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Chad Copeland

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From the unbelievable Stone Forest to the epic Great Getu Arch, I flew more than 40 missions without a single incident. On the last morning, I wanted to fly through a beam of light that shines through the arch at certain times of the day. I set up the monitor and the aircraft for flight. Ready to go, I plugged the sole battery into the power board. Then I heard the explosion. A single drop of water had fallen from an overhanging tree and onto one of the electronic speed-control boards that regulate the drone’s motor. Upon close inspection, I saw that a node the size of an M&M had split in half.
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How to Capture China’s Wildest Formations? By Drone, of Course.

Professional photographer Chad Copeland took a UAV to China for a National Geographic shoot. Here's what he came back with.

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Chad Copeland, a professional photographer whose work has appeared on National Geographic Creative and in adventure campaigns around the world, had doubts about the quality of smartphone photography. So, to see if the mobile devices could capture the kind of imagery he wanted, he headed to Iceland with an iPhone 6 and 6+. These are the photos he came back with and the lessons he learned during the process. (Spoiler alert: It’s time to ditch the DSLR.)
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Impossible to Take Pro-Level Photos with a Phone? Nope.

Chad Copeland, a professional photographer whose work has appeared on National Geographic Creative and in adventure campaigns around the world, had doubts about the quality of smartphone photography.

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