Watch out for that duck!

psloan · Jul 6, 2020

Was shooting some video over the lake I was camping at this 4th of july weekend. Had a close encounter with a duck!

went to slow motion around the 50 second mark. I am pretty sure it was within a couple feet of my drone.

VenomXts · Jul 6, 2020

2 WOW's!

1. That Duck, (I thought the video was crapping out on me until i realized you slowed it down for us)... close call and i like how he came around again like a game of duck hunt..
2. Beautiful location!!!!! Not sure if its your video or just youtube but up until you get over that lake its a little hazy but then boom the entire video goes high def and my god that location is amazing.. love the mountain reflections on the water!

Where is this? Looks like Montana to me but then again everything looks like that to me thats beautiful with mountains lol.

psloan · Jul 7, 2020

VenomXts said:
2 WOW's!

1. That Duck, (I thought the video was crapping out on me until i realized you slowed it down for us)... close call and i like how he came around again like a game of duck hunt..
2. Beautiful location!!!!! Not sure if its your video or just youtube but up until you get over that lake its a little hazy but then boom the entire video goes high def and my god that location is amazing.. love the mountain reflections on the water!

Where is this? Looks like Montana to me but then again everything looks like that to me thats beautiful with mountains lol.

1. yes I slowed it down to 10%. that duck almost looks fake, like from some arcade game or something

2. Beautiful place. Blessed to live in a state (Washington state) that has many such places (check out my other youtube videos) the haze, I am pretty sure that's from youtube. not there on the source.

Thanks for the reply.

Fly easy my freind.

--pat

old man mavic · Jul 7, 2020

thats what you call close encounters of the glad it missed kind ,,did you remember to duck ? ???

Dale D · Jul 7, 2020

psloan said:
Was shooting some video over the lake I was camping at this 4th of july weekend. Had a close encounter with a duck!

went to slow motion around the 50 second mark. I am pretty shire it was within a couple feet of my drone.

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Beautiful scenery. You probably scared the hell out of that duck in its nest.

DaveS · Jul 7, 2020

Absolutely stunning shot!!! Your slow move in is PERFECT! You picked the perfect time of day too with no movement in the water whatsoever, so it looks like glass. Pro stuff my friend. I know you contribute a lot to this site. Keep it up.

Coco 60 · Jul 7, 2020

Close call !! ?

Royalred · Jul 8, 2020

psloan said:
Was shooting some video over the lake I was camping at this 4th of july weekend. Had a close encounter with a duck!

went to slow motion around the 50 second mark. I am pretty sure it was within a couple feet of my drone.

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Looks like a male widgeon. It's nesting time so prob checking you out as you flew near the nest. Lovely footage.

itsneedtokno · Jul 8, 2020

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psloan said:
Was shooting some video over the lake I was camping at this 4th of july weekend. Had a close encounter with a duck!

went to slow motion around the 50 second mark. I am pretty sure it was within a couple feet of my drone.

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Abso-freaking-lutely amazing

Deleted member 103366 · Jul 8, 2020

Nice video, beautiful place.

Just out of curiousity does anyone else think the duck's head up, feet down posture suggests it might have been coming in for a landing?

Royalred · Jul 8, 2020

PhiliusFoggg said:
Nice video, beautiful place.

Just out of curiousity does anyone else think the duck's head up, feet down posture suggests it might have been coming in for a landing?

Thought so too but it could have been an aggressive manouvere.

psloan · Jul 8, 2020

DaveS said:
Absolutely stunning shot!!! Your slow move in is PERFECT! You picked the perfect time of day too with no movement in the water whatsoever, so it looks like glass. Pro stuff my friend. I know you contribute a lot to this site. Keep it up.

Thank you Dave. when I have time I will definitely making a longer video to share. I shot a lot of footage over the weekend.

psloan · Jul 8, 2020

Royalred said:
Thought so too but it could have been an aggressive manouvere.

I thought so too, but you can also see it after it looped around and took off flying again. Maybe it got spooked on the approach and aborted the landing all together.

--pat