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09/15/2011 09:17:32 PM · #1 |
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09/15/2011 09:12:53 PM · #2 |
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08/30/2011 01:19:24 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by ralph:
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by ralph:
leaf - that is awesome .. great pics!
but i'd be to afraid for the camera
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I do get a little concerned when it starts floating quickly towards the ground but the kite does seem really stable.
I feel it helps that I earn a living from photography and if I loose the camera due to a fall, I can rationalize it as the cost of doing business. If I lost my hobby toy that I had to save another 5 years for, it would be a different story. I also feel that I have the camera to make use of it, not to store it on the shelf in a soft cloth. Lastly I have 2 cameras, so I'll still have one to shoot with if I wreck the other. |
oh - i don't baby mine but KAP'ing would be kindof sudden death ... |
yes, i suppose it could be. It generally feels pretty safe though. The kite is pretty steady and when it comes down (at least so far) it has come down slow enough not to damage any of the equipment.
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08/27/2011 03:24:13 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by ralph:
leaf - that is awesome .. great pics!
but i'd be to afraid for the camera
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I do get a little concerned when it starts floating quickly towards the ground but the kite does seem really stable.
I feel it helps that I earn a living from photography and if I loose the camera due to a fall, I can rationalize it as the cost of doing business. If I lost my hobby toy that I had to save another 5 years for, it would be a different story. I also feel that I have the camera to make use of it, not to store it on the shelf in a soft cloth. Lastly I have 2 cameras, so I'll still have one to shoot with if I wreck the other. |
oh - i don't baby mine but KAP'ing would be kindof sudden death ...
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08/27/2011 10:03:04 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by ralph:
leaf - that is awesome .. great pics!
but i'd be to afraid for the camera
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I do get a little concerned when it starts floating quickly towards the ground but the kite does seem really stable.
I feel it helps that I earn a living from photography and if I loose the camera due to a fall, I can rationalize it as the cost of doing business. If I lost my hobby toy that I had to save another 5 years for, it would be a different story. I also feel that I have the camera to make use of it, not to store it on the shelf in a soft cloth. Lastly I have 2 cameras, so I'll still have one to shoot with if I wreck the other.
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08/27/2011 09:51:53 AM · #6 |
I think maybe my insurance covers it. I'm paying a boat load for insurance and it is supposed to cover 'anything'... When I first bought the insurance i asked about dropping it in water or on the ground and they said it would be covered. Unless they felt that putting it in the kite was purposely wrecking it or something, I think I'm covered. There is a deductible of $1000 so a fall would still cost a lot though.
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08/27/2011 08:59:01 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by geinafets:
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by geinafets:
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
I was using a flow form 30 kite and used a KAP rig purchased from brooxes.com. The wind doesn't have to be too strong, just steady. I had lots of problems today in what I thought was a good wind. It just wouldn't lift the camera. The other days were no problem at all... perhaps 10-30km/hr has been my usual wind speed.
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That website totally made me cringe! They use velcro to hold the cameras in place!? I fear for those poor cameras!
Nothing like pictures to scare me out of trying this : ) |
My camera isn't Velcroed on. It is fastened with a screw in the tripod hole.. It has about as much chance of falling off the rig as off a tripod. The biggest fear is a broken line or the kite falling. |
Yours may not be velcroed on, but some of the other ones on the site were : ) Regardless of how you're fastening your camera, your photos are still really great, so definitely keep doing what you're doing. One last serious question--does your camera insurance cover this? I guess it wouldn't matter if the camera crashed if the insurance would cover it anyway. |
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08/27/2011 03:12:10 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by ralph:
leaf - that is awesome .. great pics!
but i'd be to afraid for the camera
I started to do KAP project about 5 years ago - 9ft wide kite is in the garage..
though with used DSLR prices dropping i might buy one to sacrifice
tres cool |
You'd be amazed at the abuse these pieces of shit will take. ;) |
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08/26/2011 09:59:38 AM · #9 |
leaf - that is awesome .. great pics!
