Nature versus Congestion
Some of my favorite days are spent lost, roaming with a camera. It’s a great way to see the (often over-looked) details.
Some of my favorite days are spent lost, roaming with a camera. It’s a great way to see the (often over-looked) details.
These long, straight stretches of road are pretty rare in Oregon’s higher elevations. Highways like this give great long-distance perspective in the otherwise steep hills and dense forests.
Middle of Highway 138 in Eastern Oregon near Crater Lake.
This footage was captured back in 2013 (via hot air balloon) on my wife and I’s honeymoon.
I actually managed to attach a mini keychain-camera (808 #16) to the bottom of a Hobbyzone Champ, tiny little brushed motor and 1S batteries, even. I managed to battle the wind to about four hundred feet over the Gold Bluffs Beach Campground. Just beyond those bluffs are massive Northern California forests and Redwoods National Park.
Dan the barista decided to get a little dark with the latte foam. Nice touch!
Early Cara Mia shoot; circa 2008. Side note, I really enjoyed the effect that the reflections off the steel siding gave…
I wanted to record this plane with the original motor and prop before I attempted Derick Aquino’s sweet mod, swapping out the original with the Eflite 3000kV motor (gotta reverse it’s polarity first!) and the trusty GWS 5043. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWnJwgxUg8 for more information.
The tail-end view is from my (damn near vintage) 808-16 keychain cam with an 8″ optical tether, meaning the lens (wide-angle D-lens model) is fixed to the fuselage near where the rear wheel would usually go.
The camera is just too heavy for the stock plane to pull any decent loops, but I managed a roll or two. The weight actually helped it’s CG a little, but only for level flight… 😉
What do you think of this rearward-view? Should I send the view back to the cockpit, or keep up this new angle?
Happy New Year! I hope you all have a productive (and fun) 2016 as well.