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After the incredible sunset Wednesday I kept the drone handy hoping for more. Pretty nice view from above my house this morning. View East - South (Gallery Image) South (Gallery Image) East

Almost missed this sunset down in the basemen at my computer. My wife called me up to see it, I ran down to get the drone, rushed out and got it up to grab this. Skyline L-R: Cascades, Mt. Rainier, Sky Scrapers of Seattle, Olympics, Puget Sound. Lake Stevens below.

Yesterday I posted a color shot taken a bit later when the sunrise color was at it's best. Still gray at this point so a B&W conversion was in order. I think the lone kayak fisherman makes it.

Sunrise looked like it had potential this morning so I drove to the other side of the lake to fly my drone. Nothing spectacular, but a nice view down on a kayaker fishing (tiny dot upper right in the lake). The color only lasted about 10 min., just enough to capture this 4x4 pano before the...

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I haven't flown my drone around home much since returning from the SW a couple weeks ago. Sunrise yesterday looked promising so I drove over to the other side of the lake to take off. In my excitement I forgot to check the ISO, which I have only increased once from the base 100, but the last...

I was sitting at my computer yesterday morning when I looked out the window and saw the sky turning gold. Grabbed the drone and hustled to the back-yard to look around and this is what I found a few hundred feet up. Note Mt. Rainier in the distance. Click through for larger gallery image.

Last week I was first tempted to fly my drone up by this nice thunderhead over the mountains. I really like the glimpse of the mountains beneath the clouds and the veil of rain. I landed and waited a bit before taking off again to look toward Lake Stevens when the color got better. Not my...

The serendipity finding a nice unexpected sunset with my drone a couple days ago got me psyched to fly more. When a few clouds looked a bit promising I figured I might as well take er up again since I can just take off from my backyard and shoot up for a view. When I first looked out the window...

I'm a great believer in serendipity in my photography. I often set out with a plan or goal, but try to stay open to opportunities and go with the flow, which can mean changing the plan and not meeting the original goal. Yesterday afternoon I walked over to our high school play fields to...

Another drone view from above my house, note Mt. Rainier behind. I'd moved this folder off my lap-top into an external drive to make room for more pictures and forgot about it until yesterday. On another note I just sold my first drone shot to a neighbor down at the lake who saw one I posted on...

Due to grey rainy weather I haven't been flying my drone much lately. Sunrise on the 30th was spectacular and there was no wind so I got it out. Mt. Rainier on the left, Olympics on the right. This pano was made with 8 frames, each made with 5 shots in burst mode that are stacked and median...

Looks small from 88 miles away, but still THE MOUNTAIN. Drone Pano from above my house.

The morning fog hid most of the sunrise clouds from my house, but I could see a bit of color developing up high so I launched the drone since it only takes a couple of minutes to deploy. Drone-sunrise-11.13.19-036a-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Nov 13, 2019 at 8:08 AM Click through for large...

I love living in a new view house thanks to my drone (I was standing in my backyard when I shot this yesterday morning).

I drove over to the east side of the lake to catch sunset with the drone a couple days ago. DJI MP2, RAW Pano stitched in ACR

Lake Stevens, Mt. Rainier behind

iPhone 11 Pro testing on Lake Stevens this morning.

Lk-Stevens-Rainbow096-pano-2 by Jim Dockery posted Sep 11, 2019 at 7:05 AM I was hoping for a nice sunset after enjoying the thunderheads over the mountains when my wife and I went for a walk yesterday. From the backyard a while later I noticed a bit of a rainbow, so sent the drone up to check...

Drone view with Olympic mountains in the background.