The Gorge (Version 2) - A Visual Drone Symphony - 4K DJI AVATA1

Every once in a while we get an opportunity, to explore something new, to do something different, or to go somewhere new and untouched, for a drone flyer the River Coe Gorge in Glencoe is one of those places...
The river cascades down into Glencoe from high above, most people only see it on either side of the tight space of the mountain pass - apart that is from the popular 'Meeting of 3 waters' waterfall just off the A82 road, with its busy parking spot for visitors to stop, gawk and photograph themselves with the falls...
Yet, just beneath the car park the road passes through a tight gorge, with the river running to one side and below it. On a past trip to Glencoe, I spotted the river gorge and I thought to myself that it would be good to explore it by drone - but at that time I didn't have anything suitable or capable of getting in close, so I had to content myself with a higher level view, away from the obstacles and also from the beauty within the gorge itself.
This time we came prepared, with our AVATA and a fair bit of practice under my belt I was ready to explore the gorge - whether I would be successful, or even get the drone back was open for debate - to lose signal in such a tight space with trees above would perhaps have spelled disaster, but faint heart never won the day!
So with heart in mouth and a well-prepared and positioned spotter - thanks hubby - I sent it out to try and capture the River Coe gorge from near the waterfall; to my amazement, the view was even more awesome than I could ever have anticipated and the footage perhaps some of my best yet captured...
The footage was captured on a single flight down the gorge and back up, there was no pre-recording exploration, just the single moment of flying and discovery.
This version - inspired by the 4 movements of a musical symphony - is all run at normal speed and frame rate - 60fps - which gives a slightly shorter video and a truer reflection of the actual flight...
Anyhows, I hope you enjoy exploring the River Coe Gorge with me via our AVATA...
Drones - 'Demon Midge' - DJI AVATA
Edited using - DaVinci Resolve 18
Music - SergePavkinMusic - Close To The Sun - pixabay.com/mu...
#albiondrones

[@timothystravels8492]

Very hypnotic! ❤

[@albiondrones]

Thanks, yeah, hadnt thought of that aspect...

[@ladyintheskyuk]

This is just incredibly beautiful, Suzanne. Stunning 😍 ❤

[@albiondrones]

Thank you Yvonne...

[@DocColVideo]

Just gets better and better and better, Suzanne. Love your low flying through the gorge...... its not always about height and slow orbits! Awsome. 👌

[@albiondrones]

Thanks Colin... Yeah, sometimes closer is better... scarey though ;)

[@DocColVideo]

@@albiondrones I bet! 😆

[@mrshawnwilliams1]

Oh thats fantastic ❤

[@albiondrones]

Thank you...

[@a2tomm]

lovin it ,it looks really old

[@albiondrones]

Thabks... yeah needs a few Jurassic Park Dino's down there - or so my hubby says :)

[@SimonsDroneChannel]

Looks a beautiful place. Fantastic video.

[@albiondrones]

Thank you...

[@DroneShowLive]

Amazing work as always ❤❤❤

[@albiondrones]

Thanks Tony..

[@gerardmcglinchey5779]

Great video well done

[@albiondrones]

Thank you, appreciate the watch and comment :)

[@stillightdronephotography]

Fantastic footage, well done.

[@albiondrones]

Thank you...

[@jaybee2786]

i call the water fall the wedding dress as it looks like one

[@albiondrones]

I can see that :)

[@DroneBiker]

Very nice Sue, beautiful place.🤩 Looks like the avata struggles from time to time with the highlights of the (gray) sky. Can't you lock the EV on the sky and then in edit pull up the midtones and shadows to avoid blow outs. It's how I do it and it works very well ( sometimes I do forget to lock the EV but i blame it on age 😛)

[@albiondrones]

Thanks Patrick, I havent tried messing with the exposure on the AVATA, just leave it in auto and then work on it in PP.. I had noticed the blowouts and tried to add a graduated filter in Resolvem but only so much I can do, I may have to invest in some ND filters for it...

[@DroneBiker]

@@albiondrones Personally I like more playing with the exposure. Sometimes I use a ND but even on the suniest day not more the a ND16, just to have that little extra motion blur. The other filters I find them lost money, I had them all on my old mavic pro and it wasn't the result like I hoped to so I stopped buying them. Only a little set of plain ND's will do. It a shame we live so far apart, otherwise on a winters eve we would come together with a few just to learn from eachother in editing.

[@albiondrones]

Agreed, we could learn from one another... when we move to cotland you will have to come and visit, and we shall talk drones and fly the scenery...

[@DroneBiker]

@@albiondrones ❤🤗❤

[@albiondrones]

@@DroneBiker one ay matey, one day...

[@stunningdrone]

Great video 💪💪💪

[@albiondrones]

Thank you, why do you think so?

[@stunningdrone]

@@albiondrones Smooth flying (controlled speed) A lot of people won't fly over water. Music syncs with flow of video and kept me wanting more. 👏👏

[@albiondrones]

@@stunningdrone thank you kindly... yeah water can be problematic, but the footage is soo worth it... music is something I consider important, and editing to the music makes perfect sense to me... Appreciate you expanding on it...

[@stunningdrone]

@@albiondrones You're Welcome

[@albiondrones]

@@stunningdrone 😍

[@mrshawnwilliams1]

What's the music 🎶 please its brilliant

[@albiondrones]

Thanks you, the music used is always listed and linked in the info panel, this one is by SergePavkinMusic - Close To The Sun - pixabay.com/music/corporate-c...