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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter that, I ordered a palm sized light to use for my drone. The one I got specifically was made for photography and had a mount to put on top of a camera. I opted not to purchase any made specifically for my drone because the price was much higher, and didn’t seem to offer much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, I took my drone out to a field to test possible software I could use to trace paths, or fly in circles. One of the things I was most worried about was my ability to have the drone fly in circles, because I didn’t think the software allowed for it. After further inspection, the software that comes with the drone allows you to fly in circles, however, the drone uses computer vision with cameras to spot an object and fly in a single circle around it. With these exposures happening at night, this idea seemed unreliable and possibly dangerous for the drone, as it was highly unlikely that it would function properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After having tested all this, I decided to go out and take a first try at doing an exposure. However, something very unexpected happened: When I attached the light to the drone, the built-in compass was unable to calibrate, and the drone would not take off. This was both due to an oversight from me and the manufacturers of the light I bought attempting to pack it full of too many features. The light has a built-in magnet on the back that can be used to attach it to anything metal. This unfortunately means that it interferes with the digital compass in the drone, and since the functionality of it is required for the drone to take off, I will either need to add padding between the light and the drone, or will need to open the light up to remove the magnet. Nevertheless, the light had to be unattached from the drone that night, and the first attempt at doing a long exposure had to be done with only the auxiliary light on the drone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s a few more attempts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For my maquette, I decided more to just dive straight in rather than make a mock-up, mainly because it seemed almost impossible to create a maquette when a lot of the next two weeks are going to be devoted to figuring out a formula for these long exposure shots that works well. Thus, I decided… <\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"