View Full Version : Close Call!
enigma
09-26-2006, 06:46 PM
I set my optio for interval shooting with my new best friend, the Hexpert Prism, and was just flying around a new subdivision (read: Unknown territory) when I spotted a huge house across a field, I banked and headed over. The sun was shining pretty bright and I didn't see the high power lines intil I was a couple feet from them. I pulled back so hard I almost inverted the logo! I'm not sure when the shutter snapped, but it definitely shows that I was headed straight for disaster, too close for me! I will now always scout the area for tall obstacles better than I have been. You never know what direction you may head off to when you don't have a specific target to shoot.
uh60ce
09-26-2006, 07:00 PM
D'oh!
LoopBaCK
09-26-2006, 07:17 PM
I know the feeling!! Good job avoiding the wires... very good job!
My camera mount landing gear (GSR and mount - 24 lbs) actually hooked a kite string between two large trees during forward flight before the string cut through the noodle and released. I got a great video of it... Not as scarey as the high power lines but still a very high pucker factor!!! :? :oops: :dontknow
enigma
09-26-2006, 07:35 PM
I nearly shart myself!
Tonystott
09-26-2006, 09:04 PM
Twice! :D:D
MLaBoyteaux
09-26-2006, 09:25 PM
Krikey! They look pretty close in that image!
The other image is nice. Interesting patterns in the grass.
enigma
09-26-2006, 10:08 PM
Krikey! They look pretty close in that image!
The other image is nice. Interesting patterns in the grass.
They were close, and I was in fast forward flight, not hovering! The camera takes one every 5-7 seconds, I believe the picture was taken 2-3 seconds before I reacted because the image would've been of the sky when I jerked the elevator back :oops:
(keep in mind this is a crappy animated gif with only 256 colors on a heavily dithered image)
Here is a good technique if you have access to PhotoShop (http://www.flickr.com/groups/technique/discuss/72057594133492563/)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5626/morphymx2.gif (http://imageshack.us)
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IMHO both the A and B channel should be set to this:
A - (Input: 85 / Output: 100)
B - (Input: 15 / Output: 0)
and don't touch the 'Lightness' part. for that - i find it's better to go to 'Adjustments' and then 'Shadow/Highlight'. choose 30%-50% for this (30% is standard).
then use a 20-30% Smart Sharpen (in PhotoShop CS2) or a sharpening algorithm of your choice.
lastly - convert back to RGB and save. sometimes i will bump up the 'Levels' a bit but rarely. it's fall outside and trees are poppin'. let's make 'em look good!
i like all you guys' shots. usually though aerial pictures turn out drab because of any number of reasons. there is alot of color and detail that you need to 'manually' pull out to make your pictures pop like they should.
(ps - i thought your shot was well-composed. good job!)
enigma
09-27-2006, 09:27 AM
I don't have photo shop so I used picture it and auto fix. I do have the gimp2 but can't figure it out! The channels, layers, etc are a bit confusing without instruction :oops: How long did it take you to learn photo shop?
...still learning lol. that program is so deep it would take you forever to know all that it does. my brother is a professor at a college and certified Adobe Photoshop instructor and he taught me alot of the tricks of the trade.