How I Take INCREDIBLE Drone Photos | DJI Mavic 3 Pro
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- How I use the Mavic 3 Pro drone to shoot photos and videos
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You made me think it was Sunday for a moment.
I have the M3P and have been doing a lot of panos with the 70mm, but duh, I didn't realize when doing the panos that you could have as much overlap as you demonstrated. (I have been trying to get each shot lined up perfectly) And I didn't know that Lr would take care of the exposure bracketing and stitching all in one fell swoop, so I learned a lot from you today!
I’ve watched a few of your videos in the past and love your photography. Thanks for doing one that focuses on photography more. I am a landscape photographer and this drone has taken my photography to a whole new level. I can now go back to some favourite locations and get a whole new perspective not to mention getting to a spot that I could never get to physically.
Brilliant bit of kit.
Really enjoy your video and would love to see more of how you put them together etc. 👍🏻
Excellent subject and video! Lots of great info and tips. Thanks!😊
Another great video Nigel! It's nice to see how you use the drone to capture great still photos. Everyone knows the video is great but you've done a great job showing the photo capability. Thanks.
Brilliant Nigel. Thanks for the advice and guidance, really useful. Great instructional style too.
Really interesting and informative. Thanks Nigel
I have been following you for many years and this video is part of the reason why. I recently bought the Mavic 3 Pro and am getting to know it. This video opens so many doors, thanks for all you do.
Thanks for this video. It gives me inspiration for my drone photography
Thanks for your vids, Nigel, you always offer such good stuff. Keep it up 😊
Love your videos and always something new to learn.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
Thanks Nigel, very helpful
Amsolutly love my Mavic 3 both for video AND images. What I didn't know (and thank you) was when making my pano (which is my favourite end result with camera) is the ability to 'stitch' a number of images which are not necessarily on the same plane / level! Must try this on my next hike / photo shoot . Thanks for sharing...
The best video yet for demonstrating the M3P. Nice one Nigel. Ordering mine in June all being well. Would be good if dji can sort that Dlog option on the 7x camera with a firmware update. Cheers for the guidance.
Thank Nigel, really enjoyed this, I love the drone shots and what they are capable of. I'm not sure I'm ready to buy one yet but also learnt about Pano HDR from you today, it's not something I'd done before but will be trying now, thanks.
Thank you Nigel.
I am very happy for your videos on photography. I have seen many of them. You go straight to the point, which is very good for me as an amateur novice photograph.
My wife is giving me a DJI Air 3 for Christmas this year. I look forward having it and starting to use it. I do hope that you will make more videos on use of drone.
Greetings from Norway.
Hey Nigel I love the tips! I am excited to apply some of these tips to my content!
Great video I just ordered the M3P today so very excited to get out there and shoot with it.
Hello Nigel. I never tried Panoramas before with my Mavic Air 2, but your video push me to try this week end in Brittany. It could be a great help for my Drone photography. Thanks a lot for all your videos. I learn something each time ! Take care !
Thanks for this really interesting video, I’m not into drones/video but always wondered what you use.
Hi Nigel, thank you for showing how to use a drone for photography. I have been contemplating the purchase of a drone and this video is a great help.
You are stunning, thank you.🇫🇮🌏😀🌷👍🐘🌴🦜!!!
Great video! I have the Air2S and use it for train videos and photos. Thanks for the tips even though I don’t have that lense but gave me some ideas next time I go out. See you Sunday! 😉
very well said and done. thanks for your time and info. subbed. 😀
Love DJI
Super like amigo!!!
Esse Drone é meu sonho.
Grande abraço do Brazil
pretty cool, great photos! I really need to take mine out, wish I had some cool locations like you do!
A great result Nigel with those focal length options. The end results (both photo and video) from this unit are excellent. I really enjoyed the last demonstration, where you had the camera locked on your position and you "dropped the drone down" where the background is discovered in the movement.
Thanks
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your tech. Just purchased first drone, Air 3. Had no idea this was possible.
Thanks for the guidelines! I use a mini 2 currently. Thinking of upgrading to the mini 3 pro. (Bigger pro models are a bit out of my league as a hobby guy) But these are handy tips! As far as doing bracket shots do you ever do manual brackets and decide your own exposures instead of the camera's brackets?
absolutely love my drone (DJI mimi 3) gives you a whole now world of photography just starting with videos as my old laptop could not cope
can’t wait to get cracking 👍
now that I have seen this video it makes me want a DJI even more!
Great job, mine just arrived this morning can’t wait to get out with it.
I just got the Mavic 3 Pro and have not flown this aircraft yet.
I've been flying the Mini 2 and it's phenomenal, so I know this will blow me away!
Great inspirational video!
