The BeetleCam Project

[Xenedis]

Will Burrard-Lucas, a wildlife photographer in Africa, has conceived something he calls the BeetleCam Project.

Simply put, he built a remote-controlled buggy on which he could mount a DSLR in order to get "unique close-up, ground level photographs of African wildlife".

More information and photos here:

http://www.burrard-lucas.com/beetlecam

Here's one of his images, depicting a lioness at very close proximity to the camera:

http://500px.com/photo/15445449

And one of his first BeetleCam images, depicting a nine-month-old leopard cub:

http://500px.com/photo/13215789

More of his images are here:

http://500px.com/wildlife

Very cool indeed.

I wish I had one of those when we were recently in Africa. It would have been fantastic to plant a camera right in front of a leopard and get a wide-angle shot from the ground.

[old dog]

thanks for that....enjoyed it. He has great wildlife pics.