CLOCK
To evolve from apes 7 hrs
Homo Sapiens so far 10mins
Human history 30secs
1000 years 3secs
I year 3msec
HOW IT's DONE. - TRAVEL VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHS
Context from multiple views, 3D from motion parallax, visual surprises from point of view and hidden gems. Surprise reveal to create drama by looking for visually engaging views and then find a surprising transition in. Hide behind foreground and track side/vertical to interest, pan to interest.
iPhone 14
12MP Ultra Wide: 13 mm, ƒ/2.2 aperture and 120° field of view
48MP 1x Main: 24 mm 60 deg FOV 30 arcsecs optical resolution. 9 mm diagonal 1X1um pixel.
12MP 3x Telephoto: 77 mm 20 deg FOV, up to 15x with digital zoom = 400mm store RAW and denoise (soft), 20 asecs pitch resolution.
Sony 7as 100mm 2 x better resolution.
For walking landscape track use cell pone + Hyperlapse 5x + Active track and move slowly.
Turntable side track use Activetrack to maintain orientation.
For forward, back or close side track use cell phone + full lock + Action mode 1x.
For telephoto up to 200mm, use cell phone 2x (50mm) lens w/o Hyperlapse, wave stabilize in PP, zoom and sharpen in PS.
Beyond 200mm, use NikonP1000 stepped frames with carefully alignment to target, in roughly 0.5degree increments to cover at least 10 deg, combine into movie and zoom in PS, stretch using 10% speed with Optical Force, wave stabilize in PP. 0.5 deg = 1 stride for every 100 m of distance from target, needs at least 20 frames.
For max realism in pan use fast follow, slow joystick and slow zoom.
Boat stationary - video with cell phone. Full lock gimbal and Action mode up to 8x 200mm fl with post sharpening and stabilize.
Boat driven - Action video handheld , 100mm for human perspective, so use 4x lens on cell phone or Nikon P1000.
Car
Cycle - Lock or Active track
Horse/Camel
Plane
Night view stills or time lapse - cell phone Apple Night mode. Sony 7as 20mm or 100mm. Human ISO1 daylight, ISO800 low light.
Night view stills on boat - cell phone Mimo gimbal Lock, photo using Apple Night, or Procamera for RAW.
Moon, or eclipse sun, with foreground needs extreme depth of field using f16-f32 only on Sony 7as . 100mm lens at f32 has a 6m -inf DOF.
Planets - Nikon P1000 + Fornax stage, or Celestron SCT + Svbony +AVX stage
Galaxies - Celestron RASA + QHY RGB + AVX Stage
Nebula - Celestron RASA + QHY SHO + AVX or 100mm + QHY SHO + Fornax.
Milky Way - 20mm or 8mm + Sony7a, 100mm <5 secs exposure.
Wildlife - P1000 still and video
Night wildlife still and video - Sony 7as no filter + f2 100mm + spot light. - 1/50 ISO12,800 --- Denoise (soft v.blurry), Autocolor, Hue to blue, Autocolor, Vib&Sat.
+ f6 400mm ---
Use spot light source as aiming aid, particularly for 400mm. An aiming light should be camera shoe mounted. Exposure light source needs to be 2 ft away from camera to create depth shadows. Using 3 stacked 10" brackets for 20" of distance. 1000lm focusable torch as light source, dim enough to not disturb animals and provide color images out at 20 meters and a 400mm lens.
Test - Dark corner 100mm S7as with IR filter ISO409k 2s S/N=1, 100mm QHY 183 = 230(35)mm -15C G30 0.5s. S/N = 10.
At home Celestron RASA +Svbony or Cooled QHY camera for real time. 100mm lens. shot noise ? Run night test.
The Earth at Night series uses full moon light and a Canon ME20 camera $20K !. Featuring an astonishing four million ISO rating 0.0005lux , the Canon ME20F-SH Multi-Purpose Camera captures video at up to 1920 x 1080p 60 and supports both NTSC and PAL broadcast frame rates. The camera incorporates a full frame 35mm-sized sensor with approximately 2.26 million pixels. This results in a pixel that is about 3 x larger than the pixels on Sony 7as Full-frame DSLR cameras, 10x more sensitive. Used large f 100mm, and a large catadioptric lens f8 1000mm full frame.
People - Nikon P1000 or Cell phone + ProCamera stabilized. Collect RAW, denoise and sharpen for best results, avoid source jpeg.
