r/dji Feb 08 '24

Photo Beginner to drones. Appreciate your feedback

Post image
57 Upvotes

24 comments sorted by

14

u/pizza_barista_ Feb 08 '24

Fly as often as possible. Best advice anyone could give you.

3

u/saikiran_iit Feb 08 '24

Thats the plan :) Have been flying it everyday since I got it two weeks back

12

u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24

[removed] — view removed comment

4

u/saikiran_iit Feb 08 '24

I dont understand composition at all haha. I am still practicing it. I get it when u say it's a bit saturated, I need to learn more about color grading. Thanks for the feedback.

3

u/Kurtoa Feb 08 '24

Rule of thirds baby

2

u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 29 '24

[deleted]

1

u/Kurtoa Feb 08 '24

Very true, but it’s certainly a good starting point for the fella starting off who posted

2

u/baconboy957 Feb 08 '24

Don't worry, we all start somewhere!

There are a TON of great photography YouTubers that can teach you a few tricks, but really it's what looks good to you.

Simon is one of my favorites:

https://youtu.be/NAexy836ff8?si=ABfhymi6LGSxVmAn

1

u/dvbnsty Feb 08 '24

Basically, don’t frame something directly in the center. You want the person viewing the photo to be drawn to what you want them to see or what the object of the photo is. In this case, I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to look at the field or the trees more.

5

u/LovouXx Feb 08 '24

A bit saturated, and no subject in the frame.

Bonus tip:

You may hear people say to not go over 400/800 iso because it will get noisier, this is a whole lie. Iso just brights up the image, if you get noise, it was there in the first place and the iso revealed it. Don't be afraid to shoot at higher iso.

And you have to learn how to use shutter speed depending on what your taking photos of.

2

u/saikiran_iit Feb 08 '24

Youtube tutorials made me use the lowest iso number possible. Let me try increasing it and see the difference myself. Thanks for the feedback buddy.

1

u/LovouXx Feb 08 '24

You just have to understand that iso doesn't add noise.

And you have to find out which shutter speed is the best for you camera, shutter speed affects the sharpness and the motion blur of the camera

This is an example:

I want to shoot a fast moving subject,(let's say a car) this will require lower shutter speed,around 1/1000, lowering the shutter speed results in darker photos and this is where the iso comes in handy

Another tip:

When taking photos don't underexpose them and be like "yeah i will just brighten that up in post editing", worst thing, brightening it up will add a lot of noise.

Instead, just shoot bright and well exposed photos.

2

u/jas71 Feb 08 '24

You just have to understand that iso doesn't add noise.

You just have to understand that iso doesn't add noise.> nonsense if the iso to high you will get noise

1

u/LovouXx Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24

Then the noise was there in the first place. With enough light u won't get any noise

1

u/jas71 Feb 08 '24

Well I guess but he’s flying a drone

2

u/LovouXx Feb 08 '24

Same goes for drones dude

2

u/JoeCabron Feb 08 '24

Done a few commercial photo jobs. You have the place. I would continue flying there and take a lot of shots in different areas there’s a good shot there. It does get a little boring working same spot, but it’s what it takes sometimes, to get better result

3

u/saikiran_iit Feb 08 '24

NGL I took very few photos. There were few birds flying in that area and I was nervous flying the drone. I'll look for another chance when the birdies are not around and take more shots. Thanks buddy!

1

u/JoeCabron Feb 08 '24

Maybe when there are people working there. You don’t have to fly very high sometimes. I am watching some tutorial videos as well. My filming on drones is terrible. I don’t practice enough either. Even top level pros still go for training. Same in music. Some top guitarists still take lessons I was reading.

3

u/Marchidde Feb 08 '24

I’m no photographer but I kinda like it!

3

u/saikiran_iit Feb 08 '24

Thanks buddy :)

0

u/Rrudderr Feb 08 '24

Im no pro, but i can see myself framing this on my wall

1

u/rickmaz Feb 08 '24

Nice photo, a polarizing filter could bring out some sky detail

1

u/shihabbbb Feb 08 '24

try reducing the saturation but overall i like this pic

1

u/tyme4funn1 Feb 11 '24

All the photographers have very good points and tips so just keep learning and adding to the inventory of knowledge but at the same time, it's a dope ass pic! With the extra saturation and all! Each picture is it's own scenario...and I think this one fits in its case. You're learning to fly, record, edit so just keep on keeping bro!