My rantings
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Sul
A stroll by the estuary of the Sado river on a bright morning. Lots of birds and a eerie landscape. You can checkout the photo on Flickr.
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Palmela Castle, early history
Did a small video about the early history of Palmela Castle with drone’s eye views of the castle.
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Bird Stalking
While walking around the house I heard little birds chirps. First I looked up searching for a nest only to realize that the chirps came from a hole in the tree, almost at eye level. So I started to place a camera filming the entrance to the nest and afterward watching the footage speeding it…
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Making a Time Lapse using a DJI Mavic Mini
Did some experiments with the DJI Mavic Mini to capture time lapse footage, this although the drone doesn’t have dedicated time lapse features.
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DJI Mavic Mini firmware update
DJI just released a firmware update for they’re Mavic Mini drone.
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DJI Mavic Mini flight duration test
Made a small test using a fully charged battery on my DJI Mavic Mini to see how long the flight would last.
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DJI Mavic Mini manual control of camera White Balance
DJI released version 1.0.8 of the DJI Fly App. This is the App released by DJI specifically for the DJI Mavic Mini, it runs on the phone that connects to the remote controller. Although there was no official announcement or description on the update information the update added two new features, the ability to manually…
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On the right, Sheep
Just a small experiment on timelapse.Video created form stills using Stopmotion and edited on Kdenlive. Software: Stopmotion: http://linuxstopmotion.org/Kdenlive; https://kdenlive.org/
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Leça do Balio Monastery
Drone’s eye photography of the church of the Leça do Balio Monastery. The monastery dates back at least to the year 1003 but this church was built between 1330 and 1336. At the base of the tower there are some anthropomorphic grave stones that where dugout during renovations. You can see the original on Flickr.
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DJI Mavic Mini Gimbal settings
How to adjust the settings for the DJI Mavic Mini to get the best footage for your videos. Some small changes make a lot of difference.
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