Photographing Lions With Technology | National Geographic

National Geographic photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols and videographer Nathan Williamson used a remote-controlled helicopter and a small robot tank to capture unique images of Serengeti lions.
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[@MrSkypaddy]

this is stalking to a new level :D

[@kuro758]

"Photographing lions with technology".. Yeah cuz otherwise you photograph them with rocks 😂😂😂

[@ritasaur]

The first little robot camera thing looks like Wall-E!!

[@Maitimop]

For most of the time, the robots probably take pictures of lions going, "What the heck is that?"

[@mrfalcon7871]

I find this extremely fascinating🤯😄

[@tre_tha_beast6848]

This takes the thrill of actually capturing you’re own shot.

[@alexalex-fp2fo]

I feel that they (lions) dont enough privacy. I appreciate the takes or pics

[@SoulGryph]

What proof do you have that makes you think they care at all about privacy? I don't believe privacy is a concept they care about in the slightest even if they did understand it.

[@aichor1]

It is very interesting to use the technologie to photograph the animals

[@leopardprint2860]

huh?

[@jeffersonguansing7678]

and what are they supposed to use?

[@tdthebg]

the lion sitting up at 0:55 has a collar on

[@MisterWileyOne]

I would love to see the lions go to town on the tank, that would be entertaining.

[@SoulGryph]

We made this technology so we can hoard all this fascinating video from the public because it would be to genuinely interesting for them.

[@catsalive1]

Love big cats. They are so beautiful. Hope they are around for a long time.

[@ivyssauro123]

cool, i wish i was one of those photographers.

[@kenavstheworld7800]

I feel like I’m watching actors in between scenes 😂

[@mwknitter]

I'd like to see the video from when the tank was first introduced!

[@sonnybonez1767]

I never knew that humans were physically in the field capturing the show. I thought that there were millions of cameras hidden in every nook and cranny of the wildness and they just pieced together the footage when they collected the cameras every couple of months

[@SubKiller]

that drone looked like its out to kill.....dafuq? y u scare them like dat

[@footagereview2771]

ikr

[@Angyalka1111]

Thanks for the upload. It was very interesting and unique. Did you enjoy this special techniques .... and beautiful lions! I wish you a wonderful day with lots of love macika

[@MuhammadEgypt]

I love that.

[@crickettak6819]

Lion be like: human will never change

[@danna5220]

171 de dislikes de niños que estan aqui por las clases virtuales 171 of dislikes from children who are here from virtual classes

[@annekelabots8784]

the drone made a lot of noise that disturbed the lions, I think

[@natethehuman]

An elderly hamster told me to leave this comment.

[@Native722]

Wow that's amazing, and all without the animals getting hurt. I worry about that SUV hitting those animals.

[@CloudchaserShaconag]

Seems like a camera with a zoom lens would get the same effect as the rover, though I do see how the drone can get unique shots

[@ibrahija]

This is amazing !

[@ukwarrior89]

"Photographing Lions With Technology". As opposed to what, a banana?

[@GoingFastMan]

I wanna see how the it was for the first camera drone. Just slowly pressing upon the pride then bam🤣

[@itsMinuteMaid]

I was playing Lion King music in my head the whole time

[@zaharin4o3]

Много оригинално замислено и изпълнено!!!

[@CristianoRonaldo-pc9zr]

Bulgarin :0

[@yudy92]

these help more than they seem.

[@rorschach775]

I kinda want to do this to photographers while they're sleeping.

[@samimotag]

Looks fun to use!

[@ThomsonSafaris]

Amazing night shots!

[@Pertamax7-HD]

Wow nice sir

[@MrHuntyz]

why cant national geographic ever upload full shows

[@bakersfieldmusicnow]

great job!!!..love lions.

[@Cryores]

Well you can't force someone to finish their food lol.

[@opoja5e]

LOVE LIONS

[@sinarmentari5495]

3:04 wait what...i mean, how can they don't even bother by that flashes while eating, i mean like "dafuk lemme finish my dinner"

[@swisschoco25]

I want to see the first videos of when they put the robot out there

[@alondratellez4482]

Super cool

[@RuanthGrain]

What about the camera underwater filming an crocodile anaconda piranha etc up close?

[@zonastraight]

Amazing

[@JahidAgroFood]

Great video. The drone is very awesome. How much the drone?

[@gregorymulwa513]

Just observed the land rover's number plate at time stamp 1.54...starting with later K*N,sure had me light up,coz thats a plate belong to my country Kenya.🇰🇪 Lovely indeed.😃😄😅

[@gregorymulwa513]

*time stamp 1:54...KBN 621...

