Aerial documentation of a gather in Smith Creek Valley, Nevada

Capture

• Time on site: nine days.
• 27 aerial stills at a median 77 m above takeoff, and 79 clips.
• The overhead frames show the whole pen system in one shot, which is what the operator wanted for its own records.
• Aircraft and sensor: DJI Phantom 4 Pro (FC6310, 1-inch 20 MP RGB, 8.8 mm lens), firmware v01.07.1641, the same airframe used on every company flight in the archive.
• Video at 4096 x 2160, 59.94 fps; stills at 5472 x 3078.
• Flying was oblique and hand-flown around working stock rather than on a grid. The pilot in command kept the aircraft clear of the animals and the crew throughout.
• Conditions: daylight VFR, low wind, good visibility (operator's record; the archive holds no weather log).

Deliverables

• One edited 4K reel, 3 min 48 s. It is the longest edit delivered on any of these jobs.
• 45 stills, plus supporting clips.
• Formats: MP4 (H.264) and JPG.

Cadence

One trip, nine days on site, the longest single deployment of the seven gathers filmed for this operator.

Method boundary

This is aerial video and still photography for documentation and presentation. It is not mapping. The footage is not georeferenced beyond the aircraft's own position tags, nothing is measured from it, and no accuracy is claimed. Where a scaled site record was needed on these contracts, a separate mapping flight was flown. Anything requiring measured positions or professional responsibility is routed through a licensed Professional Land Surveyor.