Underwater snorkle - need a GoPro 11, 27 Mpix, 8mm diagonal chip, 10 bit color, better stabilization using crop.
GoPro Hero 11 FOV focal length lens (SuperView) FOV (16mm DSLR) 170 degrees. Linear FOV (19mm – 39mm DSLR) - no fisheye. 90 degrees using 2.5x digital crop. Only reason to use GoPro is waterproofing, is 10 bit RAW just for underwater for Gopro 11 worth it probably yes !
+ Moto dual light long bracket. Create a dark region in front of camera out to target, to minimize backscatter.
Underwater from boat, when swimming not an option - Gopro attached to selfie stick -. SANDMARC Pole - Metal Edition: 15-50" Waterproof Extension Stick (Pole) for GoPro Hero 11,
Rely on clear water to see targets. Tilt down makes screen visible. Bucket view to see through surface. https://www.westmarine.com/marine-sports-underwater-viewer-bucket-2001931.html
Other action - running, biking, rowing, kyacking, white water. For Kyacking use head mount and safety.
Building stills, verticals need to be Y aligned. Use wide angle lens and keep camera level. For more resolution, use iPhone panorama in portrait mode,
Overhead view - need a drone.
Example scenarios;
Start with Sphinx dominating scene and then track showing the pyramids behind.
Use a window start with side view and then reveal what is through window. Walls, lintles and pillars all act as blocks.
Walk into room using door as block and panorama around.
Start low horizontal hold and move to max reach- about 3 meters.
Look for a tower view point track up over edge and out and then rotate down to overhead view.
Track down to low view of vegetation or water fall.
Transition between 2 views - , to avoid people use camera overhead. Start with view1 side track, pan or joystick to view2, zoom and front track towards new target. Best Activetrack pointing and side track best using slow follow, Best handle pan & tilt use fast follow. Use blocks for transitions, pillars, walls, traffic etc.
Story telling; travelogue, highlights, theme. For instance - Botswana travelogue, wildlife, White water, boating.
Fall travelogue - London, Paris, chateaux, Bruges sights are all linked by rivers - then Spain.
Egypt linked Nile, and Petra ? - River Jordan as a trade route.
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2023
April
Egypt, Jordan Italy
August - Colorado and UK
Sept Travelogue & Wildlife
Alaska
Kyacing - waterproof phone, wildlife - Nikon. Boat video - iPhone/Gimbal.
Icefields -
2 bear flights - Nikon - helicopter - iPhone/Gimbal
Northern Lights/Milky Way.
Anchorage - Native Museums.
Northern Lights in Fairbanks 3 nights. Sony 7a & iPhone / tripod backup batteries.
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2024
April 8 - Eclipse Fredricksberg.
Early May Birds
New York
Philadelphia - Franklin, Independence Hall.
Princeton. - Einstien, Canal
Migratory warblers - Fort Hancock NJ, Central Park.
New York
Met Museum of Art
Show
Museum of Natural History
Stores - quilt
Late May 2024 Oregon Travelogue & mating grebes
Hood / Ranier / Adams / St Helens - planes Right side coming into land.
Start at Mt Hood
Grebe Mating in Klamath Falls.
Eagles in Klamath Falls
Oregon Coast- Cape Perpetua and Thors well, time for high tide - on coast through Corvallis. North to Nestucca Bay for Tsunami evidence
Crater Lake SW corner - looking NE dawn light best
Columbia river gorge North facing from Portland Womens Forum State Scenic at Dawn or Dusk
Mt St Helens looking South Morning from Coldwater ridge VC that is kept plowed, walk in to open up crater. - 25 may be open, walk to Norway Pass. Windy ridge probably still closed.
Volcanoes, San Andreas, Tsumani - Crater Lake, Mt St Helens, Mt Hood.
Timing on Grebes - March for Grebes arrival. ebird - move east to breeding grounds, primarily from late Apr to early May.
"This choreographed show tends to peak between late April and the middle of May."
June in WA from Gary Lunce.
Late May from Kevin Spencer - Klamath Audobon
August 2024
Renee to CO
Sept 2024 Wildlife & Travelogue
INDONESIA
US to Singapore.
