A very cold January with my drone at Loch Leven, Kinross.

On a very cold, windless morning (2nd January 2025), I left my home to capture a beautiful dawn. I headed off to Kinross to Loch Leven in Fife. I got to the car park which was covered in frost and made my way to the shore line at the end of Kirk Gate road, close to the cemetery.

I made sure my three battery’s were fully charged, as the cold winter months drain the power a lot quicker than normal. Just getting up early and seeing a beautiful dawn, with an amazing sunrise is an experience that I just love. In the winter months here in Scotland, dawn can be early as 0730, and with sun rises just before 0900hrs.

I hope this short video (2 minutes long) gives it justice, as the colours were incredible, deep blues, pinks and oranges. My fingers were numb flying my drone carefully that morning. The drone was about a month old, it’s the DJI Mavic Mini 4 Pro. I do love sunrises, and I plan carefully where the sun will rise will be, and what time. Also, the wind conditions, as unfortunately I can not fly my drone in strong winds.

I also love the sunrises on beaches, and in the mountains. Sometimes I will have my camera and do long exposures during the dawn and sunrise, or even sunsets. I will get up early and stay up late to see this and capture images that means something to me.

Enjoy.