00:06So hello again my friends and welcome to Saunders Island which is only a 10-minute
00:12hop from where we were at Carcass but this is a 40-minute drive from the main
00:18settlement where we're located in this tiny little cabin self-catered for three
00:24days and it's quite remote you can see all around me is just ocean South Atlantic
00:32and it's absolutely amazing to be in such a remote location such a beautiful
00:38location the main objective here will be the albatross which are nested in what
00:46they call the rookery just over that mountain there but they're flying I can
00:50see them all flying along the cliffs here I don't know if this camera will pick
00:54them up at all they're all along here flying so yeah that's that's the plan
01:01tomorrow is predicted to have really nasty weather lots of wind up to 50 mile an
01:06hour winds apparently and storm coming through so I don't know what we'll get
01:12tomorrow so despite the fact that it's a bit late now it's five o'clock and we're a
01:16bit tired from traveling I'm gonna make my way down to the cliffs to see what I can
01:23get whilst the light is good and see if we make it over to the rookery as well so I
01:30shall catch up with you in a bit hopefully from the cliffs there with an
01:34albatross in shot see you in a sec
01:48I'm just trying to film them on the wing as they glide over the cliffs but the wind is
01:58really hard to cope with to get a steady shot and when they come right above your
02:09head they're coming so fast and amazingly enough even though the atmosphere is so
02:18clean I keep getting dust in my eyes so it's been a while since I've done this
02:28sort of thing and I'm really out of practice but they're just such beautiful birds
02:57I'm filming it 100 frames per second in the hope of getting as much footage as I can see as
03:00I can see it
03:00I'm filming it 100 frames per second in the hope of getting as much footage as I can see it
03:08as much as I possibly can there's a couple flying low over the water that I would really love to
03:14get
03:18if I can find them in print
03:30So I've also put the EVF on which makes it slightly easier to hold them in frame and hold focus
03:40but even with that it's a real challenge
03:49Okay here comes a bunch
03:52Let's see how long I can keep them in frame
03:56and focused
04:08Cool
04:10That was actually a petrol I was focused on
04:14Oh
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04:23You
04:24You
04:49Wow, and there's a few cormorants down on the rocks too.
04:58So I'm trying to catch them as they come over the rock, the cliff face, because then I get
05:05them for a little bit at least with the blue of the sea as a background.
05:25Okay, what I think I'll do is quit from here for a little bit and head down to the rookery
05:36where they're nesting and see if I can get any shots there.
05:51Okay, so I walked down to the rookery where the albatross are nesting all along the cliffs
05:58here on little ledges. Their nests are like these big pots and they're just sitting on
06:06them. And they're absolutely stunning, stunning birds. I'm at a loss for words to be honest.
06:18And they're absolutely huge as well. I didn't realise quite how big they are. You see them
06:25on the wing flying and they just look like big gulls. But then one lands next to you and
06:30it's the size of a goose. Big heavy birds and then they fly so gracefully. It's amazing.
06:50Absolutely unmatched flying ability. So yeah, I've done a little bit of filming of them flying
07:00around and sat on the nest. A few backlit shots that I hope will work as the sun is setting
07:07in that direction now. I would like to get down lower but I'm very wary about upsetting them
07:18to try and get a more on level angle of them. Which I might try and do. But if I
07:28see that they're
07:29getting upset then I'll just back off. It's not worth it.
07:39Right. End of day one at Saunders Island with the albatross. And it's absolutely wonderful.
07:49Tomorrow is predicted to be a horrible day weather-wise. So I don't know if that will come true.
07:54And if it does, what kind of shots you might be able to get. But I shall catch up with
08:01you
08:01tomorrow.
08:05Okay, so right now is not the following day, the day following the previous segment that
08:14you saw, where I was filming the black-browed albatross. It's the day after that. Yesterday,
08:22which was the day after that, was absolutely foul, foul weather. Ferocious winds up to 60
08:32miles an hour. Driving rain and hail made it really impossible for us to come out and do
08:40any kind of filming or shooting. Today is slightly less but still not great. We've got squalls coming
08:49through of rain, which I'm just ducking out of at the moment. The wind is still pretty strong
08:56at 40 miles an hour or so, which is making shots, getting steady shots almost impossible. So
09:04I'll be amazed actually if I can steady anything in post, if I can stabilize it. We shall see.
09:12So yeah, I'm just waiting for the wind and rain to die down a little bit and then I'll get
09:19back over to do some more filming of the rockhoppers, which are about a kilometer further on from
09:24where the albatross were. So yeah, that's it from, that'll be it from Saunders Island. Unfortunately,
09:33tomorrow we're leaving. So conditions here haven't been that great, although we did get a good
09:39afternoon on the first day. So the next video will be from Pebble Island. In the meantime, I think I
09:48shall sign off here on this one. Hopefully I'll be able to show you some footage now of what I've
09:54been
09:54able to get so far and hopefully what I will get as the day progresses if this wind dies down
10:01a little bit.
10:03So yeah, thank you so much for following along. Hope you're enjoying seeing the images from the Falklands
10:10and I shall catch up with you in the next video from Pebble Island. See you again soon. Bye for
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