but i'd be to afraid for the camera
I started to do KAP project about 5 years ago - 9ft wide kite is in the garage..
though with used DSLR prices dropping i might buy one to sacrifice
tres cool |
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08/26/2011 08:57:14 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Very interesting stuff. I've thought about doing something like this. My parents are avid paragliders and they have small kite wings that would easily be able to lift 5-10 pounds of equipment. And I've never lost any equipment before so it should go just fine, right? :P
Do you have to clone out the strings or is the camera oriented in a certain direction to avoid them? I'd love to see a shot of the rig. |
You dunked one camera in the water, you might as well drop one from the sky... |
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08/26/2011 02:29:42 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by leaf:
My camera isn't Velcroed on. It is fastened with a screw in the tripod hole.. It has about as much chance of falling off the rig as off a tripod. The biggest fear is a broken line or the kite falling. |
Still, one wonders if you might have a loose screw... :P |
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08/26/2011 12:04:35 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by geinafets:
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by geinafets:
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
I was using a flow form 30 kite and used a KAP rig purchased from brooxes.com. The wind doesn't have to be too strong, just steady. I had lots of problems today in what I thought was a good wind. It just wouldn't lift the camera. The other days were no problem at all... perhaps 10-30km/hr has been my usual wind speed.
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That website totally made me cringe! They use velcro to hold the cameras in place!? I fear for those poor cameras!
Nothing like pictures to scare me out of trying this : ) |
My camera isn't Velcroed on. It is fastened with a screw in the tripod hole.. It has about as much chance of falling off the rig as off a tripod. The biggest fear is a broken line or the kite falling.
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08/25/2011 10:46:47 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by leaf:
Originally posted by geinafets:
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
I was using a flow form 30 kite and used a KAP rig purchased from brooxes.com. The wind doesn't have to be too strong, just steady. I had lots of problems today in what I thought was a good wind. It just wouldn't lift the camera. The other days were no problem at all... perhaps 10-30km/hr has been my usual wind speed.
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That website totally made me cringe! They use velcro to hold the cameras in place!? I fear for those poor cameras!
Nothing like pictures to scare me out of trying this : ) |
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08/25/2011 10:15:57 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by OriginalTake:
A friend of mine is a bit of a kite photography expert (in my opinion, not sure about his!), you may like to take a look at his flickr set: //www.flickr.com/photos/hamishfenton/sets/72157607164725348/ I'd pointed him to this thread in case he wants to add anything. |
I was actually just admiring his shots yesterday on Flickr. His agriculture aerial shots grabbed my attention
Originally posted by geinafets:
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
I was using a flow form 30 kite and used a KAP rig purchased from brooxes.com. The wind doesn't have to be too strong, just steady. I had lots of problems today in what I thought was a good wind. It just wouldn't lift the camera. The other days were no problem at all... perhaps 10-30km/hr has been my usual wind speed.
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
... and what did you use to trigger the shutter?
PS - is that small spec you ( leaf) in top third right on the right hand side in your second pic? |
no, I think that is just a dirt clump :) .. I was using just one of those Chinese canon knock off wire triggers on ebay that you can set to take a photo every so many seconds. You can get small little KAP remotes too but this one is doing the job for now. I also have a remote trigger set up from the remote control, but it wasn't working consistently and I find it better to have the camera just take pictures the whole time.
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
This kite thing is not a new idea but it's a good way to get high angle shots where there is a good steady breeze if you have the nerves to put your camera up there that way. A good size fishing rod and reel might be useful if you are "single lining" the kite. |
I don't think I'd trust the camera with a fishing line and rod... I'm using a 300lb line on the kite and it's all i can do to reel it in sometimes in a strong wind. And no, it certainly isn't a new idea. There are tons of people doing it and it has been done essentially ever since photographs have existed.
