Thanks Ed, I really enjoy making them. Most of the time I'm hand-holding the camera, when I'm panning up or down the tree I'm using my arms to make the movement. When I'm doing "how-to" climb technique stuff solo I use a little tripod. I hear you on rotating the camera, it could motion sickness in the viewer. It's frustrating trying to capture the qualities of a tall tree with a horizontal frame. -AJ
Edward Frank wrote: > Andrew, > > Excellent video. I like your mini-nature documentaries. When I am > trying to tilt upward to get the length of a tree, I found it worked > better if I just lock the camera on the tripod and then pick up the > entire contraption and tilt it upward as I lean backwards. This works > smoother, and is easier to move more slowly, I think than just using > the tilt on the tripod head. (Maybe if I had a better tripod it would > work better.) What technique do you use? With the image so much > wider than tall, especially with wide screen, it is tempting to turn > the video camera sideways to get more of the tree in the video > window. I think it looks better to keep it upright as the sideways > tree is a bit disorienting, but maybe the technique will grow on me > over time. I thin it is great that you, Barry, ad some of the others > are actively making videos ad posting them. They are helping me > enormously with my approach to shooting these types of videos for the > web, ad not for the web also. > > Ed > > "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a > monkey every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of > preserving nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert > Farnsworth > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Andrew Joslin <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:44 PM > *Subject:* [ENTS] Dunbar Brook travelogue > > > Here's another perspective on Dunbar/Monroe State Forest for your > enjoyment, includes a visit to Thoreau and Grandfather Pines: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofeEh8OGFg4 > -AJ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
