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Shoreline Swing Set Playground Fun Daisy/Ducks Beginning Trail Lower Falls Out of River Bed Various Fun Falls Themselves Park Video Kathy's Slideshow Katharine's Slideshow |
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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. (2:49) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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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. (4:43) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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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. (5:07) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Daisy the bulldog chasing the ducks, Taughannock State Park video 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. (1:52) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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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. (3:20) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Taughannock State Park Falls video: lower falls and initial walk up stream 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. (3:13) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Taughannock State Park video: out of the river bed, back onto the trail, and back into the stream 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. (3:45) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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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. (3:25) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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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. (1:48) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Taughannock State Park video without the "Poor Man's Steadicam" 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. (2:44) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Kathy's slideshow of still photos Kathy's slideshow of still photos (3:36) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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Katharine's slideshow of still photos Katharine's slideshow of still photos (:59) Send this video to a friend. Leave/View Comments |
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