Nathan Bartling is back with a striking 4K video tour of Thailand taken from his drones.

Note: Young Nathan Bartling is a videographer ahead of his time, filming in 4K. We have already seen his video of the recent Yi Peng lantern festival in Chiang Mai province (yi-peng). Today, on Christmas day, we get an aerial tour of Thailand taken from his drones. Read the story to find out why two drones were involved. Once again, watch in full screen if you can, using the highest resolution your screen will allow.



(For more of Nathan's remarkable videos of Thailand, visit his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rtE7hSTaC8xDf5v_7O1qQ)

Aerial drone tour of Thailand – in 4K video



Nathan Bartling

Over the past 3 months I have been traveling all over Thailand for freelance videography work. In my time traveling and working for other companies, I've also found extra time to go out and film some beautiful drone shots as well. That is how this video came about. I was never planning on making a video of drone shots, but it just turns out that I had enough and I just put them together.



The drone I use is the DJI Phantom 3 Professional. It has it’s very own camera attached. I don’t use a GoPro because the image quality isn’t as good as the camera that comes with the drone.



In the three months that I have had my drone, I have crashed it once. In the video, at the 1:21-1:25 segment you can see a motorcycle driving down the road, and then the drone pulls up above the trees. As the drone was going higher, it hit a tree branch and fell 25 meters to the road, destroying it beyond repair.

I was so disappointed and sad. The drone is really expensive and in just one moment it was totaled. At the end of the day, however, it is just another piece of equipment to help me tell stories, so I went and bought a new drone and kept flying and getting better. I am a paid professional to push the limits and make new exciting footage, so it is understandable that accidents happen.

Riding towards trouble. Within seconds, Nate loses his first drone.

I am very lucky that this crash happened outside of town, in a forest where nobody was around. Drones can be very dangerous if you fly over the top of people. If you look at all of the drone footage in my video, you will only see one, maybe two shots where the drone is overhead; other than that it is always to the side where it is safe to crash if anything were to happen. The company specifically wanted me to fly like that and they took the responsibility if there was to be an accident.

Anyone who is wanting to learn to fly drones MUST learn how to fly safely. Never fly over people. Never fly near the airport. Never let the drone leave your sight as you fly, you should always be watching the drone and not your screen.



Drones are becoming very popular and are getting cheaper every month for more consumers to buy. With that comes an increased responsibility for each individual to learn how to fly safely. Otherwise, the government will crack down and make tons of regulations because one person ruined it for everyone else.



Fly safe!