@yakkoTDI This is honestly where my brain went first. Not really out of cleverness, but more out of being lazy. “Training birds to operate cameras sounds hard and really out of my wheelhouse. What loophole could I possibly use to make it easier on myself?”.
@chienfou, where I used to live the crows would sometimes dive bomb my dog.
They’d follow us squawking and occasionally recruit their friends.
I never understand why, if they don’t like him, they would follow us for a while.
Ostrich. So it can give me the best angles… from way taller than me to down in the sand. Hmm… would also give me an excuse to buy a well-sealed camera.
Definitely going with a hummingbird. It’ll have to be a tiny camera, but talk about stealth shots! These little buggers can float almost silently all while capturing the gory details of the behind the scenes of all weddings. Oh and did I mention how little their poops are? No? Well, they are all but insignificant, so it definitely won’t be like their pigeon brethren.
It depends on the purpose. Ubiquitous surveillance? Pigeons. Most people do not pay attention to pigeons because they are everywhere. The cameras might got largely unnoticed. A falcon will get people’s attention and they would notice it more. Also fewer falcons to get that surveillance nice and ubiquitous.
If you are wanting glorious action shots and interesting take down videos, falcons all the way.
Pterodactyl. Not exactly a bird, but you need a surveillance platform with defensive and offensive capabilities for reacquiring those Islar Nubar fugitives. Eagles, falcons and hawks are but tasty target drones.
A Chocobo!
Larry.
@yakkoTDI This is honestly where my brain went first. Not really out of cleverness, but more out of being lazy. “Training birds to operate cameras sounds hard and really out of my wheelhouse. What loophole could I possibly use to make it easier on myself?”.
Crows.
@Pony Crows or ravens. Smartest damn birds, apart from parrots.
Why isn’t an African Grey one of the choices? Walter will be insulted when he sees this.
@Felton10 I came to say parrots!
@Felton10 Probably because an African Grey would probably train you to do it instead?
Birds aren’t real.
Hummingbird
I would look for a bird with previous photography experience.
@awk Reporting for duty
Owl
@edguyver14
/image log lady the owls are not what they seem
An unladen swallow.
@ebatch Nobody else has, so:
African or European?
@blaineg Well…I don’t know that!
A penguin. They’re already dressed for special occasions.
Falcongraphy has been a sport for many years.
Why would I go the trouble of training a bird when I can gain dominion over crows by simply eating the Morton superfruit?
Crows. Although they’re assholez, they’re smart as hell.
@kittykat9180
Bc their somebody’s soul.
@kittykat9180 @Star2236
Kind of have to admire a bird that travels in a group known as a murder
@chienfou, where I used to live the crows would sometimes dive bomb my dog.
They’d follow us squawking and occasionally recruit their friends.
I never understand why, if they don’t like him, they would follow us for a while.
@chienfou @kittykat9180 Just like humans on the internet.
“I hate this, and it’s important that everyone knows I hate it.”
Walter.
I pity anyone who doesn’t say Walter, cuz when he finally gets his turn as the goat, I have a feeling his revenge will be sweet AND cold!
@ircon96 You got that right. Poop everywhere.
@Walterbird
You idiots, it’s obviously a filmingo
A pigeon bc everybody would think it’s just a dumb bird flying around.
Penguins emus and ostriches would limit the aerial shots though.
@chienfou Same with the apteryx.
/image apteryx
Ostrich. So it can give me the best angles… from way taller than me to down in the sand. Hmm… would also give me an excuse to buy a well-sealed camera.
Definitely going with a hummingbird. It’ll have to be a tiny camera, but talk about stealth shots! These little buggers can float almost silently all while capturing the gory details of the behind the scenes of all weddings. Oh and did I mention how little their poops are? No? Well, they are all but insignificant, so it definitely won’t be like their pigeon brethren.
It depends on the purpose. Ubiquitous surveillance? Pigeons. Most people do not pay attention to pigeons because they are everywhere. The cameras might got largely unnoticed. A falcon will get people’s attention and they would notice it more. Also fewer falcons to get that surveillance nice and ubiquitous.
If you are wanting glorious action shots and interesting take down videos, falcons all the way.
Pterodactyl. Not exactly a bird, but you need a surveillance platform with defensive and offensive capabilities for reacquiring those Islar Nubar fugitives. Eagles, falcons and hawks are but tasty target drones.
KuoH
@kuoh What do you mean not exactly a bird? Just as much a bird as an apteryx.
/giphy apteryx
Raven
Since parrot has been well covered, I’ll say Macaw. Why? The one I knew was great company, and purdy too.
Giant Cassowary. They can’t do aerial shots, but when they walk around taking pictures, no one will get in their way or try to steal the camera.
I had a witty comment, but it has since flew the coup.
Titmouse
A crane, of course. They can do the heavy lifting and get the high shots.