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Eric Cheng

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I’ve been enjoying shooting raw DNG with the DJI Phantom 2 Vision (beta, unavailable to the public). The resulting files have a ton of detail in them. They also show quite a bit of noise, but after noise removal in Adobe Lightroom, they look good for images image captured by a tiny sensor. Many shots from the ...

Bliss Dance, by Marco Cochrane, is a 40’-tall metal sculpture located on the Great Lawn, near 9th and Avenue of the Palms on Treasure Island, San Francisco. Shot with 3D Robotics Y6, Rotorpixel GoPro gimbal, DJI Phantom quadcopter, Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal, GoPro HERO3 Black, ImmersionRC 600mW video transmitter. Captured in GoPro Protune and converted using GoPro Studio and edited in FCPx. ...

Across the street from Bliss on Treasure Island are two abandoned military barracks, which have the most amazing shape from the air. There are so many great sites on Treasure Island! Must go back. Also shown: Jimmy Fulton, jacked into his FPV setup.

Treasure Island’s famous 40-foot tall Bliss Dancer. The light and shadows at sunrise are beautiful, here. Taken with 3D Robotics Y6, GoPro HERO3 Black camera, Rotorpixel gimbal.

I did 13 FPV flights in the past few days using Fat Shark Dominator Goggles. After previously having done over a hundred flights using an inexpensive, 7" LCD (I’m still using my starter FPV kit), it was really cool to be effectively projected into a flying virtual camera. When there is something like an Oculus Rift available for ...

I flew Salvation Mountain yesterday, and it was really amazing. A mountain of paint, love, and the sweat of countless volunteer-hours blazes in colorful glory in the middle of a drab ocean of dust. I highly recommend a visit. Also, Slab City is right behind Salvation Mountain, and everyone we met there was super friendly. I ...

The badlands of Anza Borrego Desert are really cool. We hiked a slot canyon called “The Slot,” and it snaked along until it was really narrow and tall—beautiful. It’s hard to see from this still image, but I also got some video from straight above the slot, which I’ll post after I put something together ...

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng Photoshelter has posted the full video archive of last week’s webinar about aerial imaging (an hour-long presentation / conversation between Allen Murabayashi and me). It’s heavily targeted at beginners who are interested in getting up in the air with a camera. Check it out! Note: ...

Redwood trees are the tallest trees in the world, and can live for thousands of years. This particular species of redwood trees are only found in the coastal regions of Northern California and in Oregon near the California border. I read an excellent book called “The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring” by Richard ...