Mountain bike footage.

veidog

veidog

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I shot this last weekend. I set up a zip line and did some test shots, (the first shot) everything else was handheld, 720 60p, a few 24p shots in there as well, let me know what you think. enjoy.

www.veilleuxfilms.com/vids/jumparkhq.wmv 58meg please right click and "save target as" to download.
 
That looks pretty nice, but here are two things I would change:

Try to include more action in the video. The actual jumps and tricks is what the audience wants to see, the long ride towards the ramps doesn't add anything, and in particular during slow-mo, drags the pace down -- you pretty much know what is coming (a trick or jump), but you're sitting there waiting for it to happen while the rider slowly pedals along. Including the approach in some of the shots is OK, but it should be done sparingly.

Second, don't use auto whitebalance tracking and see if you can control the exposure manually. The camera will try to determine what white looks like and also adjust the exposure, and a panning shot with different backgrounds and amounts of sky in the scene will cause a change in whitebalance and overall brightness that is distracting. The viewer will be looking at the rider approach a ramp, and seeing the color of his shirt change due to the adjustment in exposure and whitebalance is just weird.
 
Maybe a little more variation in the slow-mo stuff, but over all I liked it.

What wideangle lens are you using?
 
nice. I recognized the fish... I got it too and love it.. great lens.. would be nice to have the extreme one but Yikes on the price
 
I'm digging some of these shots :) You found some nice angles and compositions.

The editing and Windows Media isn't too attractive, to be honest, but you've got some great stuff.

-andrew
 
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