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06/07/2002 07:06:38 AM · #1 |
I haven't had any GREAT challenge ideas lately... I think that a challenge entitled "From Above" would be a neat follow-up challenge for "From the Ground Up" possibly... The tag line on this challenge could read something like this:
Photograph any subject from a vantage point above your subject... the vantage point should give the feeling that you are looking down on the subject from the highest angle possible... straight down would be best :)
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06/07/2002 07:11:32 AM · #2 |
Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
Kidding aside, I kind of like how these "angle" challenges make me look at every day stuff totally in a new way. Good topic.
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I haven''t had any GREAT challenge ideas lately... I think that a challenge entitled "From Above" would be a neat follow-up challenge for "From the Ground Up" possibly... The tag line on this challenge could read something like this:
Photograph any subject from a vantage point above your subject... the vantage point should give the feeling that you are looking down on the subject from the highest angle possible... straight down would be best :)
* This message has been edited by the author on 6/7/2002 11:11:27 AM.
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06/07/2002 07:30:54 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
UH-UH!!! NOT gonna put my digital camera on my kite. :-) I do have some pictures taken with a kite camera kit and a disposable camera, but they''re not digital.
Kite Pics
* This message has been edited by the author on 6/7/2002 11:30:55 AM.
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06/07/2002 07:39:14 AM · #4 |
Patella, I didn't even know kite camera kits exist!!! Those shots are pretty cool, and it sounds like a lot of fun. How does it all work, does the camera just take pictures from time to time or how do you trigger it?
Originally posted by Patella:
Originally posted by gr8photos:
[i]Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
UH-UH!!! NOT gonna put my digital camera on my kite. :-) I do have some pictures taken with a kite camera kit and a disposable camera, but they''re not digital.
Kite Pics[/i]
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06/07/2002 08:34:56 AM · #5 |
| I think this is a great idea John. |
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06/07/2002 08:39:22 AM · #6 |
I did a quick search on the web for the kit I used and found this. You might be able to find one cheaper elsewhere. (I found mine at a local planetarium -- but I'd seen them online before.)
Basically, it's a very low tech system. A box with a rubber band powered lever that holds a disposable camera. Wind the camera, cock the lever on the kit, insert a cotterpin to keep the lever from clicking the camera trigger, and tie a kite line to the cotterpin. Attach the whole thing to a kite (attached to a separate line), send it up, and when you're ready to take a picture, pull on the string holding the cotterpin in place. The lever snaps down, and the camera takes a picture. Pull the whole thing down and reset. (I spent more time getting the kite in the air and bringing it down than anything else.)
Fun little toy, but I need to figure out a way to attach it more firmly to the kite -- I dig the radial motion blurs, but I'd also like to get some that aren't quite so strong.
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06/07/2002 08:47:44 AM · #7 |
I'm not gonna let mother nature use my camera either... lol
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06/07/2002 08:54:46 AM · #8 |
I've also seen a camera kit built into a model rocket
Rocket Cam
Originally posted by Patella:
[i]I did a quick search on the web for the kit I used and found this. You might be able to find one cheaper elsewhere. (I found mine at a local planetarium -- but I'd seen them online before.)
Basically, it's a very low tech system. A box with a rubber band powered lever that holds a disposable camera. Wind the camera, cock the lever on the kit, insert a cotterpin to keep the lever from clicking the camera trigger, and tie a kite line to the cotterpin. Attach the whole thing to a kite (attached to a separate line), send it up, and when you're ready to take a picture, pull on the string holding the cotterpin in place. The lever snaps down, and the camera takes a picture. Pull the whole thing down and reset. (I spent more time getting the kite in the air and bringing it down than anything else.)
Fun little toy, but I need to figure out a way to attach it more firmly to the kite -- I dig the radial motion blurs, but I'd also like to get some that aren't quite so strong.
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06/07/2002 09:11:06 AM · #9 |
i think it'd be a wacky great challenge! :o)
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
...Photograph any subject from a vantage point above your subject... the vantage point should give the feeling that you are looking down on the subject from the highest angle possible...
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06/07/2002 10:35:35 AM · #10 |
| no.. better not. some people only have a barbie camera and rat fur to take pictures of. it wouldnt be fair to them. |
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06/07/2002 10:36:29 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
no.. better not. some people only have a barbie camera and rat fur to take pictures of. it wouldnt be fair to them.
Don't worry. You can TOTALLY do rat fur from above.
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06/07/2002 10:39:32 AM · #12 |
oh but that's sooo cliched ;) .
Originally posted by Kimbly:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
[i]no.. better not. some people only have a barbie camera and rat fur to take pictures of. it wouldnt be fair to them.
Don't worry. You can TOTALLY do rat fur from above.
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06/07/2002 10:43:33 AM · #13 |
| not with a soft focus filter |
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06/07/2002 11:27:27 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
Uh, considering my entry, could we hold off on this aspect of the challenge until I check the NASA reservation system?
I don't think the Rocket Kits previously cited will get high enough.
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06/07/2002 11:32:12 AM · #15 |
Geez, there's always someone who has some nitpicky reason why we can't do a challenge! ;-)
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by gr8photos:
[i]Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
Uh, considering my entry, could we hold off on this aspect of the challenge until I check the NASA reservation system?
I don't think the Rocket Kits previously cited will get high enough.
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06/07/2002 12:08:56 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Geez, there''s always someone who has some nitpicky reason why we can''t do a challenge! ;-)
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
Uh, considering my entry, could we hold off on this aspect of the challenge until I check the NASA reservation system?
I don''t think the Rocket Kits previously cited will get high enough.
I think it''s a fine topic -- I just don''t want to be penalized if I pick a different subject, such as the out-take I should have submitted...
* This message has been edited by the author on 6/7/2002 4:10:04 PM. |
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06/07/2002 12:14:37 PM · #17 |
And I hope you realized that I was just kidding, right?
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by gr8photos:
[i]Geez, there''s always someone who has some nitpicky reason why we can''t do a challenge! ;-)
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
Uh, considering my entry, could we hold off on this aspect of the challenge until I check the NASA reservation system?
I don''t think the Rocket Kits previously cited will get high enough.
I think it''s a fine topic -- I just don''t want to be penalized if I pick a different subject, such as the out-take I should have submitted..[/i]
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06/07/2002 12:20:12 PM · #18 |
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06/14/2002 08:40:12 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by gr8photos:
Patella, I didn't even know kite camera kits exist!!! Those shots are pretty cool, and it sounds like a lot of fun. How does it all work, does the camera just take pictures from time to time or how do you trigger it?
Originally posted by Patella:
[i]Originally posted by gr8photos:
[i]Add: "If at all possible, use the same subject as for your ''From the ground up'' entry."
UH-UH!!! NOT gonna put my digital camera on my kite. :-) I do have some pictures taken with a kite camera kit and a disposable camera, but they''re not digital.
Kite Pics[/i]
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Here is what appears to be a premiere Kite Photo site a friend just told me about:
Kite Aerial Photography |
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06/15/2002 08:39:53 AM · #20 |
| THIS IS vERY GOOD IDEA i like it already =D |
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