Drone photographyhas soared in recent years, with the number of and quality of drone photos increasing every year. There are so many photos in fact that drone photography even has its own official awards programmes.
Now that most new drones come equipped with high-quality cameras capable of capturing great shots and videos the images are only getting better and better. We say easier but that’s not to say it’s a walk in the park.
We’ve compiled some of the best photos we’ve seen as well as plenty more from Dronestagram and theSkypixel photo contestto show off just how stunning drone photos can be. Get ready to pick your jaw up off the floor.
The shot on my photography competition
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched its UK widedrone photography competition. This competition is aimed not only at showing off stunning user images but also highlighting therules and regulations of drone usage.
An awesome bridge
All entrants to the#ShotOnMyDronecompetition must comply with the CAA’s Drone and Model Aircraft Code but are otherwise challenged to submit images to the various categories including urban night, urban day and countryside.
The results are impressive and nicely varied too as you can see.
Big boat, little boat
There are over 300,000 registered drone and model aircraft users in the UK. That’s a lot of people capturing some seriously awesome images of our wonderful countryside.
Duoyishu Terraces
This photo is one of the highly commended images from2021’s Drone Photos Awards. From the abstract category, it shows an area in China where rice is grown.
The different levels of the fields result in a weird and wonderful, colourful view.
Some man-made objects are best viewed with a drone. A case in point is this brilliant dragon.
Colourful fields
Another seriously nifty aerial view from the Drone Awards. A colourful field now looks like it’s getting painted by a lone car.
Mont Saint Michel in the fog
This breathtaking shot shows the famous French monastery Mont Saint Michel bathed in stunning morning fog. This image was also chosen asthe grand prize winner of 2018’s Skypixel contest.
Two moo by Luke Bell
Luke Bell, a Cape Town-based videographer and photographer, said he took this photo on a cold, early morning in South Africa on a farm near Stellenbosch. “Two cows drinking from a nearby dam caught my eye when I saw their long shadows,” he explained. “I launched my drone to capture the scene in a way impossible with any other type of camera.”
Dawn on mercury tower, Russia by Alexeygo
Alexey Goncharov, a 36-years-old physicist who works at Moscow State University, said he sometimes takes drone photos before heading into work. One morning, while in search of a beautiful reflection in mirror windows of Mercury tower, he spotted industrial climbers: “I liked the way their work looked from that perspective. They seemed to wash the city itself, not just the building’s windows."
Concrete jungle, Dubai, EAA by Bachirm
Bachir Moukarzel, a 33-year-old Lebanese living in Dubai, is a cluster Financial controller in Rotana Hotels. This picture was shot at sunset time in Dubai at 6pm, while trying to capture an area which was a desert 10 years back but is now “a concrete jungle with the highest buildings in Dubai”. He said every flight is a new adventure, even though he has been flying for ages, as each flight “has its own taste”.
