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Up close and personal with the Confederate Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
01/06/2015 2:37 PM by John M
Jason Tesauro got a drone for Christmas and immediately put it to go use getting up close and personal with the Confederate Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument at Libby Hill. Stunning.
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before I read the description, I was thinking…. how the heck did they get that picture…?
Awesome pics!
How much does a drone like that run?
“More than my first car,” says old man Murden.
$urprisingly little.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=rc+quadcopter+with+camera&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=31836351902&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8665125779268715800&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_5oafia8elp_b
I think he’s using one of these, though: https://store.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus
Really great photos, never seen the monument so close up before. But I hope the drone isn’t hovering outside any bedroom windows…..
The fire arm being held by the statue is not historically accurate.