The other day I posted a few photographs after a morning walk through some dense fog in the fields of England. In that post I mentioned how it was my second time flying my DJI Mini 2 drone in such conditions, mentioning how the first time I did it, I had no idea what to expect and was still feeling that fear of the drone, scared of damaging it and not really using it to its maximum. With time that eventually did disappear, feeling more and more adventurous with the drone and having a rather careless approach with it in the pursuit of all kinds of interesting perspectives of locations I wouldn't be able to reach otherwise.
I realised that I never did post those first images I took of that dense fog, which definitely gave me quite a scare. The drone's sensors panicking as it couldn't figure out what was actually the ground or an object due to the fog, and the condensation that accumulated over the not-waterproof drone which I only noticed once it returned. It made me realise this thing is quite versatile, and that I should be taking larger risks with it. Though that fear of flying meant the first time I flew it in fog, I kept it relatively low to the ground and near more populated areas to ensure I could get it back just in case something happened to it.
It's pretty fun flying the drone around various weather conditions and environments and seeing how it impacts the ways I can take videos or photographs, in a way it adds an additional challenge to the creativity. Encouraging me to seek out different subjects and things that I may otherwise ignore. Simple silhouettes of trees, just leading lines, or just the gradient of light and colour that appears with fog that grows more dense into the horizon.
The few images I did get have this very Silent Hill aesthetic to it, featuring the homes and streets but void of life, coated in a dense fog and blue dull tones from the morning light. Though I also threw in two more images that I took the other day that I also forgot about!
