I just did this for the first time yesterday in Laguna. My darkest filter is a ND64. Had to wait until golden hour, but got some great pics. Great video.
Great explanation and demonstration. Love the final shots. Try the Polar Pro ND filter app to easily figure out the filter type needed for current conditions.
Wow, Awesome, My M2P arrived two days ago, getting everything ready for the first flight, I just bought the polar Pro ND8 ND16 ND32. I love long exposure, and that was my main reason buying the M2P. Really digging the adjustable aperture. I have learned so much from your videos. I got into this about 3-4 years ago and got serious 2 years ago. I own a home inspection company in San Diego and use drones for the roofs and other areas I cant see. I've been giving more and more free services like 360 of each room so the buyers have a better idea of decorating and get more excited about their new home. Also, with the drone I look for balance and composition on every shot. Between you and the paid Lynda.com paid courses, it's been a huge passion. Going to New York in a couple of weeks got my waivers set, now drone shots in NYC and Long Island. . Your book is great by the way.... thanks or all you provide/
Aldryn I was just sent a ND1000 filter to test and was doing research to see what settings I should use and found you video. Perfect ! Thank you for taking the time to explain and demonstrate. Great idea to place filters over the lens to check it on the ground !
Great video Aldryn... Now I'm into ND filters thanks to you... Buying the ND8, ND16 and ND32 from PolarPro for now... Soon the ND1000. Love long Exposure photography!
Thanks again Aldryn. I always enjoy your longe exposure videos. Am loving the ND1000 and the fact we don't have to get up early in the morning to beat the light. Keep up the good work👍🏿
Nice tutorial, Aldryn. I have the 256 and 1000 (I ordered custom), and look forward to the opportunity to use them within the next few weeks. Your guidance will help me to get it right, early in the process, and that's invaluable to me! 👍
Great video thanks for sharing. Good instruction and tips. Imagine getting longer exposures in the evening (eg. 8 or 10 secs) with the ND1000. Maybe some traffic shots from above with light streams. I guess with the variable aperture now it opens up a whole new range of photo options, which is fantastic.
Nice information on something you're novice drone videographer doesn't know, like myself. I would like to see a video from you on your thoughts about your basic camera settings on the m2z to fix the problem of it getting to bright when I zoom in?
Great review and testing of the new longer exposer filters from PolarPro! Thanks again for the nice review, BTW, I also use PolarPro's filter APP as a starting point before installing a filter.
wow that is very cool! But i have a question if anyone can answer. In photography you usually adjust aperture depending on how out of focus the background is going to be. Why is it that on the drone you have to stay under 5 aperture for it to be sharpest? wouldnt higher mean everything is more sharper? Lower aperture in photography means background is blurred out. Would imagine it would be the same here.
Can you please do a long exposure tutorial on the mavic air 2? I’m heading down to the beach this weekend and I’m looking to snap some shots like the ones in your video. Thanks nice vid
Hi Flytpath nice video you are the best drone RU-vid I ever watch. I watch all of your Spark series before. I know nothing about drone went I get my spark. I can't speak English but you doing job well very clear instruction in your video. I was planned get Mavic 2 zoom I'm not interested doing drone Job but I want a drone with good quality more professional result. but yeah Nice video, thanks
I've been wondering this too, but the photos look sharp. Maybe when zoomed to 100% they are a little blurry from motion blur. I want to get a set of these and find out.
This was handy to watch as practicing with night time videos at the moment and at my first test all the dark areas were really grainy and not very sharp. Do I need slightly slower shutter speed to get darker darks with less noise?
Have a quick question since I love long exposures too. I´ve bought the ND 1000 from another brand and want to start experimenting. The question is: do you end up with a lot of blurry images since it´s long exposure a little movement will register as well? What´s the shutter speed you feel comfortable with after you find many blurred images.
Great tutorial! Can you use these same settings without the exposure specific filters? I have some ND filters or the stock I would use on the mavic zoom
Really great video! I want to get a set of these for my M2P so I can do some slower shutter speed stuff. It looks from your video that the color cast isn't bad either. One question, why is it that when you held the ND 1000 in front of the camera, making the exposure speed 1 second, that the video of the surf looked normal (I'd think a 1s shutter would result in a slide show effect in video with that filter on). Does the drone raise the ISO for video transmission to keep the video smooth and then lower it back to your setting when you take a photograph?
Hello! I love your work, and I love long exposure photography. I've found that with my Mavic 2 Pro and an ND1000, I can slow the shutter down quite substantially. Question, do you find that an unexpected gust or a slightly breezy day adds unwanted motion blur to stationary things (i.e. rocks)?
No need to "try out" the various filters. Simply count the stops between 1/640 and 1 second. That's turns out to be between 9 and 10 stops. The ND 1000 is 10 stops.
Hi, Just wondering, do you have experience with faking long exposure photos by doing a burst of photos and then use Photoshop to create an average of the set? This way you might not need ND filters at all. Hope it's correct and possible (didn't tried it out yet)
Do you find that your Mavic 2 has problems calibrating the gimbal at startup if it has a polarized filter installed? Mine is OK with regular ND filters but the heavier polarized ones make the gimbal drop and stare at the ground if it is on at startup. After startup I can change to a polarized and it is fine but no luck otherwise.
Cétan Hamilton Sr. The goal is get to a 1-2 second exposure. So you need to switch to manual and dial in your settings to shutter speed 1 sec, iso 100 and adjust fstop. If u can’t achieve those settings, use must use nd filters to get there
I'm shocked that the Mavic can hover THAT still for a 1 second exposure. With SLR photography you're on a tripod and not touching it while the shutter is open. What's your experience with motion blur from drone movement - what would be the shutter speed (slow) limit?
A dark neutral density filter like the ND1000 allows you to slow you shutter speed down significantly. Thus allowing you to do long exposure photography.
I am a DSLR shooter getting into drone photography. The part I can understand is how come the rocks (in example you showed) are sharp? I just can’t comprehend it since the slightest movement should make everything blurry...
FlytPath also if you could help. I’m having just one small issue. The orientation indicator (bottom center screen) seems to turn red on a regular basis, while inflight. Could this be a sign of needed calibration.
i like your intrO FlytPath and the sounds of Dji Mavic very nice videO i buy that mavic 2 prO next year if i have more money i put my monry in piggy🐖bank to buy next year hahaha.. very expensive
