Best vantage points for drone photography over Nuwara Eliya tea estates
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You must be extremely careful. Tea estates are private corporate property. Pedro Estate and Bluefield Estate are very scenic, but hovering a drone low over the workers is considered highly intrusive and disrespectful. If you must fly, do it from a public road looking down into the valleys, maintain a high altitude, and never buzz directly over the pluckers.
Yes, Mountain Hawk-Eagles are common in the higher elevations and they will defend their territory against a drone.
Good point about the workers, I will definitely keep a respectful distance.
Are there any eagles or birds of prey up there that attack drones.
The winds pick up severely by 11 AM in the highlands. Fly early in the morning when the mist is still low.
Just bring a 70-200mm lens and shoot from the road. It is way less intrusive and gets great compression shots.
I asked an estate manager for permission first and they were totally fine with it as long as I stayed high up.
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