Photographed Purdue Drone Club’s National Championship that took place right here on campus, here are some of my favorites!

First things first, wow these things are hard to photograph.

Not much larger than your hand, moving at 50 to 60mph on straight-aways, and cornering on a dime makes them challenging to keep in frame.

I did however, manage a few keepers, some fast shutter some slow shutter pans. Here are just a few of my favorites:

Which one is yours? Let me know!

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1/160″ shutter speeds results in some cool circular props and blurry grass:

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I think this one is my favorite of the orange drone overtaking the blue as they pass through a gate:

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