National Parks of the Southwest

Brian Barkley · July 21st, 2009, 08:14 PM

Doug, you did a great job putting together the entire piece . . . photography, editing, music, etc. Congratulations. The transitions (cuts & dissolves) were subliminal, which I cannot find fault in.

I've hiked many of the areas in your video, and you brought it to life again . . . many thanks.

Bill Ward · July 22nd, 2009, 10:52 AM

Doug:

I've also been to all those parks...nice job capturing them...especially your choice of using the early/late day low angle sun. Best shot of the whole tape: the low angle silhouette time-lapse with the clouds rushing by...making it feel like the dark cliffs were racing through space. Great effect!

The only transition that didn't totally work for me was the dissolve to the tracking shot of the buzzard, and only because the rapidly moving video was a bit jarring as the dissolve took effect. It stuck out in an otherwise nicely crafted piece.

Good work!

Erik Phairas · July 22nd, 2009, 07:55 PM

Great video, all the shots were good but some of them really seemed to jump off the screen. Nice one!

Bruce Rawlings · August 8th, 2009, 11:42 AM

The pictures are spectacular, what interval speed did you use on the Monument Valley cloud shots?. Sorry I did ask somewhere else but cannot locate it.

Doug Jensen · August 10th, 2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Rawlings

The pictures are spectacular, what interval speed did you use on the Monument Valley cloud shots?. Sorry I did ask somewhere else but cannot locate it.

Hi Bruce,
Thank you for the compliment.
I set the camera to shoot 1 frame per second. It was a 40+ mph wind and the clouds were racing by. I could barely keep the camera steady and didn't have much time to wait around and shoot a really long timelapse. The dust was blowing like crazy. In fact, I wanted to shoot a massive dust storm coming across the valley behind the camera, but it would have sandblasted me and the lens. I barely got packed up before it over took my postion. I'm still finding red sand in my stuff.

Bruce Rawlings · August 11th, 2009, 01:51 PM

Thanks for the info Doug. I am planning to hopefully shoot in Monument Valley next year. Your pictures confirm that my EX1 will do the job well.

July 22nd, 2009, 07:55 PM	#18
Erik Phairas Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 628	Great video, all the shots were good but some of them really seemed to jump off the screen. Nice one! __________________ EX3, Q6600 Quad core PC - Vista 64, Vegas 8.1 64bit, SR11 b-cam

August 8th, 2009, 11:42 AM	#19
Bruce Rawlings Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 410	The pictures are spectacular, what interval speed did you use on the Monument Valley cloud shots?. Sorry I did ask somewhere else but cannot locate it. Last edited by Bruce Rawlings; August 8th, 2009 at 11:44 AM. Reason: spelling error

July 21st, 2009, 08:14 PM	#16
Brian Barkley Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 233	Doug, you did a great job putting together the entire piece . . . photography, editing, music, etc. Congratulations. The transitions (cuts & dissolves) were subliminal, which I cannot find fault in. I've hiked many of the areas in your video, and you brought it to life again . . . many thanks.

July 22nd, 2009, 10:52 AM	#17
Bill Ward Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 580	Doug: I've also been to all those parks...nice job capturing them...especially your choice of using the early/late day low angle sun. Best shot of the whole tape: the low angle silhouette time-lapse with the clouds rushing by...making it feel like the dark cliffs were racing through space. Great effect! The only transition that didn't totally work for me was the dissolve to the tracking shot of the buzzard, and only because the rapidly moving video was a bit jarring as the dissolve took effect. It stuck out in an otherwise nicely crafted piece. Good work!

August 11th, 2009, 01:51 PM	#21
Bruce Rawlings Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 410	Thanks for the info Doug. I am planning to hopefully shoot in Monument Valley next year. Your pictures confirm that my EX1 will do the job well.