Great info I can see me buying one soon as I live in shropshire beautiful county so glad I found you on here only watch your info now
Hi Nigel greetings from Tennessee Smoky Mountains. , Great Stuff. Love it. just subscribed, hope to see more.
What'up!Nigel! thank you. great . 💫
Prima erklärt, kurz und Knackig auf den Punkt gebracht! Fliege selber die M3Pro, habe bis jetzt die ein oder andere Erfahrung gemacht, das es noch viele Möglichkeiten gibt, die ich aber noch nicht kenne - Danke - dafür mit den besten Grüßen von Bergflitzer Foto Dieter 🤗📷📷🎥🎥🚁🚁
❤your red down jacket buddy ❤
Hey awesome video! Got a question for you, I’m a new drone pilot and I had purchased a DJI Avata and I loved it, also love that it displays the H for home on the goggles but I was wondering, is there a way to display the H for home on the RC Pro with my new Mavic 3 Pro in case I lose track of my location? I know I can use RTH but having that H displayed would be awesome!
Hi Nigel, love the channel. I'm just looking into buying my first drone but unfortunately my budget doesn't quite stretch to a mavic 3 pro. I'm not sure how familiar you are with them but i'm trying to choose between the mavic 2 pro and the mavic 3 mini pro. It will mainly be used for photography as I'm going down to Antarctica for the winter. I'm leaning towards the 2 pro because of the larger sensor and presumably the better dynamic range. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks Mark
What would you consider the sharpest aperture and shutter speed on the main lense for landscape photography?
Some mention of 'Explore Mode' and digital zoom would have been good. Also when mentioning Pano there can be an assumption that this makes use of DJI Pano modes as opposed to LR Image stitching. Great pics and location!
Some of those 166mm shots have absolutely incredible looking backgrounds, but they often look almost unreal! So I definitely agree that less is sometimes more.
Anyway, a nice, informative and inspiring video - although of course with your Mavic 3 Pro you've taken the shine off my new Mini 3 Pro slightly 😉
I would only consider the Mavic 3 Classic because I basically only do photography with the drone. I allready have the Air 2S so currently hard to justify the upgrade 😃. Enjoy the Mavic 3 pro Nigel!
Great video as always Nigel, I just have a question, where the h... are you standing at 8:53?
It looks such an epic drone. I’m still using my Mavic 2 Pro after over 4 years now. Batteries are still in good health and so long as you bracket (I also use DXO PureRaw 2 to sharpen as the images can tend to be a little out of focus some times) the images are still great quality. Might wait a few months before upgrading to see what happens with future firmware releases
can confirm on shitty firmware updates.
Hi Nigel - Enjoyed the video. You would appear to be flying from the top of Fleetwith Pike. Have you found the Lake District to be fairly unrestricted with regard to drone flying and are there other National Parks in the UK you would recommend?
hi can you take still photos with the mavic 3 pro using the pro res made for cine , thanks.
Question, what qualifications and licences do you need to fly this drone in the UK?
i'm curious how large of a print are you making, if any? i use a nikon d850 and certainly don't expect the quality to be that good at 60". do you have a way to share full res images of some of your files? or do you know of any site that has sample full res images? thanks for the video. very well done.
Would be interested in getting hold of some bracketed sample shots so I can play with them in Lightroom. Trying to decide which drone to buy...
Can you please make a video for dji mavic 3 pro settings for cinematic video capture
Hi Nigel, thank you for your extremely engaging insite into the Mavic 3 Pro. I have a number of questions to ask.
1. What camera filters and brand have you used with this drone?
2. Do you have experience with the Cine version and therefore would you recommend it?
3. I understand thal all 3 cameras can now utilise Dlog-M. Do you use LUTs ....... any preferences?
4. What is the average flight time for a battery? What quantity of batteries are necessary?
5. Any recommended accessories for this drone?
Thank you once agsin
Alan
Great video. DJI is rumored to have an Air series update very soon so I’m awaiting their options for that level drone to decide what to get. Maybe 2 cameras? I’d like a wide 24 and 70mm.
Wondering how you faired with the Air update?
I bought the Mavic 3 when it came out, having waited for the 2 pro to get an update. I honestly thought "a flying camera" would never get old, but tbh, i've not really used it. I need to get out more
is that buttermere lake you captured?
Hi Nigel, hopefully you see this and can give me a fast reply. Just bought the Mavic 3 pro and will be using it for real estate photography. I´m wondering if you have played around with the aparture much? How much difference does it make with 2,8 compared to 8 for photos?
Lovely video as always. Would prefer to see the drone controller recording larger on screen rather than imposed within a controller. But maybe that’s just me 😊
Great video Nigel. I have a Mavic Air 2s but the 3 Pro is on my wishlist. What are your thoughts on ND filters for drone photography. I use them quite often for longer exposure shots.
