Re: No Snowshoes, No Drones, No "Double-Dipping" . . .
| January 08, 2020 05:24PM |
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KevinM Wrote:
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> . . . Not sure about drones. I think that is a risk,
> because there would be no way to keep people
> from flying too close and spoiling people's stills
> and videos. A drone in the sky is easy to clone
> out of a still . . . not so easy to get out of a video.
There should be plenty of opportunities for the drones to fly in areas that are between the major set-ups for photo lines. Hopefully the pilots thereof will be considerate . . .
Samart Wrote:
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> Already bought my 80-300 lens for this venture,
> just trying to figure out what to do on the video
> front. Was going to try to do {video} too, but I'm
> kinda worried about the sheer number of patrons
> and how much noise I will be getting.
Patrons & noise aside, Craig -
IMHO, it is VERY difficult to do two things well at the same time (although, IIRC, the U.S. has had at least one Presidunce who could actually walk and chew gum simultaneously). I once tried mounting a 6x7 cm Mamiya for B&W and a 35 mm Canon for colour slides in parallel on one tripod, and got several pairs of mediocre photos. Same so-so results with video and popping a still shot at the "critical" moment. If I were you, I'd stick to what you're best at (digital stills, I presume) and enjoy the other guys' posts of their efforts in the other media such as video or medium-format B&W.
I'm looking forward to several of youse more adventurous young whipper-snappers posting some amazing shots that I can enjoy vicariously while sitting here with my dogs in warm & sunny SoCal and sipping a hot Manzanita.* Long gone are my days of shooting snow scenes by moonlight . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* A large mug of spiced cider, nuked, and spiked with some good Tequila. ¡Que Bueno!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2020 06:12PM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . Not sure about drones. I think that is a risk,
> because there would be no way to keep people
> from flying too close and spoiling people's stills
> and videos. A drone in the sky is easy to clone
> out of a still . . . not so easy to get out of a video.
There should be plenty of opportunities for the drones to fly in areas that are between the major set-ups for photo lines. Hopefully the pilots thereof will be considerate . . .
Samart Wrote:
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> Already bought my 80-300 lens for this venture,
> just trying to figure out what to do on the video
> front. Was going to try to do {video} too, but I'm
> kinda worried about the sheer number of patrons
> and how much noise I will be getting.
Patrons & noise aside, Craig -
IMHO, it is VERY difficult to do two things well at the same time (although, IIRC, the U.S. has had at least one Presidunce who could actually walk and chew gum simultaneously). I once tried mounting a 6x7 cm Mamiya for B&W and a 35 mm Canon for colour slides in parallel on one tripod, and got several pairs of mediocre photos. Same so-so results with video and popping a still shot at the "critical" moment. If I were you, I'd stick to what you're best at (digital stills, I presume) and enjoy the other guys' posts of their efforts in the other media such as video or medium-format B&W.
I'm looking forward to several of youse more adventurous young whipper-snappers posting some amazing shots that I can enjoy vicariously while sitting here with my dogs in warm & sunny SoCal and sipping a hot Manzanita.* Long gone are my days of shooting snow scenes by moonlight . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* A large mug of spiced cider, nuked, and spiked with some good Tequila. ¡Que Bueno!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2020 06:12PM by Russo Loco.
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