Photo: @learningcameras/@mrssallywatson
During a family beach day on June 23,Dan Watsonbrought his drone along, hoping to get an aerial shot of his three children playing in the water. Little did he know that the imagery he saw would potentially save them from an encounter with a shark.
“See that dark shadow making its way straight for the shore & those people? That was my view this weekend while flying my Mavic 2 Pro… and oh, 3 of those people are my kids!” Watson, 35, said in the caption of anInstagrampost of the drone photos.
“Swipe to see the next image that resulted from my yelling to get out of the water and the unmistakable outline of a shark. Definitely too close of an encounter for my liking!” he continued.
Watson, who is a photographer and videographer (he has aYouTube channelwhere he posts camera reviews), toldTodaythat he usually uses the drone for work purposes only. Luckily, he changed his mind while at New Smyrna Beach that weekend.
Dan Watson Instagram.@learningcameras/@mrssallywatson
“I yelled ‘Shark!’ and my wife ran down and grabbed them out of the water really quickly,” the Orlando native toldToday. “I didn’t know I had captured an image. I showed my wife, and that was moment of, ‘What if we hadn’t flown the drone?’ The shark seemed like it was coming right to shore.”
The almost-encounter happened after the lifeguards went off duty, around 5:30 p.m., according toToday.
Watson family.
Thankfully, the incident remained a close call and nothing more, but Watson might be getting some more use out of his drone this summer for shark watch.
Watson added in his Instagram caption: “Thinking my @djiglobal drone is now coming with me to every beach day!!!”
source: people.com
