Thanks Gadget, but they ain't crows. They are black kites and are unique for a couple of reasons. They are nicknamed firehawks as they are supposed to pick up firesticks and drop them to start new fires, although nobody has captured this yet (I'm trying!) The other is that they can snatch things in mid air and feed them into their mouths as they fly, which is much more efficient than landing to do that.
yep, but you have to add the perceived drama and threats, a bit like reality shows!
Cool! Firehawks it is!
No they totally ignored me and kept chasing the flying insects, small mammals and reptiles disturbed by the fire
thank you, the irony with the rock wallabies is that they are spooked by their own shadow anyway but I have minutes and minutes of footage of them completely relaxed. I had to look really hard to find the split seconds when they retreated... for the drama of the edit ...but they always came back less than a minute later. I may come back one day to get some 7X on them but I am concerned about matching the 8 bit with the 10 bit color space.
Beautiful coverage of the ‘event’. Thought at one stage that your drone might have been endangered, but then I realised what the Kites were really interested in.
Agreed, and on the total re-cut coming (I tend to do that) I’ve replaced it with the normal speed version
Thanks PHZ
yes flying bugs and escaping mice and reptiles made them completely ignore the drone!
I think this is the singularly best drone video I have ever seen. The videography, color grading, music selection, and editing are, to my taste, makes this simply my favorite video of any of the many videos I have seen. Incredible subject matter doesn’t hurt but your cutting and choice of camera angles and slow movements were truly impressive.
That's a tough one to respond to AK but appreciate your kind words. I think I just try to get slightly better each time. I think if you aim too high, literally and figuratively, that's when things start to go wrong!
