matwelli
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Very close to me, (about 2km from town) we have the TuruTuru Mokai historic reserve, including a fortified pa site (think fortified village) from the 16th century, its a hill, will a series of embankments dug around it (that would have had large wooden stakes back in the day, and on top the hill is flattened , and has several depressions where storage huts would have been
here is some info, and a model of the site http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=32956
Anyway, whats the best way to photograph this , so it actually looks interesting, flat down aerials dont show the different elevations.
It did a hover above the main site today, in loiter, and yawed the quad around, 30 deg at a time, and let it take 3-4 photos at each point.
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camera is a gopro hero silver 3+ , and I notice it has the focus issue, where all long distance stuff is out of focus (have had a look at a video on fixing it, involves pliers and brute force...)
Anyway - what tips are there to actually take some interesting shots ?
I do wonder if i need to do a very large circle around the site, pointing towards the centre, at a low altitude
here is some info, and a model of the site http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=32956
Anyway, whats the best way to photograph this , so it actually looks interesting, flat down aerials dont show the different elevations.
It did a hover above the main site today, in loiter, and yawed the quad around, 30 deg at a time, and let it take 3-4 photos at each point.
View attachment 21972
camera is a gopro hero silver 3+ , and I notice it has the focus issue, where all long distance stuff is out of focus (have had a look at a video on fixing it, involves pliers and brute force...)
Anyway - what tips are there to actually take some interesting shots ?
I do wonder if i need to do a very large circle around the site, pointing towards the centre, at a low altitude