31/05/2026
Sometimes the fun part is not just flying the drone — it is finding something unexpected in the edit.
I stopped along the Mississippi River near Hannibal after another shoot and captured a few simple push-forward passes with the DJI Avata 360.
The twist came later.
Since the footage was shot in 360, I started playing with keyframes and turned the view 180 degrees from how it was originally flown. That simple change gave the whole video a backward-drifting feel and led to the title:
Backwards Along Ol’ Man River
Shot forward. Viewed backward.
Watch the full video on YouTube here:
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