Visiting Burghead
Burghead
Moray, Scotland.

I visited Burghead on a chilly November afternoon, a long drive (over 2 hours) from the Arbroath starting point! Arriving later than expected due to a slight Google Maps mishap - I'd entered 'Burghead Bay' which took me past Kinloss Barracks before I realised that I was heading to the wrong destination! The sunset looked promising, and I was afraid of missing the best opportunities for a decent picture.
Luckily the area didn't seem that busy (you don't really want to have too many people near-by) and there was ample room to get parked, grab the required kit, and find a suitable point on the nearby grass.

I decided to visit following a random request for pictures of the town - I didn't have any - checked on a map and thought it looked like an interesting place!
Flight Restrictions

Before the first flight I had checked for any official airspace restrictions as RAF Lossiemouth is not too far away - however, the area is well outside of any restriction. I wish DJI would update their own maps to reflect reality as the controller immediately warned I was in an "altitude zone" as soon as I powered up.

The flight restriction map as presented by DJI (above), who manufacture the drone, this differs from the official airspace restrictions for RAF Lossiemouth which end well away. The information here is still important as it can stop the drone from taking off or flying in to the marked areas.
Drone Telemetry

This is the flight path as recorded by the drone (above). The flight log contains lots of information such a battery level, control link strength, GPS signal strength, location/direction of pictures, altitude and distance from home-point at any given moment
Some of the pictures


With the light quickly fading I managed a few pictures of the harbour area. Flight-time is in the region of 35 minutes (varies depending on how hard the drone has to work against any wind, etc), so it was time to land and change batteries.



When I got back in the air the sun was well and truly set. So it was time to switch techniques to hopefully get some good night-time captures. Low light drone photography techniques were explained to me by fellow drone pilot, and photographer extraordinaire, Ben whose work you should check-out at Tayside in Pictures.
