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Sunset over the Pocono Mountains (Albrightsville, PA)

Sunset over Albrightsville

September 13, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Sunset photos from 100 Feet over Albrightsville Still getting the hang of the Phantom 3 - as well as third party applications. Tonight it finally stopped threatening to rain, and the wind died down here in Albrightsville Pennsylvania, so I took out the drone and fired up a new app…
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Nose art and dyed props for Phantom 3 Professional

Phantom 3: Skinned Alive

September 12, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Phantom 3 Custom Skin and Dyed Props Well, the weather outside is crap, so no flying the drone today; besides, I'm feeling like the weather - crap. So what am I to do? Oh! My order of a WWII Nose Art Skin for the Phantom 3 Professional arrived this week…
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Drone Meme: Once upon a time - only the government was spying on you

Phantom 3: New Firmware & Functionality

September 7, 2015 by John P. Hoke
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DJI Firmware Update and New Functions - Phantom 3 DJI released a firmware update (1.4.0010) for the Phantom 3 Professional (as well as others) this morning, and updates to their iOS (v2.2.0) and Android (v2.1.0) DJI GO applications. I spent time updating the firmware on the bird, updating my iOS device, calibrating (and…
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Sunset over the Pocono Mountains at 400' - Phantom 3 Photography

More Phantom Photos – then a crash

August 31, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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The tree jumped out in front of me ... honest officer Flying the Phantom UAV around after work, playing with the controls, got a bit more comfortable so I took it up between 350 and 400 feet and out into the forest somewhere around 500 feet. Got a couple good images,…
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Francis E. Walter Dam - Phantom

Phantom 3: Francis E. Walter Dam

August 30, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Francis E. Walter Dam This morning, I got up and headed out to shoot some video and get some more flight time on the Phantom. Most of the parks nearby had activities going on, so I headed out to a quiet spot I ride my motorcycle to now and then…
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I took a selfie of me on my back deck with the drone

Phantom 3 Drone Selfie – “Drelfie”?

August 29, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
John P. Hoke
I'm lookin' at you lookin' at me lookin' at you... Still learning how to fly the Phantom and control it with fine grained actions. I took the bird up to the FAA limit of 400' above ground, and then came down in a nice tight spiral till I stopped right…
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Eastern view from above the house

Phantom 3: Video up to 400′

August 28, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Phantom 3 - What went up ... ... didn't crash :) As posted earlier, I picked up my Phantom 3 the other day, and lo' and behold, I have a vacation day today - funny how that happens :) Today, I went to try and fly at Beltzville State Park, as I…
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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania - trying out the new @ven Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania - trying out the new @venuslaowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 lens for my @sonyalpha #A7Rii this weekend. The weather was amazing! There was a break in traffic on Broadway, so I sat the camera down on the street and grabbed three quick #brackets . Edits and cleanup were in @skylum_global #aurorahdr for the #hdr mapping and then @on1photo RAW for some basic cleanup and a couple tweaks to make me happy . @southernpoconos @townofjimthorpe @jimthorpepolicedepartment @visitjimthorpe @visitjimthorpepa #on1pics #JimThorpe #JimThorpePA #poconomnts #streetphotography #hdrphotography #ig_pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #streetlevel #wideangle #ultrawideangle #tiltshift #travelphotography #NEPA #NEPATravel
Traveling for work the on a long business trip tha Traveling for work the on a long business trip that had me in Rome for a weekend. As such, I absolutely had to visit the Vatican and St. Peter's. Unfortunately tripods were not allowed so I hand shot the bracket for this HDR image of the ceiling and dome of the basilica. . The shots were taken with a Sony A7Rii and a Laowa 15mm manual lens at f/2.8 (+/-2, 0 EV). Edits were done in Aurora HDR 2019 and On1 Photo 2020 (Beta version). I will be posting more photos as I get time to process them from Rome last week - Milan this week ... and Dublin next 😁📸♥️ ----- . . . . . . . #on1pics #sonyalphagallery #travelpicsdaily #instatravel #travelgram #wanderlust #thattravelblog #lonelyplanet #BBCTravel #justgoshoot #aChurchaDay #rome #vaticancity #vatican #saintpetersbasilica #hdr #kings_hdr #eclectic_shotz @venuslaowa @on1photo @wanderlust @visitromeofficial @vaticanpatrons @italiait @sonyalpha @st.petersbasilica @skylum_global
Francis Walter Dam panorama . Took this panorama Francis Walter Dam panorama . Took this panorama yesterday while sitting around and thinking at the Dam. This was shot with Sony A7Rii and a Sony 35mm f/2.8 lens with the stitching and post done entirely in On1 Photo. Swipe to see more 📸 . #on1pics #panoramic #panorama #poconomnts #armycorpsofengineers #poconos #ig_pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #ig_travel #staycation #francisewalterdam #travellocal . @on1photo @southernpoconos @visit_pa @visitjimthorpe @visitjimthorpe @sonyalphagallery @on1photo @usacehq
While there still may be some time left in #2019 h While there still may be some time left in #2019 here are my #TopNine photos from this year 🖤❤️🖤
Yesterday I went for a drive to a few local spots Yesterday I went for a drive to a few local spots I like to shoot at, including Hickory Run State Park, which has a long history in my #family back to the 1800s when Issac Gould on my father's side of the family owned a number of lumber mills in the area. I was having a rough day, as it was the 40th anniversary of my mother's passing, so I stopped at the old graveyard in the park (just across the way from the Ranger Station) to look around, think and grab a few photographs of the area. . This shot is of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gould's marker, she died in 1849 at just about 11 years old from a major flood that raged through the area. Her older sister Joanna wrote about the flood in detail which can be read here (https://tinyurl.com/JoannaGouldFlood). It is said that Lizzie haunts the area, and I have to admit some REALLY weird things happened last night when I got back down the road to my place ... but that's for another time. . #on1pics #hickoryrunstatepark #poconoshistory #graveyard #gravemarker #headstone #pennsylvania #staylocal #pennsylvaniahistory #poconomnts #ghosts #pennsylvaniaphotographer #pastateparks #padcnr #forest #hikingtrails #ig_pennsylvania #weirdshithappens #geneology . @padcnr @visit_pa @poconomts @southernpoconos @sonyalphagallery @on1photo
Mauch Chunk Opera House - Jim Thorpe, PA I've been Mauch Chunk Opera House - Jim Thorpe, PA I've been experimenting with some new wide angle lenses, especially the Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 I picked up recently, as well as some ideas around Black and White HDR images. I shot this with a Sony A7Rii and the Laowa 10-18mm in three exposures (+/-2,0), ISO 100 f/5.6, editing it in On1 Photo RAW. . As far as edits go, while it may not look it, I only did a couple things after doing the HDR Mapping - I added some dynamic contrast, a sunshine glow and a custom LUT I've been working on ... and starting to really dig. . @MCOperaHouse @SouthernPoconos @Visit_PA @VisitJimThorpe @VisitJimThorpePA @TownOfJimThorpe @DiscoverNEPA @PoconoTourism @On1Photo @SonyAlphaGallery @VenusLaowa . #on1pics #poconomnts #ig_pennsylvania #pennsylvania_photographer #ig_nepa #justgoshoot #staycation #getlost #eclectic_shotz #kings_hdr #igersbnw #nepa #JimThorpe #paphotographer #bw_mania #bnw_planet_2019 #theworldshotz_bnw #landmarks #ig_travel #moody #Pennsylvania #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
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