Robotic Buggy

[homebase]

Wildlife photographers will risk life and limb to get the perfect close-up, but a few ingenious hacks can make the process easier.

Shutterbug Will Burrard-Lucas and his brother Matthew rigged up a four-wheel-drive, remote-control buggy called BeetleCam that has a DSLR camera mounted on top. Almost Wall-E like in its appearance, the BeetleCam can click photos of African wildlife from a ground-level perspective.

Check out the gadget they rigged and some of the images they got

[brassmonkey]

Apr 21, 2010 12:02:39 GMT -5 homebase said:

Wildlife photographers will risk life and limb to get the perfect close-up, but a few ingenious hacks can make the process easier.

Shutterbug Will Burrard-Lucas and his brother Matthew rigged up a four-wheel-drive, remote-control buggy called BeetleCam that has a DSLR camera mounted on top. Almost Wall-E like in its appearance, the BeetleCam can click photos of African wildlife from a ground-level perspective.

Check out the gadget they rigged and some of the images they got

That's really awesome!! Funny how astute animals are-they know the difference between an inanimate object and people or animals.... I hope they post pictures as they get more...