Absolutely Insane Drone Footage of Oklahoma Tornado

5 years 6 days ago #642363 by KENT MELTON
This is pretty nuts



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5 years 6 days ago #642367 by John Landolfi
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:


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5 years 6 days ago #642372 by KENT MELTON
Pretty nuts huh?  


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5 years 6 days ago #642379 by Alex
Watching this video, you can't help to want to praise the gimbal on that drone, this footage is smooth considering that had to been strong winds and a workout for the drone even at the distance it was from the tornado.  Good find!  

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5 years 6 days ago #642503 by Ken Brun

Alex wrote: Watching this video, you can't help to want to praise the gimbal on that drone, this footage is smooth considering that had to been strong winds and a workout for the drone even at the distance it was from the tornado.  Good find!  



And I see you guys did a feature on it   https://www.photographytalk.com/tornado-footage-captured-by-a-drone-chasing-it

I read this article this morning.  I was thinking the same thing about the drone, that must have been like a DJI Inspire or something.  


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5 years 5 days ago #642539 by Garbo
Impressive!

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5 years 5 days ago #642594 by Carry
I wonder if this person had a driver keeping him in range or line of sight of the tornado.  Seems like he must have been getting upwards of max distance range the receiver would be able to communicate and keep control of the drone.  Actually that is what I thought happened at the end.  

Good video.  


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5 years 4 days ago #642655 by I shoot RAW
I bet it was an Inspire

Good watch, thanks for sharing

Wasn't me :)
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5 years 4 days ago #642704 by The Gardener
I watched this yesterday a couple times.  The drone pilot did a good job with tracking and keeping the camera in frame.   


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5 years 3 days ago #642742 by Don Granger
How fast do you think that tornado was traveling?  


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5 years 2 days ago #642808 by Tim Wiener
Two big thumbs up on the pilot of that drone!  


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5 years 2 days ago #642816 by Nikon Shooter
Are birds playing with it. really?

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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5 years 2 days ago #642901 by Zach Mosher
Remember back in the day, the closest coverage to a tornado was a crappy video from a helicopter.  This is super clear and seems much closer.  

VERY cool!


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