Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend end, I decided to drive to Blayney in western NSW to photograph some wind farms at night. It was going to be cold and the weather forecast said showers. It turned out much worse than that! The wind farms are at 1000m and were totally covered in low cloud. I got nothing, but cold and wet.
Everything worked well; my plans and location scouting on GoogleEarth were good, gear was good…..everything but the weather was on my side. Oh well….better luck next time.
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Blayney Wind Farms
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Car Boom Mount Shots for Dave…
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008After a month or so of perfecting my car rig, I’ve tested it on my mate Dave……well his car anyway.
I’m pretty happy with the results. The location was not ideal, so I need to find some better spots with perfect surfaces, no traffic, good backgrounds, no security guards, a clean road……shouldn’t be that hard?!??!? The EXIF on the images is intact so you can get some secrets from there, but the rig itself is going to stay a mystery. Needless to say, you have to Photoshop it out.
The 1DsMK2 did well, but shooting at f22 you get to see every bit of sensor dust. I spend about an hour cleaning it so I am amazed just how much there was. Of course it’ve cleaned it from the shots, but believe me, there was loads there.
I have a bit to work on to make this rig easier for regular usage. There is some “bounce” in the rig if it can’t be fastened REALLY tightly at the front. Generally I’m really happy with the result.
First Car Mount Test – Not a bad start…
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Check the video for the set-up.
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1Ds Mark 1 – The sacrifice camera
15mm f2.8 Fish Eye
2 x Magic Arms
Manfrotto 241 suction cup mount.
Super clamps, safety cables, Multimaxs etc….
Lower and wider angle. Need to see wheel blur
Slower shutter speed to get better motion blur
Here are some of the final results.
