Tag: aerial - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: aerial

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z625R9eljIc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Congratulations to DJI and FLIR for the announcement of the Zenmuse XT Thermal Camera! I’ve been waiting for this particular collaboration to bear fruit for a long time, and it’s super exiting to see it come to life. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

A couple days ago, some fisherman drove their boat onto the reef in Honolulu. I flew it today with a DJI Phantom 3 to take some aerial images and to try to generate a 3D model of the boat. The aerial images are informative, and could be used to tell whether the boat is sitting ...

I can’t believe how easy it is to whip up a website using Squarespace—have been a fan of the service for years. I just put up a website for my new book at aerialphotographybook.com. Check it out! 🙂

Colorado 360º Spherical Panorama, Inspire 1 Pro, Zenmuse X5

One morning, Thomas O’Brien and I drove to Little Annie’s Basin outside of Aspen, Colorado, to wait for the sun to come up and illuminate the valley. I flew a DJI Inspire 1 Pro and Zenmuze X5 camera w/Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens out a bit and shot a 48-image, 360º, spherical panorama, which I processed ...

As a California boy, I have really never seen proper fall colors (I’m told we don’t have seasons). Last week, I decided that I should probably see fall colors at some point, so now I’m in Aspen shooting fall colors from both land and air. I’ve always loved the top-down perspective from low altitudes because they ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KzA5ZWKlr0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I spent part of the day hanging out at 16th Street Station in Oakland with a few mapping people from Autodesk, 3DR, Leica, and others, and it was a great opportunity to capture some mapping source data using a DJI Inspire 1 and prototype DJI Zenmuse X5 Micro Four Thirds camera.  In typical fashion, ...

Last week, I went to Thomas Fogarty Winery to do some aerial mapping with a beta DJI Zenmuse X5 Micro Four Thirds camera (and DJI MFT 15mm f/1.7 ASPH prime lens). I flew the map manually, taking about 600 pictures (both nadir and oblique), and Antoine and the folks at Pix4D were nice enough to do ...

Here’s the full version of the DJI Inspire 1 beach flight with Feiyu Tech rear gimbal (side by side, with Inspire view). The gimbal is a Feiyu Tech FY-WG 3-Axis wearable gimbal for GoPro, and I’m using a GoPro HERO4 Black to record the rear video. I’ve mounted it to the Inspire 1 using a ...

DJI​ Inspire 1 flying aggressively at the beach with a Feiyu Tech FY-WG 3-Axis Wearable Gimbal for GoPro​ attached to the rear via curved GoPro mount. Shot with GoPro HERO4 Black. Footage taken during the lynda.com​ documentary shoot with (Santa Cruz) Flight Club. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)