GH2: Life on the Edge (Grand Canyon Historic Structures)

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dan.carter

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This project highlights the historic buildings of the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

Panasonic GH2
Panasonic Lumix f2.5 14mm lens
Manfrotto 560 monopod

 
Nice work, great shots. You seem to go to the coolest places. But I'm most impressed with your steady, monopod operation. Do you do any follow up stabilization in post?
 
stoneinapond said:
Nice work, great shots. You seem to go to the coolest places. But I'm most impressed with your steady, monopod operation. Do you do any follow up stabilization in post?
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I'm always happy to hear you enjoyed one of my projects. Thanks for giving it a look.

No stabilization was done in post. As you probably know, this monopod has small feet and a ball joint at its base. By tightening the ball joint, and using a camera leveling bubble, the monopod stands on its own nicely. However, it should always be closely supervised.
 
Dan Dan Dan.......
The Biltmore piece grabbed me because how superbly you captured the look of a beautiful place I know so well...
The trip to the Missile Silo was just as well shot, but I'm not familiar with it so it felt more like watching a science program. A good one.
But with the Grand Canyon you've added something. I have stood at nearly every place you shot from so I know how well you captured them. But there's more going on in this one. You brought in the players, the clouds, the people, the animals. I think you have succeeded in bringing a fantasy to life. Let me explain...
You set your shots as really good stills for the most part, that's good documentary practice, but this time your framed stills not only captured the essence of the structure within the environment, but now also a life element (Animal, person, cloud) that conveys how that entity lives within the context of that structure and environment, and what additional purpose that structure and environment gains because of the life entities.
Of course I am NOT talking about "having people walk by in your shot."
I know what each of the people or animals are doing in each scene because I have observed them all many times in person. You got the essence with your recording.
The fantasy you have made real here is "The photograph that comes alive" the framed picture that sits on a wall or a desk...yet can magically come to life and show you more than the frozen image in time, it can show you how that place caught by the camera LIVES. What the nature of the events there are.
How often have we all looked at a beautiful still picture of a deer in the wild and thought "it would be great if that deer would turn and nuzzle that teetering offspring"?
Life in a moment.
~DPS
 
Thanks for sharing your wonderful footage. You will now be the reason that I have to take the southern route back from CA, to stop at the Grand Canyon once again. Hope you're happy.
 
DPStewart said:
Dan Dan Dan.......
The Biltmore piece grabbed me because how superbly you captured the look of a beautiful place I know so well...
The trip to the Missile Silo was just as well shot, but I'm not familiar with it so it felt more like watching a science program. A good one.
But with the Grand Canyon you've added something. I have stood at nearly every place you shot from so I know how well you captured them. But there's more going on in this one. You brought in the players, the clouds, the people, the animals. I think you have succeeded in bringing a fantasy to life. Let me explain...
You set your shots as really good stills for the most part, that's good documentary practice, but this time your framed stills not only captured the essence of the structure within the environment, but now also a life element (Animal, person, cloud) that conveys how that entity lives within the context of that structure and environment, and what additional purpose that structure and environment gains because of the life entities.
Of course I am NOT talking about "having people walk by in your shot."
I know what each of the people or animals are doing in each scene because I have observed them all many times in person. You got the essence with your recording.
The fantasy you have made real here is "The photograph that comes alive" the framed picture that sits on a wall or a desk...yet can magically come to life and show you more than the frozen image in time, it can show you how that place caught by the camera LIVES. What the nature of the events there are.
How often have we all looked at a beautiful still picture of a deer in the wild and thought "it would be great if that deer would turn and nuzzle that teetering offspring"?
Life in a moment.
~DPS
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DPS,

Thanks a million for the great compliment! I'm truly lucky to have you tuned in to my projects.

Kind Regards,
 
dwelter said:
Thanks for sharing your wonderful footage. You will now be the reason that I have to take the southern route back from CA, to stop at the Grand Canyon once again. Hope you're happy.
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There is no such thing as too much time at the Grand Canyon. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you capture.

Thanks for watching.
 
I really liked the Watchtower scenes as I've not visited that area of the canyon.

Hard to believe that was all done with a monopod.
 
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