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Doug Jensen · May 17th, 2019, 12:33 PM

I was on vacation camping at Myakka River State Park in Florida for a couple of days last week and could not resist capturing some of the abundant wildlife there for 4K stock footage with my Sony Z280. It is so nice to have a fast 17x zoom lens after struggling with the limitations of removable SLR and PL lenses for the last few years. This is a small sampling of the 252 clips that I will be uploading for stock footage sales.

Oren Arieli · May 19th, 2019, 05:01 PM

Beautiful footage, Doug. Love the grade too. Saturated, but not artificially so. Looks like that 17x came in quite handy. Were you in a blind as well?

Bob Safay · May 20th, 2019, 08:28 AM

Doug, please or beautiful clips. Gives me a better idea of what you submit. I am in Colorado right now and plan on heading back to Atlanta on the back roads tomorrow. Hope to shoot some video. I am still uploading clips to shutter stock. Bob

Sabyasachi Patra · May 20th, 2019, 10:51 AM

Some nice footage there. Thanks for sharing.

Steven Digges · May 20th, 2019, 03:08 PM

Wow, thats one hell of a state park. What blows me away is the amount of quality footage "while camping for a couple of days". Great job Doug! I have been camping all my life and have never seen that much wildlife in a couple days if outside our National Park System. Maybe I need to come to Florida. I have been there many times for business but never for pleasure. I don't know what your style of camping is? I spent decades backpacking or otherwise sleeping on the ground every chance I got. Several years ago I bought an RV and got spoiled very quickly. Backpacking in bear country....no problem. Tent camping with those gators around.....NOT A CHANCE!

Your stock program has given me a whole new level of motivation to get out and shoot just for fun like I used too. Adding the challenge of possibly selling something while I am out enjoying the wilderness like I do all the time means I am going to open the camera bags and not just haul them around.

Kind Regards,

Steve

Doug Jensen · May 21st, 2019, 08:03 AM

Thanks for the compliments! Yes, it was one hell of a state park. We stopped there for a couple of nights on the way to the Everglades (didn't shoot anything at all there) and then stopped for one more night on the way back home. We had no idea what to expect before we got there but it was so alive with critters for such a small space. Everything in the highlights video (plus about an hour more of good stock) was shot within 25 yards of a paved road that ran for about 3 miles through the woods and meadows. In Yellowstone it would take hundreds of miles of driving to see that many animals. Not that I'm against Yellowstone, mind you, it's my favorite place to visit and 'm going back again this fall, but it can't beat Myakka for concentration of wildlife. I wasn't even planning on shooting anything on this trip but I threw the Z280 and a tripod into the van "just in case". It would have been torture being at the park if I didn't have a camera. I've learned that lesson too many times to not bring a camera with me almost everywhere I go now.

No tents for me, either! I just park the RV someplace and then I disconnect the van and can roam around the countryside for 2-3 hours in the late afternoon until to gets too dark.

Ray Dunakin · May 21st, 2019, 11:03 PM

Wow, really awesome footage! Such beauty and so much wildlife!

Are those sandhill cranes?

Doug Jensen · May 22nd, 2019, 04:46 AM

Thanks.
Yes, adults and juvenile Sandhill Cranes. There were at least two different families of three birds in different areas of the park.

May 17th, 2019, 12:33 PM	#1
Doug Jensen Vortex Media Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,450	Myakka River State Park, Florida I was on vacation camping at Myakka River State Park in Florida for a couple of days last week and could not resist capturing some of the abundant wildlife there for 4K stock footage with my Sony Z280. It is so nice to have a fast 17x zoom lens after struggling with the limitations of removable SLR and PL lenses for the last few years. This is a small sampling of the 252 clips that I will be uploading for stock footage sales. YouTube (Short URL) __________________ Vortex Media http://www.vortexmedia.com/ Sony FS7, F55, and XDCAM training videos, field guides, and other production tools

May 19th, 2019, 05:01 PM	#2
Oren Arieli Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 919	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Beautiful footage, Doug. Love the grade too. Saturated, but not artificially so. Looks like that 17x came in quite handy. Were you in a blind as well?

May 20th, 2019, 08:28 AM	#3
Bob Safay Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,558	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Doug, please or beautiful clips. Gives me a better idea of what you submit. I am in Colorado right now and plan on heading back to Atlanta on the back roads tomorrow. Hope to shoot some video. I am still uploading clips to shutter stock. Bob

May 20th, 2019, 10:51 AM	#4
Sabyasachi Patra Major Player Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 507	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Some nice footage there. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Wild Tiger Productions http://www.indiawilds.com/about.htm

May 20th, 2019, 03:08 PM	#5
Steven Digges Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,828	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Wow, thats one hell of a state park. What blows me away is the amount of quality footage "while camping for a couple of days". Great job Doug! I have been camping all my life and have never seen that much wildlife in a couple days if outside our National Park System. Maybe I need to come to Florida. I have been there many times for business but never for pleasure. I don't know what your style of camping is? I spent decades backpacking or otherwise sleeping on the ground every chance I got. Several years ago I bought an RV and got spoiled very quickly. Backpacking in bear country....no problem. Tent camping with those gators around.....NOT A CHANCE! Your stock program has given me a whole new level of motivation to get out and shoot just for fun like I used too. Adding the challenge of possibly selling something while I am out enjoying the wilderness like I do all the time means I am going to open the camera bags and not just haul them around. Kind Regards, Steve __________________ www.CorporateShow.com Been at this so long I'm rounding my years of experience down...not up!

May 21st, 2019, 08:03 AM	#6
Doug Jensen Vortex Media Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,450	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Thanks for the compliments! Yes, it was one hell of a state park. We stopped there for a couple of nights on the way to the Everglades (didn't shoot anything at all there) and then stopped for one more night on the way back home. We had no idea what to expect before we got there but it was so alive with critters for such a small space. Everything in the highlights video (plus about an hour more of good stock) was shot within 25 yards of a paved road that ran for about 3 miles through the woods and meadows. In Yellowstone it would take hundreds of miles of driving to see that many animals. Not that I'm against Yellowstone, mind you, it's my favorite place to visit and 'm going back again this fall, but it can't beat Myakka for concentration of wildlife. I wasn't even planning on shooting anything on this trip but I threw the Z280 and a tripod into the van "just in case". It would have been torture being at the park if I didn't have a camera. I've learned that lesson too many times to not bring a camera with me almost everywhere I go now. No tents for me, either! I just park the RV someplace and then I disconnect the van and can roam around the countryside for 2-3 hours in the late afternoon until to gets too dark. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Vortex Media http://www.vortexmedia.com/ Sony FS7, F55, and XDCAM training videos, field guides, and other production tools

May 21st, 2019, 11:03 PM	#7
Ray Dunakin Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 100	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Wow, really awesome footage! Such beauty and so much wildlife! Are those sandhill cranes? __________________ Ghost Towns, Mines, and More: www.raydunakin.com

May 22nd, 2019, 04:46 AM	#8
Doug Jensen Vortex Media Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,450	Re: Myakka River State Park, Florida Thanks. Yes, adults and juvenile Sandhill Cranes. There were at least two different families of three birds in different areas of the park. __________________ Vortex Media http://www.vortexmedia.com/ Sony FS7, F55, and XDCAM training videos, field guides, and other production tools Last edited by Doug Jensen; May 22nd, 2019 at 05:41 AM.