Eagle gives new meaning to bird’s eye view

Austrian filmmaker Christian Hermann gave a new meaning to bird’s eye view for his new documentary after using a golden eagle to carry a camera.His latest film “Der Fjord in den Bergen – ein Jahr am Vilsalpsee” (The Fjord in the Mountains) includes spectacular aerial shots of the Vilsalp Lake in the Tyrolean Alps where he spent a year to record the changes caused by the four seasons in the region.But at the premiere it was the breathtaking aerial perspectives that achieved the most praise. Hermann used the Golden eagle called “Sky” fitted with a special camera to record the spectacular aerial footage.The film premiered on German television at the weekend.