Prairie Excitement

The prairie is sky and grass, perhaps colorful flowers if you are there at the right time. How do you make a place visually exciting when you see a peacefulness and respite from the chaos of city life? This drone project is honing my "sense of place" awareness by answering that question in twelve different Scientific and Natural Areas across Minnesota. Four of twelve have been filmed, eight to go.

Worth the hike

This 3.6 billion year old rock is a long walk from the road. Once or twice a year I make the long, hot trek in to look for blooming prickly pear cactus. A few weeks ago I applied for a drone permit from the Scientific and Natural Area Program and the stipulation of the permit is to make one minute videos of 12 selected SNAs.  Gneiss Outcrops is on the list so the trip was worthwhile even though I missed the cactus bloom again.

Technical: Mavic Pro Platinum with 4 stop ND polarizing filter. Edit in Final Cut. Final edit aided by the insightful eyes of daughter Elizabeth.