Yep, the golf course. Such a beautiful place to live. Envious!
Appreciate all the nice words, not sure how deserved they are but thanks anyway. We all just do what we do. I don't think there is anything shameful about using full auto. Modern cameras are so good that they take brilliant pics with very little fuss or input. Manual control is needed for specific purposes but full auto on a landscape can work nicely - as long as a bright sky doesn't clamp the iris down and leave the subject matter in the dark.
Altitude is a matter of taste and different subjects will be shown in their best light from different altitudes. Personally, I do not have much use for super-high altitudes - particularly with video. For me, the strength of the r/c controlled aerial camera platform is in its ability to get up close enough to see detail and then whiz up to see the overview in an unbroken single take. The novelty of simply having a camera in the air wears off remarkably quickly and then, as with any other vaguely artistic activity, it comes down to a matter of imagination and inventive angles. I am always looking for sequences that could extract a sort of "how the *** did they do that" reaction. With AP, all that matters at the end of the day is the image produced - whether still or moving - and if that is a bit boring to look at then all the fancy technology in the world is wasted.
