UGANDA from Above | African Wildlife with an FPV drone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2023
- I spent this past week (Sept 2023) traveling through Uganda and was totally blown away by the scenery and wildlife. Uganda is a bit lesser-known compared to other more popular destinations in East Africa but it definitely did not disappoint. I had the opportunity to capture FPV drone footage in a number of Uganda's national parks. Locations include Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park(Kazinga channel), Lake Mburo National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It's been a dream of mine for a while to capture African wildlife from this new perspective and I hope you enjoy the shots!
Everything was shot on a 5in FPV drone with a GoPro Hero11 Mini
All filming was done with the proper permits and approval from Uganda Wildlife Authority, UPDF and other necessary entities. Thanks to my guides Ole with Maasai African Guides and Ronnie with Wild Untouched Adventures for putting in so much work to get these permits approved. Believe me, it’s not an easy process. We had to start applying over 3 months in advance and still ran into problems. Please do not attempt to fly a drone in Uganda without all of the proper permits. You can end up in jail very easily.
Ethical questions of flying drones in close proximity to wildlife. This is likely to come up in comments so I want to address it.
Drones have been used for years to capture wildlife in natural history films but fpv drones are a newer technology to this area of filmmaking. Where traditional drones can capture nice shots from a distance FPV drones are meant to be right in the action flying close to a subject. This does pose some issues.
Animals are extremely sensitive to their surroundings so it's pretty well impossible to fly a drone without an animal knowing. Some animals are easily spooked by drones while others don’t seem to mind. Overall I think the important thing is to limit the stress on individual animals. That might mean only following an animal for a brief few seconds before leaving it alone or staying further back and cropping in on the shot in post (which I did in many cases). It can be easy to get carried away and chase the animal for longer but it’s up to the drone pilot and professional guides/wildlife experts to be respectful and determine boundaries.
This was a learning experience for me as every animal, even different individuals, from the same species, can react differently to the drone. I'll give a general overview of my experiences.
Zebra, buffalo, gazelle, and other prey animals- These animals are easily spooked and will start running from pretty much any potential danger. This does mean that they run regularly in their daily lives. Spooking them with a drone is pretty well guaranteed but having them run a little bit is not the end of the world.
Giraffes- This was interesting as you'll see the first giraffes in the video didn't seem to mind the drone while others were a bit spooked. This is because researchers use drones to monitor this particular group of giraffes so they were used to it. Other giraffes however do get spooked so it's important not to chase them for long.
Elephants have a deep hatred for bees so a big screeming robot bee isn't exactly music to their ears. I kept my flights with elephants pretty short to not annoy them too much.
Lions can go either way. Sometimes they'll try and attack the drone sometimes they'll run away, and occasionally they won't care at all.
Perspective- Wildlife in Africa face real pressing issues and if you travel there you'll hear stories of these problems firsthand. Whether that be poaching, human-animal conflicts, hunting, etc. these animals face constant real-life challenges to their survival. A drone flying around them for a few minutes is simply not one of these challenges. The permits required to fly around these animals are very hard to get so not just any tourist will be able to go and do this. With all this said I hope you enjoy the footage and maybe appreciate some of the thought behind capturing these animals from a new perspective.
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Bro this is absolutely phenomenal! Some of the best shots I’ve seen in awhile. The waterfall and elephants shots were my favorite.
Means a lot dude🙏 Stoked with how the shots turned out. The elephants are my favorite too! They were tricky to film though because they’re terrified of bees and fpv sounds like a giant bee haha
I don't think I had ever seen something so fucking amazing like that before.
Your video work deserves more attention.
Your channel is so underrated! You deserve way more views!!
Hi I hope you all enjoy the video! I had a blast making this one. PLEASE READ the description if you have a moment. I talk about the thought process behind flying close to wildlife and how I do my best to minimize stress on the animals.
Thanks!
This is absolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful video 📸😍
Spectacular !!!
Wow amazing!
amazing! thank you for explaining theprocess of getting these shoots done 🙌
wow so incredible!
Amazing!!! 👍👍👍👍
Wow!
AMAZING footage, great job.
Superb! Thank you for sharing such beauty! It must have been very difficult, you have amazing skills!
Amazing shots ! ❤
Great shots!!!
Incredible !! Good job !
Your style is high end, inspirational! 🔥
This scenery is incredible! Love how you captured this, amazing work 🙌
You've created something unbelievable! Can't imagine how much work was done to come up with 3 minutes video like this! Amazing work, just amazing!
OMG ! 😮 Fantastic video !
Stunning footage, editing, and incredible flying skills especially up and down Murchison Falls! You were able to do it in such a way that there was minimal affect on the wildlife…amazing, best footage of Uganda on the Internet!
surreal footage
absolutely amazing. that wildabeast shot.... so good...
You are an absolute Artist man such incredible skills flying editing grading... i absolutely love your fpv vids here on youtube and on instagram !!
Bro your work is absolutely amazing, keep up the incredible work. Just subscribed!
Just spectacular!!! Amazing drone pilot! 3 Minutes 1 second of a master at work, bringing us a different perspective...thanks!!
Fantastic video 😍😍😍
Stunning work Josh! Uganda is a beautiful country
just one word, AMAZING!
Amazing ❤❤❤ you are an artist
Amazing!
you made perfect picture- 🤘
Amazing
Eres inspiración. Éxitos!