[@Thcdemiplantacasera]

No entendi nada de lo que decian, pero las reacciones y el video estab muy interesante

[@TiiFamaDah]

Amazing!

[@cocoaboing]

Amazing!!

[@taylensylvestre8444]

:26 looks like wall-e the robot lol

[@bwuh]

Is this a Behind the Scenes for Terminator 6: Sarah Connor's Safari?

[@roo1237]

Awesome,They are a fan of Canon and was that a go pro that I saw...?

[@RS70_UGHC]

! Mad cool.

[@ankitnanda7636]

Walle wala robot 🤩

[@user-hp8pk2ld7j]

I LOVE

[@fernando338ful]

The cats fascinate me...

[@YoussefTanzakkine]

wow , good job guys

[@BooHeSha]

come on NG... go for a brushless gimbal! :D

[@sherlockholmes1660]

I also wanna be a photographer like this😭

[@khangdu89]

This is the trailer of "Alien Vs Lion", i'm sure 100% ! :D

[@sjsharksx408x]

My drill sergeant said we're wild exotic animals and that national geographic can make a documentary out of us. Haha good times

[@VladimirVladimirovich1952]

Sounds like he turned you on

[@yungcake1]

great

[@ScaryGhost1]

So, do you usually not use technology to photograph lions? I think a camera counts as technology

[@ellismokheseng6130]

I think this is cool and safe

[@mesecevakci7590]

i wasn't talking about that. and i am dead-serious.

[@mesecevakci7590]

come on, look at the food we waste! go study the topic before you post a scary comment, please. *shivers*

[@daleford44]

Cool

[@fafyfcmtd100]

super!

[@shreyasmungad]

Why aren’t the lions attacking them, the car looks open..?

[@KokuTV]

Tell us more about this brave place you live in, Son of Norris.

[@igorlementa6624]

Hea video,hea töö aga vajab ka kannatlikkust!

[@hijacker5]

Nice job :)

[@ElliotBlyth]

They Shoot Canon, And use GoPros. I like :D

[@vladtepes9614]

Isn't the title of the video a bit redundant?

[@ferny84]

1:58 pay attention to what he says

[@serengetilion]

be great if all of you would take that anger about disturbing the animals and put it into constructive use on the videos where people hunt animals for no reason.

[@10tmoore]

Where are you going to charge a electric car in the middle of no where?

[@DivineWordRevelations]

NatGeo buy now a drone, this tech is obsolete... dont disturb the animals

[@serengetilion]

aris cristobal---- not for this type of thing

[@daddyslildarlings4332]

This is for our education its not like its happening everyday

[@sinisterz45]

Aris Cristobal bless ur stars for obsolete men with obsolete tech bringing well edited and respectable vid to ur obsolete hand.

[@yousef.al-assaf]

Aris Cristobal You would never learn about them then...

[@smilingbutton]

1:52 Baaaaaaaaa tsumeniaaaaaaa (Circle of Life)

[@joaomoreira9689]

Poderiam fazer com um Boston Dynamics.

[@zulianitazutajota9503]

wow, are the car dont have windows film to protect from the lion?

[@steeeevo403]

When did the numeric symbol # become a hashtag??

[@theblacksorrow]

OMG it's WALL-E

[@die101]

from where i come from we shoot the lions up close just with the camera walking up close to 3ft away, no toy robots ,no toy helicopters, no crap, just flesh and bones looking eye to eye

[@w8km]

Sounds like you guys need an electric car :O

[@sandreid87]

I always film my lions with oranges. WAY better than bananas. Pfff, banana? Never heard anything so stupid!

[@TheSweettooth95]

what kind of rc is that?

[@demsimooy9987]

Kapan bisa seperti mereka...

[@woodkang]

is it safe to use a car like that?

[@ricomon35]

Feed them Soylent !! :)

[@shravankulkarniarchive]

yeah sure ! did you ask them for a cup of tea ?

[@doodelay]

Wat else would you photograph lions with, a banana?

[@Cryores]

World hunger will forever ensue, there are about a billion in total of starving people. How would you feed them all?

[@syoungkang]

우리가 아무렇지도 않게 내뱉는 말이 운명이 될 수 있습니다

[@ungavaproductions]

This is pursuying and stressing animals and I think that some filmakers, videographers and photographers goes too far ! Could we let them in their own wiildlife in piece ?

[@carolinebaker3564]

some of that shit is a bit of intrusion on them.especially when it terrifies them. but some of it was cool.

[@serengetilion]

East Tanzania, the Serengeti

[@ItsOvaNinethousnd]

yeah but how to recharge it out there?

[@ZhouGongJin]

Anyone ever think that aliens/"god" did this to us humans? But they did it more sophisticatedly ?

[@urniece4184]

Cute