Come to the Renaissance Fair!

Bob Fagan

Bob Fagan

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Well actually the May Faire in Ulster County. Quite a bit smaller than many fairs, but it had some interesting things to capture.

Took my son there and decided to do the home video thang. Birds of Prey...jousting horses...jugglers...clowns...more horses...and jumping through fire as well as unbelievable fight scenes! (And I mean unbelievable). Come to the Renaissance Faire!

Seriously...it was yucky overcast again and some of the stuff is overexposed but if you like slo mo slapstick action, it has that.

http://web.mac.com/bobfagan/iWeb/HDFOOTAGE/May Faire HD.html
 
Hmmm...very good point...what the hell is that? It's in the original footage of only that owl, and it's in every take. Have no idea. The edges of the man's bald head who is holding the bird, seems to be okay. Perhaps something to do with the overexposed background? CCDs and the OIS going crazy trying to figure out where the feather edge is?
 
Didn't notice that the first time... looks like the same color as the guys shirt...


Beautiful stuff though. The horses really pop out.. It has some depth. Really smooth slow-mo.. Looks like a fun time.


I wonder how many of those guys at the end still play D and D? Live at home? Virgins?


Please share more... Great looking eye and pleasing images fo sho'
 
rgdfilms said:
What's all that ghastly purpleness on the edges of the owl in your opening shot??!
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It's 'chromatic abberation'. The glass in the lens isn't aligned well and the color spectrum is breaking up in an unpleasing way. It happens a lot with the HVX lens around the 2.8 aperature setting.

But who cares? Thats a bird of prey, man! That's the coolest sport ever. Falconry trumps all color concerns, anyday.
 
It's 'chromatic abberation'.
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Does remind me of the old Nikon cool pix that had purple fringing which some said was due to the small ccd. The aperature setting was about that (2.8) so certainly fits what you suggest. Just wondering why I haven't seen it so obvious before.
 
Its because of the big stop difference in the sky and the bird. On extreme wide and extreme telephoto, you can usually see it on the edges of the frame (edges of the lens). The Century 1.6 helps with this because it shifts your lens more telephoto and you dont have to push the stock lens as much.
 
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I was more concerned with the ...um... damsel holding rings for the jousters but without at least a leather glove on. I have done a bit of jousting myself and it is difficult to keep that point on target.
 
Haha. Klingons would be good... Maybe party crashing klingons. Now that would be entertaining...


When I used to do Tai Chi in a part every week a group of comic book looking dudes would come in made up costumes and sword fight... All kind of spastic and not with any trainging.... but sure was friggin funny
 
There was a group who called themselves the Knights at Night who would come out on Wednesday nights and do the same in a parking lot next to my apartment in Seattle -- Interstate 5 actually ran over this lot. I'd usually walk to the grocery store a couple of blocks away, come back, and there they'd be -- "what's up, guys?"
 
No Klingons or Romulans were present...just a lot of hippies and the standard D&D stalwarts :). This is New Paltz and we are proud of our hippie heritage. (At one time we had not 1, not 2, but 3, tie-dye factories. ) New Paltz is also where the "answering the cell phone when pumping gas actually CAN cause an explosion" myth was actually proved.

Justin...don't know if it's you PC or your connection...these are large files and needed about 300Kbps bandwidth to play smoothly unless you downloaded them first.
 
Birds of prey

Birds of prey

I didn't view the quick time footage but did you shoot these birds flying? I've heard of problems with lack of smooth movement in wingbeat- jaggedy flapping. whats that all about? something to do with interlacing? I'm new to this stuff but have searched the sight and still haven't found the answere.
 
MsKly...the birds were not flying in this particular piece. I have done some birds flying and I can tell you they are absolutely smooth as silk. I do not shoot interlace with this camera in any case. It's all true 720p progressive.
 
Bob.
Very nice footage. The purple edge could be reflected light from the guy's purple shirt holding the owl. No? It seems to be on that side.

Also, Luv the crew clip!
 
Thanks T....it is interesting how the purple fringe is almost the exact hue of the the guy's purple shirt, but I'm leaning towards the aforementioned chromatic abberation because it sounds more technical and mysterious :).
 
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