Week 43 – Oct 20 to Oct 26

Mini 2 – 1/100, f/2.8, ISO 100, CWA Meter Here’s another drone pic. I took this 2 image panorama on Oct 24 at 8:20 am. There was a bit of ground fog present so I got the Mini 2 up in the air to see how things looked. While the fog was a little harder to see at 200+ ft, it did provide a unique look to the photo which was close to sunrise. Does anybody look at this other […]

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Week 42 – Oct 13 to Oct 19

Mini 2 – 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100, CWA Meter As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve done a fair amount of endurance road biking this year. This is a three image panorama of one of our favorite bike trails – the Panhandle Pathway. This photo was taken at 400 ft with my Mini 2 drone after Roxie and I did a 10 mile out and 10 mile back ride (20 miles). The trailhead starts near France Park and ends 22 […]

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Week 41 – Oct 6 to Oct 12

Mini 2 Drone – 1/500, f/2.8, ISO 1600 I’ve been doing a lot of droning lately. With the large fields behind our house, you would think that a Part 107 Operator (FAA licensed remote pilot) would occassionally see a deer or coyote. I have 416 flights totaling over 537 miles, and over 66 hours of flight time. In all that, I have not seen a single animal. One of the areas I like to look is a small clump of […]

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Week 40 – Sept 29 to Oct 5

5D Mk IV – 100mm Macro f/2.8 – 1/125, f/4.0, ISO 800, Eval Meter To be a bit consistently inconsistent, this photo was taken on October 2. Not 2024, but in 2023. I’ve been doing a lot of road biking in Prophetstown State Park and have been seeing a ton of Praying Mantis’s. It occurred to me I could include a shot of one in this project. This fella was captured on our back deck, however.

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Week 39 – Sept 22 to Sept 28

“Popcorn Harvest” DJI Mavic Pro – 1/25, f/2.2, ISO 421, CWA Well it’s that time of year, and this is a drone shot of harvest time. For those that have never seen a popcorn field, here is one for you. The efficiency of the modern combines amazes me. When I, and my beautiful wife, were young, we would have to go ‘glean’ corn in the fields to help offset costs to feed our animals. That would be very hard, almost […]

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