I use them for video but haven't tried much for long exposure. What exposure lengths can you get a sharp photo up to?
@Nigel Danson I use them, strangely enough, to photograph lightning. With a longer exposure I might sacrifice some sharpness of the ground but can capture lightning.
Any softness at F2 .8 on the edges
Hi Nigel, great episode and interesting with the perspective of a landscape photographer. Do you find it worthwhile to upgrade the controller to RC Pro from RC? Many thanks!
Yes!
@@NigelDanson Could you be more specific? RC Pro is very expensive; what does it do for you that baseline rC does not?
What a nice video, Nigel :)
(And thank you for pronouncing the 'x' as times, unlike what the majority of photo youtubers say, 'ex', 3ex zoom? What the heck? Just ....uaarrgh! :D )
Anyway, I liked the main topic, and presentation, of the video very much :)
nice he told us what to do , but how to you pano, or take bracket shots on mavic 3?
Would the pano have turned out even better using the 48 megapixels for the pano?
I have my Mavic 3 Pro shipping new. So when using that 70mm 12mp and shooting the multi row 5 bracket shot how many megapixels did it end up being?😊
You can estimate. Suppose you have 50 percent overlap and you shoot three horizontal and three vertical. The middle row and the middle column is really just "glue" in this example; the image will be exactly twice the pixels horizontally and twice vertically, for 4x the number of pixels.
I made a "Little Planet" with a series in a complete circle, tilt the lens, do it again, tilt the lens, do it again and finally one shot straight down.
hi sir, during pano..i notice that you shoot in auto mode....is that correct?
I made a "Little Planet" with a panoramic series in a complete circle, tilt the lens, do it again, tilt the lens, do it again and finally one shot straight down. Assemble it with Stereographic projection and you get a circular image with straight down in the middle. You can also unwrap it and have a wide image that represents the entire 360 degree circle (or any part of it).
Wouldn't it be better to take those panorama photos with a fixed shutter speed, and not auto settings as you took?
Great video! Had the Air3 and returned it because of connection issues but REALLY like that drone. Ordered the Mavic 3 Pro because I want to be able to get great large-print photos but after watching this, I'm wondering if that 3x lens on the Air3 would cut it with your pano technique since it's using the same lens you're using here? Thoughts?
Keen to hear about this also! Wondering if the Air 3 would deliver good quality in large prints rather than buying the Mavic 3 Classic. @jeremiahis did you find any further information on this and the 3x lens?
@@sacha5712 Nah, just got the M3Pro. It’s great.
@@jeremiahis awesome! How are you finding the print quality of the M3pro?
@@sacha5712 I haven't had a chance to do any prints yet but I have a friend who has had great success with it.
How many megabytes was that one shot after you merged all those 65 individual HDR images???
When you use AEB for panoramas do you blend the HDR’s before stitching the panoramas? Thanks!
You can blend both at the same time in LR
@@AlexArmitage Huh. I did not know that. Thanks!
@@DaveKingMusic you’re welcome. Nigel does it in this video!
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Aah…the frog drone….nice
Hi Nigel, how do you find you cope with the regulations on a drone that size? That video was in the middle of nowhere, without any people in that I could see, so not a problem, do you find though that other areas where you could come into conflict with people you just dont' fly? I use a Mini 3 Pro, which avoids most of that nonsense, but I do have aspirations of moving up to an Air 3 or Mavic 3, but just a lttle concerned with the potential pitfalls. Cheers
My first two thoughts were, how loud is the drone and how much did it cost? I have a love/hate relationship with drones. They produce great images you couldn't get otherwise but some I've heard are like an annoying giant buzzing insect. Then there's the price. That's one spendy piece of kit, especially if you want extra batteries. Don't get me wrong. For what you're doing the Mavic 3 Pro looks awesome and I certainly enjoy the videos you produce with it. However, for me anyway, I can't justify the cost. The Mini 3 on the other hand is doable price wise. Plus, having heard one fly recently, it is decently quiet.
yeah, spotlight is great. but if I am not mistaken, it cannot be used with the 7X zoom?
It can.
The limitation of spotlight on the 7x camera is the target must be stationary.
Thanks so much for an excellent video.
I have been out and shooting on my recently purchased Mavic Pro 3. Could you take a look at my picture and tell me what you think as I’m a newbie at landscapes.
Nice video again.The sound werel a tad soft to me.Maybe just by me..but still.
Just picked mine… battery dies fast so gotta get that dialed
Wait how did that panorama work. Sorry complete beginner here. Are you just taking photos at random and then allowing photoshop to automatically stitch them together?
