Preston from higher up

[Paul]

Took the mini Pro 3 into the night sky tonight to have a look at the photo side of things. File sizes are obviously bigger then the forum allows, but they still look decent.

10 metres up:

 

60 metres up:

 

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

Nice set Paul,, you certainly get a different view

[Paul]

Indeed Geoff - but it was quite something watching the drone's little green lights flashing in the darkness way up above me!

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

If you're looking for some inspiration, I can recommend Earls Crag near Cowling (which includes Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower - known locally as the Salt and Pepper Pots) there's parking close by at Pinnacle View on Buck Stone Lane, just follow the M65 to Colne and Keighley Rd (A6068), at Cowling turn right at Dick Lane and follow it up the hill, then right onto Buck Stone Lane.

[Paul]

Looks a great place Geoff, but I don't fancy a sharp climb!

Is it easy to get close to for flying?

Paul.

[Fogey]

Night photography with a difference.

[Paul]

Something I'd never have once considered...

Paul.

[Fogey]

4 minutes ago, Paul said:

Something I'd never have once considered...

Paul.

Does open up a plethora of possibilities, doesn't it.

[Paul]

1 minute ago, Fogey said:

Does open up a plethora of possibilities, doesn't it.

It certainly would for someone that had an eye for a view, lol... But my eyes tend see me looking for photos a lot nearer the ground as a rule... 

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

38 minutes ago, Paul said:

Looks a great place Geoff, but I don't fancy a sharp climb!

Is it easy to get close to for flying?

Yes, it's easy to get too, there's a car park on Buck Stone Lane that's a 5-7 minute flat walk to the crags and Wainman's Pinnacle and then there's a flat path to the other tower.

[Paul]

I'll pen it in for a drive. 

Places to drone sort of need to be "inexpensive" to get to, seeing as it's likely that the would only be 2 or 3 minutes worth of decent footage meaning a visit has to be cost effective. I'd hate to drive 59 miles and end up with naff film....

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

4 minutes ago, Paul said:

Places to drone sort of need to be "inexpensive" to get to, seeing as it's likely that the would only be 2 or 3 minutes worth of decent footage meaning a visit has to be cost effective. I'd hate to drive 59 miles and end up with naff film....

View from the car park

View from Dick Lane

Google Street View doesn't really do it justice

Google maps says it 38 miles from Preston

[Paul]

Doesn't look steep, I reckon I could manage that, lol... 

[Ryewolf]

Lol, luckily the path from the car park is flat I wouldn't want to climb up the rocks  though without ropes etc those rocks are about 100ft high

Check out this post of mine and you can see how high up you are:

Opposite to this is the Hitching Stone, a massive lone boulder, also I couldn't get any closer due to a massive bog/swamp between me (bottom of the frame) and the boulder

[Paul]

The bog would be easy to fly across at least, lol..

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

It certainly would, I was going to chance the swamp until I saw a sheep skeleton stuck there and this was in the summer, so decided against it. If you fancy going let me know, I don't mind driving you there as long as we meet sorta half way.

[Paul]

It would have to be tomorrow or Tuesday this week.

I'm on a week off from work, but the best of the weather is over the next two days - after that it deteriorates and any of those later days would be an ad hoc decision to go somewhere if the forecast changes from the current outlook...

Paul.

[Stravinsky]

One of my thoughts was to get a drone when I got out to the country to live, just havent had the time though