Singapore birding
Borneo WT to see Orangutans from Kota Kinabalu
Orangutan & Sun bear Reserves
Kinabatangan Wetlands - probiscus monkeys, macaques, river birds, pygmy elephants. Nocturnal - mousedeer, tarsiers, civet cats
Tabin Wildlife Reserve - bats, flying squirrels, civets, pig tailed macaques, banteng wild cattle, rinocerous hornbill, blue headed pitta. Nocturnal - owls
Danum Valley - clouded leopard, gibbon, maroon leaf langur, birds galor, Nocturnal - slow loris, bio luminescent fungi, flying squirrels.
Bali Bonsuru Temple, Bali.
Eco Cove on Yeben Island from Sorong - Snorkle using GoPro
Ring of Fire in Indonesia
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2025 3 travelogues
Cuba April 3-13
$5875 pp
Group trip only.
Intrepid Travel used by Steve and Louise.
Tenesee migration in April/May
Tennesse NWR Duck river
possible extension to Washington DC.
Iceland - Fall 10 night trip - 2 spots a day or 1 spot and drive.
https://guidetoiceland.is/nature-info/what-to-do-in-iceland
Rekjavik 3 nights
Gullfoss Waterfall
Raufarhólshellir - 1.3km lava tube
Thingvellir NP - plate boundary
Mývatn 2 nights - 4 hrs from Rekjavik
Grjotagia cave - plate boundary, North East iceland near lake
Godafoss waterfall north leg of Golden circle 4 hrs to drive.
Hofn 2 nights 5 hrs from Rekyaviak and Myvatn
Dettifoss Waterfall, the Asbyrgi Canyon, and Husavik Village
Klifbrekkufossar at the head of Mjóifjörður - mulagljufur-1
1 night
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach
Puffins at Dyrholaey Arch in south Iceland.
Rekjyavik 2 night
PORTUGAL 10 nights
Lisbon Setúbal Peninsula - 4 nights
Algarve 2 nights
Peneda-Geres NP 2 nights
Porto - Bairro of Ribeira waterfront in Porto. 2 nights
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2026
Spring March-April
Glacier NP
Waterton Border Park
Summer
Wilderness travel - midsummer here, midwinter in S Africa.
Madagascar off the beaten track 15 days $7695 - Lemurs. Andasibe NP / Lemur Island NP/Antananarivo, Kirindy, Anja/Isalo
Madagascar private journey 9 days $7000. Andasibe NP / Lemur Island NP/Antananarivo
Uganda private journey 8 days $6995 + $1500 flights and park fees - Chimps and Gorillas. Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi IR
Use Nairobi as the hub and travel via Europe. (Bots + Zimb = 17 days total)
The best time of the year when you should go for gorilla trekking in Uganda is June, July, August and September. If that is not possible, January and February should be relatively okay.
MADAGASCAR
Andasibe National Park / Lemur Island NP
Ankarana / Antananarivo
Berenty Reserve / Antananarivo
wilderness do an extension to Queen Elizabeth & local chimps.
At higher altitudes, the cool, dry months, from May to October, are best for hiking.
RWANDA
Nyungwe Forest NP - very diverse inc. chimps and colobus monkey, accessible forest 5 hrs from Kigali. contains Mt Karonje.
3 day trip to see chimps etc. https://www.nyungweforestnationalpark.org/chimpanzee-trekking-nyungwe-forest-national-par/
OR
TANZANIA
Gombe Stream National Park - Jane Goodall chimps
OR
UGANDA
Queen Elizabeth NP - Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge. v popular park.
Kibale NP was easy access to see Chimps - Use Imagine Travel or Natural World Safaris.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for Gorillas
Mgahinga NP for Gorillas
OR
CONGO
Kahuzi-Beiga NP - lowland gorillas
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town
OR
NAMIBIA
Fish River Canyon just over SA border
Skeleton Coast
Sossusvlei Sand Dunes
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2027
GREECE
Athens
Santorini - Akrotiri - Beaches - edge of caldera - tour of crater.
Crete - Knossos
Thessaloniki - Monasteries
TURKEY
Istambul - Agia Sofia,
Epheysus - Roman ruins
Cappodocia - Ancient dwelling.
Switzerland
Shilthorn
Eiger
Geneva
North Canada
Newfoundland - Twillingate or Iceberg alley in June.
NF to Labrador and Greenland cruise with WT.
North west passage cruise.
Yukon
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2028
China
Nujiang River or Salween, Just to West of Mekong.
