been flying my mini 3 for like 8 months now and i think this is genuinely the first time ive been happy with how footage turned out. went down to the coast saturday evening, winds were maybe 8mph which was fine, and just kind of flew around for 40 minutes doing slow pulls and orbits around the pier. color grading took me forever because i shot in d-log and im still not great at that but i think i finally got something that doesnt look like garbage

if anyone wants to see ill link the youtube later, just wanted to see if anyone else has tips for shooting into the sun without totally blowing out the highlights. i had an nd32 on but still losing detail in the bright spots

nd32 into direct sun at golden hour is probably your issue, that might actually not be enough depending on your shutter speed. what were you running? i usually bump to nd64 when im shooting anything close to the sun itself and then pull the highlights way down in post. also if your mini 3 has the ability to expose for the sky and let the foreground go dark it can actually look really cinematic, you can bring some of it back in lightroom if you shot log

would definitely watch the video though, beach sunsets are hard to mess up completely honestly

i had the same problem for ages. someone told me to use AEB bracketing and just merge the exposures and honestly that changed everything for me. bit more work in post but the results are way better for those high contrast scenes