DJI Mini 3 Pro
f1.7
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1/2000s
DJI Mini 3 Pro
f1.7
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1/1500s
Photography by Will Richardson
Sony a6500
with
Samyang 12mm f2
30s
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Multi-shot composite
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f7.1
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15s
Shot the opening night of Vivid 2023 from the Shangri-la hotel, giving a view over the whole harbour. Didn’t have a lens skirt—and didn’t think there were reflections at the time—but had to spend ages painting the reflection out just above the opera house.
The first shot is a composite from multiple points throughout the evening. The sky and most of the buildings are from a shot just before sunset, then the lights and trails of the boats are from some shots just after sunset. The fireworks are a separate shot, taken with a different lens! I didn’t plan to include this in the composite, but realised that I could take the telephoto view of the fireworks from the 18-105mm and line it up over the wide shots from earlier in the evening.
DJI Mini 3 Pro
f1.7
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1/1250s
DJI Mini 3 Pro
f1.7
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1/160s
DJI Mini 3 Pro
f1.7
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Some test shots with the Mini 3, trying to get the light of the sunset on the city.
Sony a6500
with
Sigma 30mm f1.4
f6.3
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1/320s
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Panorama
Sony a6500
with
Samyang 12mm f2
f0
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13s
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Multi-shot composite with star tracking
Sony a6500
with
Samyang 12mm f2
f0
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13s
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Multi-shot composite with star tracking
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f8
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1/3s
Lacking other ideas, decided to play with motion blur by tracking waves as the came to shore.
Sony a6500
with
Sigma 30mm f1.4
f2
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1/800s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/80s
Sony a6500
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Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/60s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f5.6
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1/160s
Sony a6500
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Sony G 18-105mm f4
f5
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1/200s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f8
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1/1000s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f8
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f9
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105mm
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1/640s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f9
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1/250s
Sony a6500
with
Samyang 12mm f2
3.2s
Olympus TG 6
f2
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1/1000s
Sony a6500
with
Samyang 12mm f2
1/60s
Borrowed an Olympus TG 6 to use while rafting down the Franklin river. Could have used a bigger sensor and bigger lens.
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/1250s
Sony a6500
with
Sigma 30mm f1.4
f5.6
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1/80s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/500s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f7.1
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1/160s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/160s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/160s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/200s
Quokkas are very cute.
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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Panorama
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f7.1
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1/200s
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Panorama
These are two very different panoramas. The second is hand-held at a moderately wide angle, as usual. The first is taken on a tripod, with the lens zoomed all the way in. This let me capture a wide-angle shot while maintaining a shallow depth of field, which you’d almost never see in a single shot.
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/160s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/25s
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Panorama
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/1600s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/120s
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Panorama
A few of these involved fighting a bit of wind and battery life, which made me a little nervous. Very happy at how the second and last shots turned out (the two blue ones). Both are fairly substantial panoramas.
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/320s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/240s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/3200s
It was so bright for most of the day—and windy in the evening—that it was hard to get pictures that really showed off just how pink Hutt Lagoon is. It’s very pink.
I then took off from the jetty on the beach and got sand all through the drone.
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/25s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/100s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
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1/60s
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f6.3
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1/400s
DJI Mini 2
f2.8
Sony a6500
with
Sony G 18-105mm f4
f4
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1/200s
Appreciating just how red and large Western Australia really is.