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Do you have to clone out the strings or is the camera oriented in a certain direction to avoid them? I'd love to see a shot of the rig. |
Usually I point the camera away from the string.. but yeah, sometimes I have to clone out the string (and myself)
Message edited by author 2011-08-25 22:22:55.
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08/25/2011 08:09:14 PM · #15 |
Fantastic photos but I get a panic attack at the thought of it so far up LOL
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08/25/2011 04:26:51 PM · #16 |
Yeah, that was me. Before & after:
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08/25/2011 04:12:44 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by MattO:
Probably thinking of  Skip who uses something like that |
Could have been. I remember someone taking some test shots at a Connecticut playground. |
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08/25/2011 03:41:18 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Here is one of the original sites relating to this genre ...
I would try this if I had a camera with a remote ...
FWIW another way to get a high perspective is to use a mono- or tripod with one leg fully-extended; by holding it at arm's length overhead it's possible to get the camera 12-14 feet up. This method also allows the use of the timer instead of a remote, and cameras with a tilt-swivel LCD screen can be configured so that the picture can be framed by looking at it from below. |
I think Shannon did something similar (was it Shannon?) with an extendable pole you use for washing windows. |
Probably thinking of Skip who uses something like that
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08/25/2011 03:24:20 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Here is one of the original sites relating to this genre ...
I would try this if I had a camera with a remote ...
FWIW another way to get a high perspective is to use a mono- or tripod with one leg fully-extended; by holding it at arm's length overhead it's possible to get the camera 12-14 feet up. This method also allows the use of the timer instead of a remote, and cameras with a tilt-swivel LCD screen can be configured so that the picture can be framed by looking at it from below. |
I think Shannon did something similar (was it Shannon?) with an extendable pole you use for washing windows. |
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08/25/2011 01:57:12 PM · #20 |
Here is one of the original sites relating to this genre ...
I would try this if I had a camera with a remote ...
FWIW another way to get a high perspective is to use a mono- or tripod with one leg fully-extended; by holding it at arm's length overhead it's possible to get the camera 12-14 feet up. This method also allows the use of the timer instead of a remote, and cameras with a tilt-swivel LCD screen can be configured so that the picture can be framed by looking at it from below. |
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08/25/2011 12:12:50 PM · #21 |
Very interesting stuff. I've thought about doing something like this. My parents are avid paragliders and they have small kite wings that would easily be able to lift 5-10 pounds of equipment. And I've never lost any equipment before so it should go just fine, right? :P
Do you have to clone out the strings or is the camera oriented in a certain direction to avoid them? I'd love to see a shot of the rig.
Message edited by author 2011-08-25 12:13:07. |
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08/25/2011 11:40:26 AM · #22 |
I like the directly overhead shot best of the bunch. My nephew Doug dropped a DSLR off a remote controlled helicopter from 300+ ft while shooting a golf course. He put it on the chopper skids with bungee cords, hanging in the center to reduce vibration. The camera was a Canon, so it didn't survive the landing.
This kite thing is not a new idea but it's a good way to get high angle shots where there is a good steady breeze if you have the nerves to put your camera up there that way. A good size fishing rod and reel might be useful if you are "single lining" the kite.
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08/25/2011 10:05:19 AM · #23 |
A friend of mine is a bit of a kite photography expert (in my opinion, not sure about his!), you may like to take a look at his flickr set: //www.flickr.com/photos/hamishfenton/sets/72157607164725348/ I'd pointed him to this thread in case he wants to add anything.
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08/25/2011 08:31:33 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by geinafets:
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
... and what did you use to trigger the shutter?
PS - is that small spec you ( leaf) in top third right on the right hand side in your second pic? |
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08/25/2011 08:05:46 AM · #25 |
Well, I guess we know who's ribboning in the Free Study this month!
Can you tell us more about how you do this? It looks really cool. Where did you get the kite? how do you strap on your 5D? How strong does the wind have to be to lift the whole thing? |
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