Ed, good tripods come with different heads- I recently bought a video head for my Manfrotto tripod which is remarkably smooth for panning, either sideways or vertically. But the head alone was something like $150
Regarding turning the video camera sideways- I've thought of that- it would be great if any video software is capable of turning it back during the editing process because it won't be much fun seeing the tree horizontal on your TV or computer monitor. I use Windows Movie Maker- which is a good basic editor but I suspect the commercial programs might have a feature to turn the image 90 degrees, as you can easily do with still shots with most image editing programs. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Frank To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:19 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dunbar Brook travelogue 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 To: [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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
