so ive been flying for about 8 months now and honestly most of my footage has been pretty mid but last weekend something clicked. went out to the reservoir about an hour before golden hour and just kind of let it breathe, slow movements, not trying to do anything fancy. ended up with like 40 mins of footage and a handful of stills that i actually dont hate

the colors came out way better than i expected tbh, didnt even do much in post just brought the shadows up a tiny bit. im using a mini 3 pro if anyone's wondering. anyway ill try to link the video when i get it uploaded but wanted to see if anyone has tips on what they look for when editing lake/water footage specifically ? reflections and all that

water footage is where it's at honestly. the thing that made the biggest difference for me was just slowing the playback down in post, like even 80% speed makes it feel way more cinematic. also if your drone has nd filters on, ND16 around golden hour gives you that slight motion blur on the water that looks insane

looking forward to seeing the clip when you post it

yeah post the link, always down to see lake footage. mine always comes out too blown out in the highlights no matter what i do lol. what picture profile were you shooting in