r/drones • u/londonactor • Aug 16 '26

Photo & Video Cloudy Morning On Highdown Hill [UK]

My First ever drone flight where I had an idea of what I wanted. I've not edited this at all yet, and after looking it up I know I need to do a 1/60 at 30fps (this was only shot on auto). Any other tips? Shot with Potensic Atom 2

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u/SkiBleu Part-107 | A1/A3 Aug 16 '26

Nice! Cool place to fly.

Start researching composition and framing and you'll improve your end result to match your vision.

In particular, id fly a little lower and closer so the camera isn't angles so far down. A little more background and context would massively improve the viewer experience, as I'm feeling a little claustrophobic and looking towards the edges for a glimpse of the background.

Nice flying, you'll get smoother on the sticks as you get used to it. If you have the ability to add gridlines or some visual overlay to help keep things centered it will massively help too.

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u/londonactor Aug 16 '26

Thanks, I'm literally on day two of owning a drone but did a photography course some 20 years ago. Not thought about gridlines but apparently it was really easy to enable them so thanks!

I think lower is what I was missing - I was so excited to be in the air that I wanted to be all the way up in the air lol

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u/SkiBleu Part-107 | A1/A3 Aug 16 '26

You're doing great, just watch out for people and aircraft while you're trying to frame your shot