Woke up to fog this morning so grabbed the Inspire and ran out.  

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Jim!

....Epic....

Nice job as usual. The Fog acted as a Softar Filter. The Link doesn't work Jim. You have to cut and paste. Not a biggie.

Jim, are you using FCPX?

Hey Jim.  Beautiful shots.

One question - where do you get the music you use with your clips?

Thanks!

jon

Looks great! thx for sharing!

Truly stunning video Jim ;)

rodger Posted at 2015-4-1 21:41
Nice job as usual. The Fog acted as a Softar Filter. The Link doesn't work Jim. You have to cut and  ...

Thanks Rodger, link now fixed!
Yes, I'm slowly moving to FCPx and did this clip in it.

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-2 03:09
Thanks Rodger, link now fixed!
Yes, I'm slowly moving to FCPx and did this clip in it.

Great Program. Check out FCPX Effects. He has some really great plug-ins and low on the price. Instant Download.

genettico@hotma Posted at 2015-4-1 22:39
Looks great! thx for sharing!

Jim is the Man! Check out his Tutorials on the Forum. Great informative info.

jon.rauschenber Posted at 2015-4-1 22:02
Hey Jim.  Beautiful shots.

One question - where do you get the music you use with your clips?

Music files are all over the place. Google "Royalty Free Music" There are sites that will sell the tracks also Royalty Free.

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-2 03:09
Thanks Rodger, link now fixed!
Yes, I'm slowly moving to FCPx and did this clip in it.

Not a problem, I just did a copy and paste and it popped up. Gotta keep up to your work and input

rodger Posted at 2015-4-2 03:57
Jim is the Man! Check out his Tutorials on the Forum. Great informative info.

You're too kind Rodger!  

Beautiful, I wish I have the skill to fly mine between trees. Great video, great edition. Thanks for posting it!

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-2 04:07
You're too kind Rodger!

No, you are to good

That IS BEAUTIFUL, Jim Hare!!

Great stuff

Thanks guys!   

I'm starting to get the hang of it.   Took me a while to fly, then to film, now to start doing both at once...  

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-2 05:56
Thanks guys!   

I'm starting to get the hang of it.   Took me a while to fly, then to film, now to  ...

Really like your work Jim, combination of the two can be tricky at times, especially in close quarters.
It would be great to catch up with you when I get back to sydney and have a chat and a fly.

roy86au Posted at 2015-4-2 06:32
Really like your work Jim, combination of the two can be tricky at times, especially in close quar ...

Would really like that, let me know when you're in town!

Jim

rodger Posted at 2015-4-2 04:23
No, you are to good

No! Just up front! Keep em" coming!

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-2 05:56
Thanks guys!   

I'm starting to get the hang of it.   Took me a while to fly, then to film, now to  ...

I think that you have bith down par!

Bravo Jim! Always beautiful. Short and sweet with a well suited soundtrack to boot. The subject matter couldn't have been better.

Dangair Posted at 2015-4-2 11:16
Bravo Jim! Always beautiful. Short and sweet with a well suited soundtrack to boot. The subject matt ...

Thanks Dangair, like the new avatar!

Yeah it's not mine it belongs to Dennis Washington and it's his tender for one of his yachts. It's a 7,000,000 dollar Eurocopter, pretty nice bird indeed. The yacht is pretty sweet too!

Dangair Posted at 2015-4-2 14:39
Yeah it's not mine it belongs to Dennis Washington and it's his tender for one of his yachts. It's a ...

Wow, that's crazy nice!

Dennis has a few bucks, he owns a few yachts like this position strategically around the globe. He doesn't care much for traffic so the helicopters come in handy when he wishes to get to his jet at the airport. He is the owner of the Washington Group of Companies and owns his own railroad, huge mine, a company that makes curled up wingtips for jet airliners amongst a whole bunch of other things! Self made man. Real nice guy too! His son Kyle owns Sea Span in Vancouver and they acquired China Shipping lines fleet as well. So I suppose it's a matter of scale... Clearly out of my league hahaha! Yes these are the same people that own most of the money in the world that we average humans have come to despise. At the same time we realize that if we were them we wouldn't be complaining!  DJI may soon reach  this level of wealth?

Brilliant Jim,
Thanks for sharing.

Mike.

I've come around to shooting everything at Zero Sharpness.   Don't know if I'll go back to shooting anything at Negative One.

Nice vide jim!

I'm sure you would have used the POI feature to shoot the statue had it been available to you.

POI = Point of Interest under the IOC setting = Intelligent orientation control (Flying in F Mode)

I assume you had Anti Fog Props on your Inspire when flying in these conditions   funny thing is the manual says not to fly in smog  

Karman Posted at 2015-4-3 08:57
Nice vide jim!

I'm sure you would have used the POI feature to shoot the statue had it been availab ...

Heh!   Luckily the fog wasn't thick or even near me when shooting.   Don't know if I would ever use automated gimbal movements, I much prefer having it in follow mode and using the bird to make the moves.   

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Very inspirational Jim !!

I find it funny every time I watch UAV footage I think of the scene from the movie Soylant Green when Edger G Robinson is dying seeing beautiful nature shots on a large screen.
Very surreal feel to the footage Bravo!!

Colonel Angus Posted at 2015-4-3 12:25
Very inspirational Jim !!

I find it funny every time I watch UAV footage I think of the scene from  ...

Soilent green, thats funny I thought I was the only person on earth that watched that movie!

Colonel Angus Posted at 2015-4-3 12:25
Very inspirational Jim !!

I find it funny every time I watch UAV footage I think of the scene from  ...

Heh, thanks Colonel, always good to hear from you!  Love Soylant Green, yum!

In other news I just found that Vimeo had processed my video as SD so I replaced it.   

jimhare Posted at 2015-4-3 12:56
Heh, thanks Colonel, always good to hear from you!  Love Soylant Green, yum!

In other news I just ...

TY Suh !
Many sit back and I bet have no idea the set up for your shoots I'm jaw dropped and hope to see more Jim.
I know theses shoots you do are pure creative energy it is conveyed Jim in so many way visually,been dying to ask how you create such depth of field? Jim is that done in Post ?
Or is the lighting you choose too shot in ? Its all about the moment and capturing it .
Yep cant wait to see more!

Colonel Angus Posted at 2015-4-3 14:02
TY Suh !
Many sit back and I bet have no idea the set up for your shoots I'm jaw dropped and hope ...

Thanks!  Love to hear positive feedback!   
In this vid all depth of field, as well as bokeh/lens flares, were done in post.  

I created power windows around the action and tracked them, before adding some mist/blur to the other areas.  

I actually double-graded this one.   First got all the looks, depth and vignettes and so on in DaVinci, but then kept tweaking in FCP.

If you want to see it in all its glory download the ProRes version from Vimeo, it's nice to see it without any mush and artifacts.

Hi Jim,
I learned a lot thanks to you about FCP post video corrections. I studied the LUTS options and they are really amazing. I have one question,
Where can I find external LUT files. you mentioned in your tutorial 2 the LUT "Ocean Sun" where can I get for example that LUT file?
Thanks again for spending the time and posting these great tutorials.
Robert

rbaaij Posted at 2015-4-4 23:07
Hi Jim,
I learned a lot thanks to you about FCP post video corrections. I studied the LUTS options a ...

Thanks Robert!  You'll find the link in the tutorial video when I first start talking about the LUTs.  Be aware that if you want to run these in FCPx you need to buy a third party plug-in first to allow you to run LUTs.   They can be used as is in DaVinci though.  The LUTs themselves are $49 from memory.

Jim