For my second Drone flight in the Lake District I headed to the magnificent Hodge Close Quarry. If you followed last years blog posts you’ll notice I spent a fair bit of time at Hodge Close throughout the year. Now I have the DJI Phantom 4 Drone I can see this magnificent location from a totally different perspective. If I’m honest the reason I wanted a Drone was for a Hodge Close Quarry Drone Flight.
I’m still a little nervous about flying the Drone and Hodge Close is perhaps a challenging place to fly given the sheer size of the place. I often feel dizzy just looking at the size of the drop into the water. Today was no different, I was pretty nervous at first and if I’m honest I was glad it was over having had a close shave, literally with a branch of a tree. There seems to be a thermal rising above the water which made the transition from flying over ground and a sudden drop a little challenging to handle. Gladly however I survived in one piece and am pretty pleased with the footage given it’s only my second flight. You can see my first here. In fact I’ve made a new category on the blog just for Drone related content, you can see that here.
Here’s what I captured from my Hodge Close Quarry Drone Flight.
My original plan was to fly over the main quarry and show the sudden drop as you pass over the edge, another scene I imagined was flying by the lone tree on the edge of the slate mountain which I photographed many times last year. You can see my favourite print here.
A late spring evening glow above Little Langdale.
A summer take on the Oak on the Edge that I photographed last year. You can see last years print here.
Moving on from Hodge Close I fancied a visit to Tarn Hows for my next flight.
A lone bench on the shore of Coniston Water. A nice evening to take in the view. i will come back here in the coming weeks specifically to shoot this view.
The Langdale Pikes from above Tarn Hows.
Going up above Tarn Hows.
I control the Drone via a remote control which uses my iPhone to display what the drone sees along with various settings. Here you can see the view 105.8meters above me looking over Tarn Hows to the Langdale Pikes.
The Drone.
A fine evening from above Tarn Hows.
You can see my collection of prints from Hodge close and Tarn Hows here.