Guilin - Karst scenery
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N America
Hawaii; Kawaii - Oahu - Maui Snorkle/Volcanoes
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Montana NP's
La to SF coast road
New Orleans
Great Lakes
Meteor Crater AZ
Wildlife Rehab Scottsdale AZ
Salt Lake City
Washington DC
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan
Silk road tour with WT - 25 days $11k reveal a rich historical and ethnic canvas, filled with dazzling scenery and a multitude of architectural wonders. From the blue-domed Silk Road oasis of Samarkand, where Tamerlane once held sway, to Issyk-Kul, a vast alpine lake surrounded by the forested peaks of the Tien Shan,
MOROCCO / TUNISIA
IRELAND
Volcanics -
SCOTLAND
Edinburgh
Glen Coe
Skye - Lewis
Norway
Fyords
Bergen
Costa Rica - wildlife similar to Amazon
Wilderness Travel
San Jose Museo de Oro in San Jose ?
Corcovado. Tiskita Jungle Lodge Set on a verdant hillside between Pavones and Punta Banco,
Tortuguero on Carabean
Arenal
South America
Falklands and South Georgia Photo cruise with WT
Pantanal in Brazil
Iguwara Falls
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Thailand
Khao Sok NP good for animals in wetter season.
Phang Nga - Karst scenery
Cambodia
Ankor Wat
Myanmar
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Italy
Rome
Pompeii
Sicely
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HISTORY OF IDEAS
See history page. Egypt, Greece, France, Spain, UK.
Pharoses, Greek Enlightenment, Crusading monarchs, Renaissance, Secular democracy.
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Underwater Targets
coral, turtles, whales, fish, birds.
Turtle nesting on South Padre Is
Grebe mating Clear Lake, Lake County, California, USA https://www.jstor.org/stable/26428102. end of Feb early March
Klamath Falls - near Crater Lake
Balmoreha, at turn off for Fort Davis.
Osprey fishing
Owls - LBWC entry way
Hummer nest
Gold Cheeked Warbler - South Llano River State Park & Lost Maples
Puffins - Alaska Seward , Iceland.
Armadillo -
Ringtail Texas - Hill Country - Enchanted Rock a good target - nocturnal ... try a moonlite night. they prefer rocky areas such as rock piles, stone fences, canyon walls, and talus slopes. Ringtails are expert climbers, capable of climbing vertical walls to find the most protected crevices, crannies, and hollows in which to build their dens. Insects and small mammals such as rabbits, mice, rats and ground squirrels
Barrier island - Assateague Island is the Delaware barrier island. - part of visit to Washington. Native wild horses.
Mountain Lions in Patagonia, and US Rockies Dec-April.
https://bodhiexpeditions.wordpress.com/ 970.901.6516 in CO, out of business in 2023.
https://www.southwestwildlife.org/resident-animals/mountain-lion.html
Tigers in India and Huai Kha Khaeng Sanctuary near Bangcok in Thailand.
https://www.wfft.org/projects/tiger-rescue-centre/# south of Bangcok.
Primates; Gorillas, Chimps, Orangutan, Colobus, Mander
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Evolution of landscapes
Erosion
Rivers - R. Zambezi,
Valleys - Grand Canyon
Glaciers - Rocky ice caps,
Deposition
Beaches - Devon, CA
Sand dunes - Sand Dune NP
Drift
3D map
Build up
Uplifted mountains - Rockies, Seirras,
Volcanoes - Mt Hood/St Helens, Hawaii, Crater lake,
Landscapes
Water Eroded fractured sandstones & limestones
Grand Canyon
Zambezi canyon - Victoria Falls
Petra
Zion
Moab
Grand Staircase
Monument Valley
Ice Eroded sandstones & limestones
Aliaka
Rockies - ice caps
Mt Assinaboine
Re-deposits
Barrier islands
Devon beaches
Okavambo Delta
Amazon
Volcanic hot spot islands
Hawaii
Galapagos
Iceland
Craters
Mt St Helens
Crater Lake
Yellowstone
Santorini
Volcanic drift zones
Mt Hood
La Veta fissures
Uplift Igneous & metamorphic
Sierra Nevada - Metamorphic with huge igneous volcanic inclusions such as Yosimite.
Tetons - igneous east, sandstone west
Denali - igneous
Skye - basalt and gabbro igneous rock.
