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Re: Re: helicopter panorama - shooting method
Bernhard Vogl 2005-Jun-13 16:41:50
I just can affirm Edwards and Eriks considerations.
Something makes you think, Newton's Law will work better the higher you
are... ;-)
...and time in such situations is always too short to think about technical
shooting details. "Mental training" helps a lot to do the right thing at the
right moment. This is also true (as always) for practising.
Looking backwards i can see how gradual my skill increase for such type of
panoramas:
The Hallstatt Lake was shot about Summer last year:
http://www.austria-360.at/ooe/page-h-schiff.html
The Firefighter Pano for the WWP event months later:
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp1204/html/BernhardVogl.html
...and there is still room for improvement...
Best regards
Bernhard
> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: "Erik Krause" <#removed#>
> An: #removed#
> Betreff: [PanoTools] Re: helicopter panorama - shooting method
> Datum: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:04:34 +0200
>
> On 11 Jun 2005 at 10:46, Edward Fink wrote:
>
> > Yesterday I tried shooting with my monopod sticking out over the
> > observation deck of a 30 floor building. I have to say, it seems so
> > easy when talking about it, but actually DOING it makes you realize what
> > a very serious thing it is. I ended up choosing my location based on
> > what the camera might fall on, instead of the best view. I triple
> > checked everything to make sure it was TIGHT, then gave it to my son to
> > check again. I wasn't just nervous when I held it over the edge - I was
> > downright scared, and my heart was pounding. My hands got sweaty, which
> > made me worry about the monopod slipping, which caused my hands to sweat
> > even more. :)
>
> This way I made my first spherical - the verdon one:
> http://pano.erik-krause.de/verdon It was just fun. Perhaps you should
> start rockclimbing like I do since 25 years. ;-)
>
> I know this hands going sweaty very good - actually they get sweaty
> now that I write about it and they get very sweaty if I view climbing
> pictures. While climbing we use chalk (magnesia) to avoid this.
>
> However, you should know that there are types of holds you can even
> hold if your hands are greasy (as long as you you are strong enough
> to keep your hands closed) and there are types you can't because they
> work with friction only. If you hold your monopod you should make
> sure you have only to use holds of the first type.
>
> My monopod (a Manfrotto 434) has a plate at the end that is bigger
> than the shaft hence it can not slip out of my hands. And it has some
> rubber around (touches like neoprene) which doesn't slip even with
> sweaty hands.
>
> > I'll try that a few more times before I do it in the air. It
> > was a good test, if nothing else because I found that when I'm that
> > nervous, or "careful", I move very slowly, and I need to take that into
> > account.
>
> Do the test over and over again and do some mental training. Just
> visualize the situation (could be done in bed) until you get used to
> it.
>
> best regards
> --
> Erik Krause
> Ressources, not only for panorama creation:
> http://www.erik-krause.de/
> Read panotools at GMane:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.panotools
>
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