Pictured: The Shropshire countryside as you've never seen it before
These stunning images taken from high above the Shropshire countryside give a bird's eye view of the county.
Taken using tiny camera and drones, the photos are the work of two Shropshire amateur photographers William Nevett and Jamie Whelan, who submitted their pictures separately to Star Witness.
Jamie, 49, from Telford Estate in Shrewsbury, works as a distribution officer for an IT company. But in his spare time, the married father of two loves nothing more than to spend his time taking aerial photos of places where he played as a child.
"I used to build my own drones," said Jamie, "but then I bought one off the shelf. It was the DJI Phantom and it is fantastic.
"I can now take photos of places that I thought I knew very well, but now I get to see them from a totally different perspective. There are lots of rules regulating the use of drones over residential areas."
Jamie also uses his drone at his son's football training sessions. "I've used the drone to take a picture of the team in action and then the coach has been able to see exactly where everyone is and can pull them up or praise them," he said.
Fellow aerial photography fan William Nevett is also a convert to drone photography. As a wildlife and nature photographer he has been able to adapt his skills to that of aerial photography. He has spent a number of years photographing the North Shropshire Hunt and the United Pack but is now able to offer an additional service. His drone can take photos from a mile high and can travel up to three miles away – which means he can keep track of the hunt and take high wide shots of the whole field.
"I have only had the drone camera for a month but am converted, " said William, a 59-year-old estate manager who lives at Marchamley, near Market Drayton. "Each time you take a photo and then upload it to the computer it is like opening a present. I always know what to expect when I take a photo the normal way of a butterfly or a bird or a horse going over a jump.
"But with is method, my eye may have missed something until I see it on the computer screen."
