User: johnpmeyer |
Galapagos Montage A montage of our trip to the Galapagos Islands. Tags: travel galapagos islands |
User: johnpmeyer |
NYC Museum of Natural History NYC Museum of Natural History dinosaur bones Tags: NYC museum natural history dinosaur bones |
User: johnpmeyer |
Thornbury Castle Montage Thornbury Castle Montage Tags: thornbuty castle montage travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Katharine's slideshow of still photos Katharine's slideshow of still photos in Taughannock Falls State Park, Ithaca, New York Tags: taughannock ithaca katharine New park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Kathy's slideshow of still photos, Ithaca New York Kathy's slideshow of still photos in Taughannock Falls State Park, Ithaca, New York Tags: ithaca taughannock New kathy park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park, Ithaca New York Some beautiful forest, and a view of the falls from the overlook. Video of the signs explaining the geologic history of the area. You can hit "pause" if you want to read the signs. Tags: ithaca taughannock New park state York steadicam travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park video: various fun stuff Different video environments for "Poor Man's Steadicam". A former abutment for something, now just sitting massively in the river. More "conventional" foot trail. Footprints in the water. The underside of a tree: what roots look like without dirt. Steep, glacier-carved cliffs. More "adventure" trail along the side of the river. Tags: ithaca taughannock New fun park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park video: out of the river bed, back ont You can't get the sheer steep cliff effect on video. The massive tree roots growing horizontally are just not awe-inspiring no matter how HDTV you set is. The camera continues to fly over the gentle steps of water, until I can go no further. Tags: ithaca taughannock New park state stream York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park video: the falls themselves! The camera shy family, and probably the worst footage of the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains (55` higher than Niagara Falls). I should have taken the camera off the "Poor Man's Steadicam" for this segment, and I need to get some protective yet translucent cover for the camera for heavy mist and light rain circumstances. Tags: taughannock ithaca New park state York falls travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park video: beginning of trail This segment contains one really long tracking shot, from puppy's eye level, running backward. Video camera still at the bottom of the "Poor Man's Steadicam". As noted in another segment, it was advantageous to have the camera's microphone away from my voice to prevent audio spikes on playback. The flip side to this issue is that the camera's microphone is close to my boots as I walk on the rocks, for a prominent "crunch, crunch, crunch" on playback. Lesson to be learned when camera is in the bottom position of the "Poor Man's Steadicam": walk on the grass! At the end of this segment, I had much better results in reaching down to smoothly zoom in. Tags: ithaca taughannock New trail park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Playground fun video, Taughannock State Park Daisy the English Bulldog sliding down the slide by herself! Silly puppy. Having the camera at the bottom position of the "Poor Man's Steadicam" allowed a lot of unique and smooth camera angles. As an added benefit, my voice was not so close to the camera's microphone, so there were not the usual spikes in audio during playback. Tags: ithaca taughannock New park state York travel playground |
User: johnpmeyer |
Swing set fun video, Taughannock State Park Camera still at the bottom of the "Poor Man's Steadicam". It took me a while to get into the "swing" of things, co-ordinating the camera movement with the kid's swinging. I wanted to catch their faces from below as they tried to fly like Superman. I got better towards the end. Tags: ithaca taughannock New swingset park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Taughannock State Park Falls video: lower falls and initial Literally walking up the stream, I didn't care for the water splashing up at the camera in it's low position on the "Poor Man's Steadicam". As I walked up the shallow river, I could imagine creative audio editing laying a helicopter soundtrack over this footage; except for the other park visitors walking in the stream bed, this illusion might work. Tags: taughanncok ithaca New York falls travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Daisy the bulldog chasing the ducks, Taughannock State Park A long, smooth tracking shot, from the puppy's eye level. Watching the kids skip rocks, from the water's point of view! Really unique and visually interesting angles allowed with the "Poor Man's Steadicam". This is one of my favorite segments. Tags: ithaca taughannock New park state ducks York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Shoreline of Lake Cayuga video Smooth tracking shots with camera still on the bottom of the "Poor Man's Steadicam", from the puppy's eye level. But, during the last segment of this clip, I tried to zoom out with the camera still connected. The video result, like the lake itself, is a bit choppy. Tags: ithaca taughannock New cayuga lake York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Katharine's slideshow of still photos Katharine's slideshow of still photos Tags: robert ithaca treman katharine New park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
Ascending the other side of the gorge, to the top! Lots of stairs, this time going up! Camera still at the bottom of the "Poor Man's Steadicam". Another learning curve experience for me to walk up stairs, backwards, and keep the camera at the proper angle to see the subjects. This is why practice is necessary! Tags: robert treman ithaca New park state gorge York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
John's slideshow of still photos John's slideshow of still photos Tags: robert treman ithaca New park state slideshow York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
The view from the top It's much better in person. We're all a bit pooped from the climb, and there's more walking ahead. Tags: robert ithaca treman top New park state York travel |
User: johnpmeyer |
The steepest part of Upper Treman Falls The steepest part Another descent down stairs, thru a variety of beautiful geology and forestry. Then begins our ascent up the other side of the gorge. Tags: robert ithaca treman New park state York stairs travel |