3 The Bison of Central Alaska - Delta River herd

akdrone · Tuesday at 1:44 PM

The Bison in central Alaska make the Delta River, south of Delta Junction, their home after calving. This video was taken over a 6 day period using a drone with a telephoto lens to ensure they were never disturbed. High winds and snow made for challenging filming. Enjoy.

YVRGUY · Tuesday at 3:48 PM

akdrone said:
The Bison in central Alaska make the Delta River, south of Delta Junction, their home after calving. This video was taken over a 6 day period using a drone with a telephoto lens to ensure they were never disturbed. High winds and snow made for challenging filming. Enjoy.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Akdrone, this is the way you do it…the thoughtfulness and focus on not disturbing these beautiful animals far exceeds the filming, which by the way is always spectacular coming from you.

GFields · Tuesday at 4:15 PM

Great video

akdrone · Tuesday at 4:21 PM

Thanks... I really appreciate the long lens. I would not be able to do this without that tele effect. I'm sad the Mav 4 has a shorter tele but it will balance out (if we can ever buy them) by shooting 6K that we can zoom into a bit. It's interesting to see animals behavior and how close you can get. I know that ducks are spooked (yeah...I've done that in spite of my efforts) so quickly but swans hardly bat an eye. The bison simply didn't react to my drone and I really should have tried to get a bit closer but it all worked out in the end - well enough for me anyway. What I'd give for a really long lens

.

JimSteadman · Wednesday at 10:10 AM

Beautifully done. The narrative was really well thought out and informative. Music was perfect. Thanks for posting this.

Dbez1 · Wednesday at 10:20 AM

I agree, the film was extremely well done. Very nice flying and editing, great music and narrative, and just the right length. Keep em coming!

akdrone · Wednesday at 11:47 AM

Dbez1 said:
I agree, the film was extremely well done. Very nice flying and editing, great music and narrative, and just the right length. Keep em coming!

Thought I'd like to do one on alligators so I'm hunting for alligators on the next river over...no luck so far...

1gratedulflyingdawg · Wednesday at 12:08 PM

akdrone said:
The Bison in central Alaska make the Delta River, south of Delta Junction, their home after calving. This video was taken over a 6 day period using a drone with a telephoto lens to ensure they were never disturbed. High winds and snow made for challenging filming. Enjoy.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Great video. Thanks for sharing