What's going on guys Aldryn Estacio with Flytpath.com and in this video
I'm going to be talking to you about the new PolarPro long exposure filters for your DJI Mavic 2
So if you guys watched in my previous videos
I've of course gone through how to dial in filters for your Mavic 2 zoom as well as your Mavic 2 Pro
But if you guys have seen my channel know some of my photography I really like long exposure photography
And with a drone you're gonna need something like this in order for you to accomplish those long
Exposures during the day now polar Pro offers a range of long exposure nd filters
This is an ND 128 all the way up to a 256 1000 and they even have an ND
10,000 filter for your Mavic 2 Pro now the reason why I'm shooting of course
We're in a bright daylight is that this is something that was really hard to achieve
With any drone and that's to be able to open up that shutter speed long enough to get a long exposure photo
During the day
Now if you guys have seen some of my previous videos I of course would normally go early early morning or later in the evening
in order for me to accomplish these long exposure photos and the reason why I did that is because I needed that light to be
A little bit darker, but with ND filters like this
Ideally, we should be able to do long exposure photos even in bright daylight right now
It is bright the Sun as you can see is piercing right down on me
Now when the Mavic 2 Pro even though you are able to adjust the aperture to get the sharpest image
You're gonna want to stay at the lower aperture ranges
Like f 2.8 all the way up to around 5 6 now if you're at 2.8 or 5/6?
which means it's a pretty large opening as far as an aperture goes a
Lot of lights can be coming through and now the only way you're able to now keep that shutter speed open for about a second
Or so is to introduce something like a really strong ND filter and that's reason why PolarPro and some other companies
I've been coming out with them for your DJI Mavic. Now if you guys watched my zoom video and how I
Quickly was able to choose the right nd strength. I'm gonna be doing the same concept here
Of course
I'm gonna be changing a couple of things like how long I want that shutter speed to be open as well as what my aperture
Is gonna be it's a super bright day
Which means I'm gonna know I want my ISO at 100. So that already takes away one exposure out of the equation
so now I'm gonna go through and show you how I dial in the other two now when it comes down to
Dialing in how to get the proper exposure when it comes to photography and long exposure. The concept is actually the same as
It is when you're doing it for video which means for video if you're shooting at 30 frames a second
You're gonna want your shutter speed down to about one sixtieth of a second
So you're gonna find the right filter that gets you to that shutter speed of one sixteenth of a second
And because I've shot some of these photos before I kind of know the range where I want to be at and the great thing
With the Mavic 2 is that you're able to now adjust that aperture?
So what you need to do is initially just get the exposure down
Into a pretty solid range and you can start making some micro adjustments from there
So what I'm gonna do right now is just kind of go through with you the process I take to try to pick the right
Filter to get the right exposure for the photos
I want right above this water right here as well as a hut over at Windansea
Now ideally to get the sharpest types of photos you want to stick with the lower aperture
So 2.8 all the way up to like 5.6 or 6
so if I want to stay in that range and the great thing is like I mentioned with the Mavic two is that you're able
to adjust that let's stick it for now into the
F5 range the great thing is with that
We can adjust it and do some micro adjustments as we go as we dial it in when we get up in the air
So now with my ISO 100 my aperture is at 5.0
The next thing I want to do in order to me to do long exposure photos is to be able to slow that shutter speed
Down all the way to about a second now as you can see here in order for me to get proper exposure right now
I'm at one five hundredth of a second which of course is way too fast
Now in order for me to do a long exposures your photos
I already know that I want my exposure to be about the
One-second range and we can adjust that once we get up in the air
But just to get it everything set initially we want to be about the one-second mark
Then we can make some adjustments again once we get up in the air
So as you can see right here one 1/640 of a second at 5.0 aperture with iso 100
I'm about the right exposure, but if I want to drop that down all the way to one second, you know
1.3 1.6 seconds, as you can see at one second if I were to take that photo which I'll do right now
It is completely washed out
It is way overexposed now in order for me to find the right filter to use for a day like this
Which is a nice bright day. All I have to do is do the exact same thing
Like I did when I was setting up my filters for the zoom and let's just go through the range of filters that PolarPro offers
To choose which one will best expose your image at 1 second
So as you can see right now is of course blown out
But if I put this right over it it is still it
is still way too bright I can start seeing it a little bit but it's still way too bright so
That was a 128. Let's try a 256 a little bit better. Look at that
Not bad so I can start seeing a little bit more let's go to an NB 1000 and see what we get here
There you go, so look at that
Starting to look really really good. There it is right there
Nd 1000 would get me a pretty good a pretty decent exposure as you can see my histogram, right?
There is right in the middle. So from what I can see right now. Just putting that over the lens and
Nd1000 could get me in that range of proper exposure for one second photography
Now I can mention the great thing is with an adjustable aperture like the Mavic 2 Pro I can make adjustments I can now
Get it up in the air and see exactly how it looks make the adjustment to you know
F 6.3 or if I need to bring it down to like an f.4 f2.8 I can make those micro adjustments
But the one thing you want to do is make sure that you're able to get the right exposure
Before you take off because if you did it if I flew it up there with a 128
I would have to fly it all the way back change it out. Put it back up again fly it back down
So what you want to do is get it close to the right exposure on the ground that way when you're up in the air
all you're doing is some micro adjustments switch this out with the
Nd1000. I'm at ISO 100. I am at F
5.0 shutter speeds at one second click halfway to focus it take that photo now. It's at one second
So if I preview that I should be able to see some motion in the water
As I can see right there, which means I know I'm pretty good at that level as far as exposure goes
Let's take it up in the air point these straight down and see what type of photos we get from the air
Now here's a few photos I was able to take during this session
And as you can see in each photo I was making some small adjustments to either the aperture or the shutter speed
Depending on the angle. I was at depending on how the lighting was and also how much movement I wanted to see in the water
That's one of the benefits of using the Mavic 2 where you're able to adjust that aperture and shutter speed on the fly
So what you really want to do is just kind of set everything up on ground first
Then you're able to make those micro adjustments in the air
Make sure guys check out my filter playlist
there's a bunch of videos in there to talk a little bit more about not only photography but also
videography and how to set up your filters properly
I hope you guys got some value for my video
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This is Aldryn Estacio with FlytPath.com I'll see you guys next one. Take care