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Aerial Photography and Video > Mtn Biking Clip

trackhead
Veteran
Location: utah

From today.........no deshaker used, no camera operator, no monitor. Just a junker 6s Trex. We are working on an entirely new mountain biking area.

www.pitonproductions.com/RandomVids/Guy.mov

05-11-2008 05:42 AM

KarbonBird
Key Veteran
Location: Australia

Very nice footage - incredibly smooth for straight from the camera. Music is pretty cool too... what is it??

05-11-2008 12:13 PM

IKA photo
Senior Heliman
Location: Honolulu, HI

That is great framing for shooting blind

I dont think I could frame that well even with a downlink and an operator

05-11-2008 12:28 PM

Hogster
Key Veteran
Location: Surrey, UK

Darn impressive!

Where were you standing? Seems you travelled a long way in that shot - can't imagine how you were able to accurately gauge the direction the heli was pointing in the whole time!

Awesome

David

05-11-2008 12:58 PM

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ddierking
Senior Heliman
Location: O'Fallon, MO - USA

"Junker 6S Trex"... LOL

Nice work!

Dan Dierking

05-11-2008 01:30 PM

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rerazor
Elite Veteran
Location: Mich.

That does seem a long way to travel to be standing in one spot. I guess you could just Auto-trim the HC unit and "let it ride" but I have a feeling its those magic thumbs.

05-11-2008 01:56 PM

daytonabeach
Senior Heliman
Location: Oslo, Norway

Yeah, i really love to hear how you kept the biker in frame, pure luck, or?

Did you stay on another top, above the bikers top?

Never argue with an idiot, he'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience...

05-11-2008 03:09 PM

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trackhead
Veteran
Location: utah

I was standing near the end of the descent, about 30ft below the ridgeline, this was the third take. The first two takes I was flying a ways back from the ridgeline, then I made an effort on the last take to be as close to the rider as possible. Depth of field is the hardest part in this scenario.

I track the rider by mostly looking at the heli, and using peripheral vision to track the rider. Then descending with the rider was the second challenge.

05-11-2008 03:17 PM

daytonabeach
Senior Heliman
Location: Oslo, Norway

Superb quality however

Never argue with an idiot, he'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience...

05-11-2008 03:27 PM

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nooobs
Veteran
Location: Toronto, Canada

Incredible! Awesome stuff!

05-11-2008 04:15 PM

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jeffscholl
Key Veteran
Location: Whitefish, MT

Great work!

I'm still amazed how you managed to bullseye the rider with no downlink.

btw...do you notice any flatening of color/contrast when using H.264?

Cheers,
Jeff

05-11-2008 05:33 PM

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trackhead
Veteran
Location: utah

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btw...do you notice any flatening of color/contrast when using H.264?

Yes. I always over saturate and increase contrast more than normal when I plan to export to Quicktime. WMV is less of an issue.

05-11-2008 06:40 PM

Vortex Aerial
Senior Heliman
Location: Huntington Beach Ca

Thats fabulously smooth for right off the tape. Bet its awesome deshaken

05-11-2008 07:55 PM

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fionn
Heliman
Location: Ireland

Mount

Hi Trackhead,
Do you mind if I ask what type of mount you're using on the T600? I tried a quick search of your posts but didnt come up with anything immediately. This is using your HC5?
Thanks,
Fionn.

05-12-2008 03:26 PM

trackhead
Veteran
Location: utah

^^^^^^^^^^^custom front mount.

05-12-2008 03:51 PM

fionn
Heliman
Location: Ireland

Mount

Ok, i've found some photos of your mount in your cablecam thread, looks great.

05-12-2008 05:17 PM

Uffe
Heliman
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Wow. This is actually better than we ever got the GSR/MarkIV to perform before the crasch.

http://www.helikopterfoto.se

05-12-2008 05:25 PM

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