It's like I'm flying right there with them, what a great experience! That Lionness was not having it! Incredible pilotting, loved the waterfall gap shoot that you traversed. Got my first low quality drone in the air today, and you give me hope for evolution in the future. Thanks for sharing some of your magic with us.
That’s crazy you have such low followers for these great videos.
Amazing!! 🔥🔥
Thanks!
Stunning. that Hero11 seems pretty nice too.
That is perfect 360 view animals!☝️😎🤙
wow
How tf does this guy not have 10M subs?!!
Awesome!
I was so carried away watching this, felt like I'm right there ❤ the sounds are spot on, and well scenery is mind blowing. Thanks for the great explanations in the video description, just shows how much work you need to put in to produce this 3min masterpiece
This is great work and editing. Keep it up.
Outstanding and very unique video! !
awesome! stunning FPV drone bro 👍📽🎬
HOLY HELLL!!
You deserve more subscribers
Epic
The most amazing thing i've seen on TH-cam 🦓🦒🐘
HAKUNA MATATA!
Excellent flights and editing ✊
It was good
I am speechless
Bonjour! un grand bravo pour ta magnifique vidéo comme d'habitude! très bon pilotage et montage!! alors merci à toi de nous partager ça. Je trouve très bien aussi que tu parle d'éthique dans ta description. En tant qu'utilisateur de drone je me suis déjà poser cette question aussi.Tu y réponds très bien et je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi. Et puis je pense que ça aide à vouloir protéger la nature et les animaux en transmettant aux gens de l'émotion...merci encore à la prochaine, en espérant que youtube traduise bien mon commentaire🤣🤣
Hey, we here at The Pet Collective loved one of your videos and would love to talk more!
Hey Joshua, I'm Ugandan and this is by far the best communication of how beautiful my country is... I would like to get in touch with you as I look to share my country with the world through the tourism company am building. I'm certain I can learn a lot from your perspectives.
This could be digitally or even when you are ever back in East Africa, I would be open to meeting for a chat.
Thanks Again for the great video and it's a pity you went through all those hurdles
LMK if I should leave my email or whatever works.
Pretty nutty man, crazy footage. Was wondering about what thought wen't into the ethics of this but sounds like you tried to be respectful as is feasible.
Amazing video and sound design!
Where are you located while filming these scenes? Are you on a safari trip with a guide?
And why did you upload/record in 1080p?
Thank you🙏
Yes I’m in the safari vehicle with a guide for all of the shots.
It’s in 4K. Could just be your browser
Which program do you use to stabilize the footage? And if you film 1/50Shutter you don’t get micro blur vibrations?
Amazing work. I am looking to bring a drone in in a couple weeks for a very small project. What were the regulations like for you? Any hassle? Thanks
Thanks! Unfortunately it’s very difficult. I wouldn’t try it if you haven’t applied for permits yet. They’ll take your drone at customs if they see it and you likely won’t get it back
Hey! Amazing as always 🤩 when will be dropped video from Mallorca 4/2023? We’ve met on the viewpoint of Formentor, Mirador de El Colomer, I’ve been there flying with my DJI drone 😎😃🙋🏽♂️
Probably the most spectacular Wildlife I've ever seen - Excellent Mr Turner. Any chance we could use it on a new Remix we've just done for "Toto - Africa" - please advise. Thanks Bud.
must have been a dream to recreate those Nat Geo sweeping shots over the running herd.
That's sweet. How did the animals react to a drone ? : ?
Not well since they run away…
10/10 how were you allowed to fly in the national park? Did you apply for a permit?
Thanks! Yes, I had permits. They were not easy to get
African Wild Life: what a nice day... (sees drone) wft is that
0:58 bro how
They should have sent this video on the Voyager probe instead of all the music.
Me gustó mucho ver a las jirafas, pero hiciste pocas tomas de ellas :(
what is that lump giraffe has 1:00 😯
Wow!! Best drone video I've ever seen.Just absolutely fantastic.Everyone who watches this will watch it again and again,getting evermore jealous of your skills each time.☺️
Insane footage man! Is this all from the Nazgul??
Thanks!! Yes all with Nazgul
Hey Josh, am a vfx student from uganda. can i use a this video for study purpose? i want to do some 3d tracking and play with it
wow nice skills here, and great pictures, but I feel you are very close to them and they are a bit afraid
Thanks for watching🙏 Occasionally they do get spooked but I do my best to limit the stress. Please read the description where I explain more on this
how was the process of getting permits for uganda?
Wich drone do you use???
Please, name of all music
what is this? Worlds best drone footage and.. 15K views?
I look forward to the day I can watch this for hours on an IMAX screen...in my own house..OK, maybe not in my own house, but really...I've seen a couple of IMAX videos where they promised me shots like this only to be bored to tears instead by giving me a scripted documentary on some doofuses taking a kayak trip on the upper Nile...it sucked except where it had stuff that looked a little like this three minutes of unrestrained and totally engrossing stuff like i've just seen here. Thanks from the bottom of my still hopeful heart. Cheers
Can i use this video for shorts?
For sure amazing videos but im a bit concerned on the ethical side of that.. flying so close to animals and scare them with a drone is way to unrespectful for just a video and some likes
hi Joshua, have you become a flat earther yet?
Such a great skills, Joshua!
I agree; the Uganda's scenery and wildlife are truly beautiful!
Thanks for those clarifications, I was wondering about those permits and risks. Also, I noticed how those animals reacted to the drone.
I hope your YT channel can grow up easily. Keep it up the great content, man! :)