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1. Where Herons Live
Potential Drone: DJI Mini 2 Quadcopter
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Price: $599.98*
Herons are a bird that almost everyone likes, in contrast to geese. Since it's where you're most likely to encounter them, people frequently assume that herons are restricted to living in swamps or reeds. That impression is untrue, though, because herons actually construct their nests atop enormous trees.
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Where Herons Are Now Living: Facebook.com/@oko.magazine
With his aerial photo titled "Where Herons Live," Dmitri Viliunov allowed us to observe the homes of herons. At the Drone Awards, this dreamy, nearly painting-like image took first place in the Wildlife Category. "Where Herons Live" may have made use of the DJI Mini 2 quadcopter. Though it is small enough not to startle the herons, it can reach an altitude where they make their nest.
2. The Lockdown
The DJI Mavic Air 2 is one possible drone to use.
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The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic altered everyone's life. Social distance became a painful reality due to lockdowns and quarantines. Bachir Moukarzel's shot "The Lockdown" showed how normally-busy roads and thoroughfares were abandoned when the restrictions were implemented.
The Capture ©DroneAwards.photo/Bachir Moukarzel
The picture's gloomy, deserted boulevard used to be Dubai's busiest route, with about 7,000 cars passing across it every hour. The New York Times called the DJI Mavic Air 2, which can fly up to 2,000 feet, “the best drone” for photographers hoping to capture aerial, high-altitude photos, so it's possible that this drone was the one used. In 2020, the year this picture was shot, that was the publication's choice.
