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Brought my drone along for the first day of skiing Mt. Pilchuck this year. The snow is going fast and was a bit slushy/mushy but we still had fun. These frame grabs aren't perfectly sharp because I was using a 32 ND filter for the video.

The Skagit Valley tulip fields are a big tourist draw this time of year. We just did a quick stop at one field on our way to dinner at Nell Thorn's in La Connor (highly recommended). I've shot them many times from the ground so I took my drone up for a quick look.

Lk-Stevens-Sunrise-4.819-05-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Apr 9, 2019 at 2:03 PM Drone view east from above my house. Click for larger gallery image.

Not much to see from my house but the drone view was pretty nice.

I've been getting up and over to a different side of the lake to fly the drone and capture the sunrise. This is from 3/11/19.

Nice little winter hike to a nearby mountain lake. I've deleted the original video I posted after following Jim's advice. Here is the edit. Open full screen to view full HD. "

I've already posted a short video I shot of myself back-country skiing at Stevens Pass, WA. Here are a couple of frame grabs from the DJI Mavic 2 Pro.

I'm cross posting this active track video I shot of myself skiing here and video.

I couldn't find a partner yesterday, and was sorry to worry my wife, but had to hit the blue-bird day with cold temps and recent bit of powder. Avy danger was low and I went to one of my old favorites that isn't far back. My first day using the drone to shoot skiing, which is one of the main...

Didn't look spectacular from my house this morning, but it only takes a couple minutes to get the drone up a few hundred feet to see the big view. Drone-Sunrise-2.16.19-105-Pano-4k-2 by Jim Dockery posted Feb 16, 2019 at 9:39 AM

The mountains are hidden beneath the clouds. Drone view from my house in Lake Stevens. Snow-drone-sunset-2.5.19-15-Pano-b by Jim Dockery posted Feb 5, 2019 at 5:20 PM Click twice for larger gallery view

We were blessed with a rare snowfall at my house last night. Unlike the rest of the country, where long term cold and ice take a toll, we revel in our few days of beauty. School is canceled, roads don't get plowed (we don't need em much here in the lowlands so we don't have a lot of plows), and...

Their seems to be a few of us with drones, others who might be interested, and some who are opposed to their use. Let us know where you stand.

I started off trying to shoot some video flying along the creek into the sun, but got too much glare, so I went up for a look down.

As I mentioned in another post while I was shooting Saturday evening at Little Corona in Corona Del Mar California, there was this guy flying his drone right in front of me for most of the duration of the sunset. Besides the constant buzzing and the occasional flying the drone within 10 feet of...

The light on the golden tree at the river's bend attracted me to this spot in the first place. I worked many angles looking for compositions (the boon & bane of droning), this was my favorite. Mavic Pro 2 It seems a few members have or are getting drones. Hopefully some of you will start...

I posted a larger pano taken the same morning, this was a bit later. DJI Mavic Pro 2

Took the drone up for a looksee for sunrise this morning. Didn't appear too exciting from my front yard, but once I was a couple hundred feet up this opened up! Click through for a larger gallery version. Drone-Sunrise-12.3.18-16-Pano-hd by Jim Dockery posted Dec 3, 2018 at 9:35 AM DJI MP2, 8...