Southeast Alaska - Baranof Island

[mvadventures]

I've learned a great deal from reading this Forum for a few months, and finally decided to join in the fun. I live aboard and cruise on our 50' trawler in southeast Alaska, and I've been having a ball learning to fly and shoot video with the Mavic Air, as well as editing with PowerDirector 17. Here's my latest effort - still learning, but improving with every flight. More videos can be found on my cruising blog: www.mvadventures.com. Strictly fun, nothing commercial.

One request - with all due respect to all the wonderful contributors here - can you folks go easy with the "guys" and "sir" stuff. Some of us drone pilots are gals!

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I was flying the Mavic from my dinghy because there was a young (sub-adult) brown bear hanging around. Now I'm learning to hand-catch so I can stay away from shore when wildlife like that is nearby.

 

[Twocalf]

Nicely done! It was pretty cool to see the bear walking out of the trees with the overhead shot! SE AK and the whole inside passage is a special place.

 

[Thomas B]

Love the “reveal” in the beginning where you fly between the two mountains to show the water there. Definitely a unique landing hazard!

 

[ZX14-R]

Nice

 

[Proffy]

Good one! But landing at the end can be cropped out ))

 

[ClaudioSr]

Oh my goodness, what a BEAUTIFUL place.
Bob Ross picture perfect

 

[mvadventures]

Good one! But landing at the end can be cropped out ))

You're absolutely right, but I left it in since the video was intended to be part of a Blog entry, and it was relevant to the story I told in the post.
But that brings up an interesting thing to think about - how to make the videos stand alone and tell a story without additional narrative. I'm primarily a still photographer, but the Blog allows me to put some context around the (primarily travel) photos. Now I'll try to challenge myself to plan flights/shoots to tell stories without words.

 

[IShouldBeWorking]

Such a rugged, unspoiled wilderness you have up there. Thanks for sharing with us. Glad the bear didn't get you! I don't usually have that kind of interruption when I come in for a landing in Utah.

 

[rhberg]

Great video. Passing through the gap to get a view of the lake was nifty. I guess those are salmon jumping all over the water surfaces? Nice fishing hole. And, including the brown bear, this all is quintessential Alaska. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Skywalker]

I've learned a great deal from reading this Forum for a few months, and finally decided to join in the fun. I live aboard and cruise on our 50' trawler in southeast Alaska, and I've been having a ball learning to fly and shoot video with the Mavic Air, as well as editing with PowerDirector 17. Here's my latest effort - still learning, but improving with every flight. More videos can be found on my cruising blog: www.mvadventures.com. Strictly fun, nothing commercial.

One request - with all due respect to all the wonderful contributors here - can you folks go easy with the "guys" and "sir" stuff. Some of us drone pilots are gals!

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I was flying the Mavic from my dinghy because there was a young (sub-adult) brown bear hanging around. Now I'm learning to hand-catch so I can stay away from shore when wildlife like that is nearby.

Nice! ...ma’am.