Bahia Honda state park.

Fil · Mar 22, 2017

Decided to share a video with some nice views I was able to film yesterday.
Link

Maxheadspace · Mar 22, 2017

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I used to live up the highway near Key Largo and would go to Bahia Honda for snorkeling a lot. It's illegal to take off and land a drone inside a State Park in Florida, but you can launch and recover from outside the park boundary. I really miss the Caribbean!

Maddog · Mar 23, 2017

Great scenery! What happened to that bridge- looks like a missing section?

I kept hearing a "beeping". Just me

or did anyone else hear it?

Maxheadspace · Mar 23, 2017

Maddog said:
Great scenery! What happened to that bridge- looks like a missing section?
I kept hearing a "beeping". Just me or did anyone else hear it?

The bridge is one of many that were part of the original highway that ran from the mainland south of Miami all the way to Key West. It was replaced a few decades ago with a new highway and parallel bridges. They removed spans to keep people from crossing these old bridges. One of these bridge sections can be seen being blown up in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, "True Lies". I think the beeping was part of the music.

Fil · Mar 23, 2017

Maddog said:
Great scenery! What happened to that bridge- looks like a missing section?

I kept hearing a "beeping". Just me or did anyone else hear it?

Yeah, the beeping was a little annoying to me too. I think it is because I choose a free soundtrack in YouTube editor. Just liked the music and didn't wanna spend too much time looking for another one - still better than prop noise

Fil · Mar 23, 2017

Maxheadspace said:
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I used to live up the highway near Key Largo and would go to Bahia Honda for snorkeling a lot.

I liked to snorkel at Sombrero Reef a lot more than at this park, just convenience of getting in by the car is very nice. Forgot all my toys for my GoPro at the house(only got a naked GoPro to use in a drone), so I could not film nothing at the reef.

It's illegal to take off and land a drone inside a State Park in Florida, but you can launch and recover from outside the park boundary. I really miss the Caribbean!

Psst - don't tell nobody!

Dulcimer Drone · Mar 24, 2017

Nice! I did some shooting in Key Largo and Marathon in January - wanted to get down to Bahia Honda but didn't have the time.

Fil · Mar 24, 2017

Dulcimer Drone said:
Nice! I did some shooting in Key Largo and Marathon in January - wanted to get down to Bahia Honda but didn't have the time.

Did some shots in Marathon too ( that's where we are staying), which is definitely not legal because of an airport right in the middle of this little town. I knew about it but still wanna quick shot of the resort from the top - of course was approached by the resort personnel and asked to land it down.

Dulcimer Drone · Mar 24, 2017

Fil said:
Did some shots in Marathon too ( that's where we are staying), which is definitely not legal because of an airport right in the middle of this little town. I knew about it but still wanna quick shot of the resort from the top - of course was approached by the resort personnel and asked to land it down.

If you call, they're very cool. Not a lot of traffic at that airport, and they'll even ask you what kind of rig you're flying.

It might've helped that I was down near Craig's Key at the end of the 7 Mile Bridge. Here's my footage from that trip:

Fil · Mar 24, 2017

That's some nice shots, excellent editing too. I see you did some work there, not like me taking a shortcut by using the YouTube build in editor. Gonna miss this place - have to leave tomorrow.

Dulcimer Drone · Mar 25, 2017

Fil said:
That's some nice shots, excellent editing too. I see you did some work there, not like me taking a shortcut by using the YouTube build in editor. Gonna miss this place - have to leave tomorrow.

Thanks! I'd been flying a month, so I've gotten better with my panning and tilting.

Post was done in Final Cut Pro X. Safe travels!