Perth photographer’s seaside dash to seize falling drone caught on digital camera

it's far every drone proprietor’s worst nightmare — the batteries going flat over the ocean.

however Doubleview filmmaker Ryan Chatfield’s brilliant sprint to seize his faraway controlled gadget earlier than it plunged into the ocean is turning into the stuff of legend on YouTube.

The 34-12 months-vintage turned into filming the hazy sundown over Floreat beach on Monday night time while disaster struck and the batteries died.

however he sprinted 200m alongside the seashore, clambered over rocks and positioned his body on the road to snatch his drone to safety simply 30cm before it hit the water.

“I’ve only had the drone for more than one weeks and it changed into probable a rookie errors, however I checked the battery and idea I’d have sufficient for the shot,” he stated.

“as soon as the battery gets to a certain point it is going into reserve mode and you lose all manage.

It is going up 15m and then starts offevolved to come down at a chosen descend fee.

“I stood there dumbfounded after which I realised what became going to occur and i idea, “I better have a crack at this. this is do or die’.”

The footage of the incident shows Ryan sprint alongside the seashore and clamber over the rocks at Floreat groin.

A slip at the rocks via the water’s side doesn’t sluggish him down as he lunges for the drone in between swells.

“I just made it. It turned into literally 20cm or 30cm earlier than it hit the water. I slipped in among the rocks and folded up like a deck chair and thought i used to be achieved for, however then I controlled to scramble out and just get to it in time,” he stated.

Ryan ended up scratched and soaked but the drone became safe except for a touch or .

“It lives to fly some other day,” he stated.

 “It cost me over $2000 so I couldn’t afford to allow it move in the drink.

“i used to be so stoked the footage became out like that. after I first watched it back i was like, ‘That’s extraordinary’.”

In less than a day it’s had extra than 300 hits on YouTube, and is hiking progressively.