We ’ve all come to be amazed , entertained and blown forth by the awful acts of nature being take by the BBC ’s Natural History Unit , and it seems that the latest series soon to be released , Blue Planet II , is not go to disappoint . For the first time ever , the team has oversee to film giant fish literally jump off from the water system to gulp down seabird as they fly along the control surface of the ocean .
The unbelievable act of the giant trevally Pisces antedate on flying bird had never been photographed , allow alone filmed before , create the sequence get by the BBC even more impressive . “ A rumour had come to us in Bristol from some South African fishermen that they ’d see Giant Trevally jumping out of the water and catch sea bird in mid - air,”explainedMiles Barton , who direct the segment . “ There was n’t a single picture or video clip of this happening . ”
“ I have n’t been out on a shoot in 20 age where I have n’t had at least a still moving picture of the behaviour to go on . So I was unbelieving , to say the least , ” Bartoncontinued .
But the accounts by the fishermen were so convincing , the unit ship a team of four people to see not only if the event was real , but also if they would be capable to entrance it on film . “ You only take on one or two of these types of speculative shoot on a show , ” read Barton . “ This was our biggest gamble . ”
And boy did it pay off . As shortly as they arrived in the Seychelles , the piddle was guggle with activity as the Pisces launched themselves from the water supply in a bid to catch the neophyte seabirds mid - air . The challenge , however , was to commit this awe-inspiring behavior to shoot , and in a way good enough to put all other nature documentaries to shame .
Despite get in the distant archipelago with some of the most high tech gyroscope - stabilise cameras to go on the side of a sauceboat , the team found that the in effect shots were achieved by the wonderfully low tech act of but support on a beach with the camera on a tripod and expect for the giant trevallies to amount to them and start feeding .
The shots will debut as part ofBlue Planet II , which will air on BBC One in the UK on August 29 at 8 pm BST , to be watch up soon after on BBC America . Twenty years after the initial serial , and take four age to shoot , in improver to the acrobatic bird snatch Pisces the Fishes , it will also sport many other astonishing acts , include armour clad octopuses , tool - using Pisces the Fishes , and the hairy - chested Hoff crab .
