposures are possible!
This should be very interesting experimenting with different exposure times , I have Ozzy with me and will head to Trearddur bay first on the island of Anglesey. Parking next to a small bay I have clambered out onto the rocks and flown the drone just out over the semi submerged rocks out in the bay. the wind is a bit gusty but should be a perfect test with the nd filter. The 10 stop nd filter works exactly the same as on the dslr big camera, blocking light to increase the exposure time to hopefully show wave movement in the image. Although there is not much of a swell as the sea is very calm but there are sufficient waves swirling around the rocks for this experiment.
Here are two images, these show good movement that I wanted, amazingly about 3/4 of the images I shot were sharp!
3.2 seconds f2.8 iso100
Now heading to South Stack lighthouse to have a look around that area. Since Ozzy is with me a walk up and over Holyhead mountain seems a good idea.
He has found water already! lol
Up and over the top of Holyhead Mountain we eventually get a view of the Holyhead Breakwater in the distance.
A bit closer now , and will carry on walking close enough to safely fly the drone out to try the long exposure technique on the sea, which may not actually make much difference as the sea is so calm anyhow.
The drone is up flying with the nd filter on, experimenting with different iso and apperture values the histogram is not really showing the differences and when i check the images in the app after the flight, they all look overexposed, even though there were no highlight warnings on the histogram, very odd!
This is three frames merged into a Vertorama . I don't think the long exposure time made much difference in reality, but its a good test. Using higher iso values seems to be trial and error, needing to check each image in the app to see how the exposure is.
6 seconds f5 iso 200.
Now time to head back to the car and drive down to Newborough for sunset at Llandwyn island. It is about an hour until sunset, and the walk along the beach takes about 20 minutes. This will be good for Ozzy anyhow.
Sitting down on the rocks near the island I have taken a couple images with the low setting sun illuminating the dunes , Ozzy is fetching the ball constantly as i throw it down the beach.
Always love the long shadows in the last 3/4 hour before sunset.
Looking back from the island , the sun is getting quite low now so will not be long before any colour may develop. But it appears most of the cloud has left the area now , so i just hope to get some of the last good light illuminating the rocks and lighthouse.
Happy Spanner!
It is now time to go out and see if any light will be on the lighthouse. There is a glimmer of colour on the horizon above the Snowdonia mountains.
Multi frame panorama
This is what i wanted, the last of the light illuminating the lighthouse.
This is the best of the colour that developed, 5 frames manually shot and merged in photoshop using layer masks.
Time for the long walk back along the beach to the car now
That's the last ball throw Ozzy , off to the chippy now .
The end of a great day on Anglesey ...................
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