Trend of the year - photographs and video from drones.
Quadrocopter equipped with cameras have become better and cheaper, and more and more people are choosing it as a hobby, and some have even become professional operators of aerial photography. Drones used for shooting urban landscapes, nature walks, concerts, advertising real estate, control of natural disasters, Olympics - and, of course, self-filming (which became known as "Droni» (dronies)).
The popularity of these videos, of course, partly due to the novelty. But with luck, the video turns exciting and opens a new direction for creativity in journalism and cinema. With such a large amount of video is difficult to choose the best. Videos should be allocated an interesting place shooting, approach or events. Here is the selection of the best videos shot using drones in 2014 according to the blog Quartz .
Illegal shooting of Beijing
Over many areas of Beijing flights drones prohibited. Last but not least - the Forbidden City. Trey Ratcliff operator was arrested after his unit flew too close to the government buildings. Fortunately, he was allowed to leave the video of which he spent five days, and present to the world a rare species in Beijing.
The effects of the collapse in northern Italy
Earlier this year, in the small town of Tramin (Thermo) in South Tyrol landslide occurred, and stones of various sizes began to roll down the field. One particularly large hit the 300-year-old barn. The video shows an overview of the consequences of this incident. The video was part of a campaign to raise funds to help the victims.
Abandoned town near Chernobyl
Pripyat, Ukrainian town that was evacuated in 1986 after the Chernobyl accident. Danny Cook shot a video for the program CBS "60 Minutes", which made a report about radiation in the area. The video appears missed first trimester time the ruined city, in which, however, left something human.