I had the opportunity to take a ride in Liberty Belle a year before it had an emergency landing in a corn field and burned to death (sad, sad, sad). Anyway, like you, I wondered if the $400 would be worth it, but then I thought, there aren't too many of these old birds around and it's a once in a lifetime experience (and having grown up watching 12:00 High, what more incentive did I need)?. Anyway, It was some of the best money I've ever spent, the memories are great and there is nothing like the roar of the four radial engines spooling up, slow roll to take off and smooth as silk landing. One other fantastic benefit to my ride was that you could sit anywhere you wanted for take-off and landing, but once we were "wheels up" we were free to wander around the aircraft with only the cockpit and tail gunner position off limits. So yea, I got to "pretend I was ono a bomb run sighting through the Norton bomb site, pretended I was flaming some 109"s from the waste gun, and got some nice tail shots (photo-that is_ by sticking my head out of the open "skylight" above the radio operator compartment. Sorry about the long narrative, but you can see the memories are still vivid, SO..... GO FOR IT! I'm anxious to hear about your experiences.

Thanks for looking and your comment. I was curious as to whether #1 or #2 would catch the eye more (same shot, just a PP filter on #2. Thanks again for the comment

Abandoned bridge near Saluda NC Some fun photo-ops in late afternoon and cloudy day. All shots hand-held with Canon 60d, Tamron 10 - 24 lens and ISO 400

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Bridge over Bridge... 1/200 sec. f6.3

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Profile in B&W 1/125 sec, f8, 11mm

Very nice. I like the night shot perspective. Is this the Wigwam motorcourt (Rte. 66) in San Bernardino?

Nice stills and I really like the video. Tranquil music to go with the scenary

Thanks for the replies. As a point of reference (to Greg), the location is just south of you in Clinton IL

Captured some of the corn harvest in Central IL in late October. Aerial shots with my Yuneek Typhoon H drone. Still shots pulled from video.

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Would this be in the "Honeycomb" region of western UT? Perhaps this link describes it?
https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/geosights/the-honeycombs/

Thanks much. I'll look it up

Finally figured out how to capture single frames from the video. So, here are a couple more shots of the harvest on a gorgeous October Day near Clinton IL. All taken with Yuneek Typhoon H. Still learning the art of drone/aerial photography, but enjoying the challenge.

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Thanks much. I'll give that a try

Thanks for the reply. As to video editing software, I really don't use or have any other than that which is on Windows 10 under the "Video" heading. Do yu have recommendations? I appreciate your comments/insight.

Took this as a video of corn harvest in central Illinois, October 2017. My drone is a Yuneek Typhoon H which I'm quite happy with. Somehow, by shear dumb luck and some playing around I was able to capture one frame of the video and save it as a jpeg still shot, but having a hard time repeating this. Any thoughts/comments or advise for capturing single frames from video would be appreciated.

These two shots are SOOC, taken at Halifax Harbor on a foggy morning. I love the B&W cast (though neither was shot as B&W).... Also, the tiny "splash" of color with the Canadian flag on the "ghost ship" and the umbrella along the hull of the docked boat. Took these w/a Canon 60D and 18 - 135 "kit" lens.

Ghost Ship

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My 2007 Pontiac Solstice on a road trip to the Madison Indiana area. This shot is on the KY side of the Ohio River. The Pink Palace was a favorite haunt (kind of a dive river bar) back in my college days.... would have loved having the Solstice then but back in the day (early 70's) such was not the case... Back then it was more like the "beater in the background"