Pretty much that's all there is to it. Ensure some overlap, I typically go for 1/3 overlap so that control points can match them up.
Freeware "Hugin" can do this as well if your budget does not allow for Lightroom.
Nigel, when you took the bracketed shots for the pano, I couldn’t quite see, but it looked like the drone was set on auto…?
Yes the brackets are done automatically (3 or 5)
@@NigelDanson Do you often shoot photos in Auto or just for this example to keep it simple? How did you then know your shutter speed chosen was 1/200 sec?
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They are fantastic tools for photography, particularly when in wide open areas like this. Lots of rules come into play when near buildings, people or roads which limit their usability. Be careful people.
Definitely have to spend a lot of time planning and checking for saftey concerns. Its easy to overlook some things until something bad happens
Any "just" hobbyists willing to comment? What do you use your high end drone for? How often? Do you take on trips? Do your friends and family even care about the video and photos your capture? I'm definitely not a pro so have never pulled the trigger on a purchase. Is this just pure hobby fun for you personally? Seems like a solitary hobby. Thanks for your work on this video. It's great. I've been a hobbyist photographer for 45 years since my first Kodak 110's.
"Any hobbyists willing to comment?"
It is an expensive hobby, one of several expensive hobbies that *sometimes* is useful in a commercial or at least not purely recreational mode; thus I have the Part 107 (USA) license.
It is mostly for photography and quite often the viewership is very limited, sometimes only me. I shoot some events like Scouting events; also some construction photos for my employer. Employer also shoots photos using a drone but is not licensed for the purpose and that may eventually cause some problems.
I also have rather a lot of camera gear and started out I think in the same 110 format and using a Omega D2 enlarger back in the day. Digital cameras especially cellphones pretty much eliminated photography as a profession except for the really high-end demanding stuff. Part of the problem is people are used to cellphone quality photographs and many simply have not seen a spectacular, correctly exposed and dramatically composed photograph.
So I put out quite a few photographs for free in the hopes of elevating the public's sense of aesthetics and what is a good photo. Too many are made with super high contrast, overexposed, totally blown out highlights and no shadow detail; just black. People love it; including my daughter who took a class in high school. To me such photos are awful, not awe-ful.
Then you see Ansel Adam's photo of the Teton Mountains with the Snake River s-curve in the foreground. Oh My Gosh; that one really sets the bar on composition and exposure.
Really enjoying the new range of content. There's only so much viewers can learn from walking into the woods and taking a photo of a tree, however enjoyable or inspiring that may be to watch.
Have you considered a more behind-the-scenes look at one of your days in the field as opposed to the full cinematic B-roll and to-camera presentation pieces? I guess as a 1 (or 2) man band you're necessarily blurring the lines between a full film crew and a behind-the-scenes look, but it would be interesting to get a little more in-depth coverage of the planning, waiting, spontaneous reactions, not finding the conditions or compositions you were hoping for, getting up at 3am, scrambling up the side of a mountain, etc. The process isn't all stunning sunsets, magical forests and a gentle stroll across a ridgeline.
Everybody speaks so highly of this drone, and of course I am curious. But from the specs alone, I should still be good with my old Mavic 2 Zoom. You were using that one too, why should I upgrade ?
Newer drones have less noise in dim or night shooting from larger more light gathering sensors. Sharpness with more detail shown also is better than your drone. Finally, video now has more options of slow motion speed.
I wish DJI would FINALLY include bracketing option with the pano. They know that we want it, but they are simply ignoring us. There should be a setting in pano for bracketing!
Do you see a real difference between the previous drone and this one? except for the extra lenses, just in terms of image quality.
No real difference in image quality of the main camera no.
A bit jealous as you happen to get all the toys that technology can offer (photography). I hope photography will continue to be a great income source for the upcoming photographers. For amateurs like me, we spend money on travel, photo equipment and software, to just carry on in this journey. You should make a video on how monetising the photography can help in keeping up with the changing times, especially after looking at the burst of AI in this arena. Probably people need to know why we still need to take the photos at all. I expect a response on this, to say the least.
Ah, long focal length is revolutionary. lol.
My biggest problem with this drone is the camera sensor in the lenses. You can see quality difference between zoom and the main lens. All of them should have 20mp sensor.
You could always buy a DJI Inspire. Top quality is top expensive.
In the EU it's not a game changer. Due to the EASA policy this drone is nearly unusable regarding 1:1 rule. Even with A2 license there too many restrictions so that you can never play out the qualities of this wonderful drone. I hope for an Mavic 4 with 24mm & 70mm under 900 grams in the C1 class.
Can I get it plz😊
someday AI>DJI for pics 🙃
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Alas, not in the budget. 😥
Just a shame to legally fly the drone you have to be so far away from everything.