Push-Frame imaging with HD movies from a plane |
Push-Frame imaging with HD movies from a plane |
Feb 10 2009, 03:02 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I was flying home from Dublin, and wondered if I could put together noodle-like observations by pulling frames out of movies. My camera will do 1280 x 720 movies - so in portrait, I recorded out the window for a bit. It works better pointing 'down' rather than 'out' - and some worked better than others - but in some ways this is analogous to push-frame imaging a bit like MARCI or THEMIS.
Full images here - http://is.gd/j2uv - attached, a downsampled version of probably the best one. Hoping for some clear skies on my US trip in March to do this for longer-noodles, pointing straight down, zoomed in a little. Doug |
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Feb 10 2009, 04:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
That's a really neat image. Depending on your route into California, you may be passing over some truly spectacular, even Mars-like terrain. You could get some *amazing* results.
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Feb 10 2009, 11:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 10-September 05 Member No.: 492 |
A super image, must try that on my next flight.
You might also look for some good stereo pairs amongst those frames. I had lots of fun on a flight over the Alps a while back using the plane's motion to shift me from the left eye position to the right eye position (I was on the port side of the plane). I got a very pronounced stereo effect, particularly enhanced by the presence of a little medium altitude cloud. Rob |
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Feb 11 2009, 01:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
It looks like the rim of Endurance Crater.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 11 2009, 02:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
I've had similar thoughts with regard to photographing the coastline during a flight between Texas and Florida (Southwest seems to hug the coast routinely rather than taking the direct route across the Gulf of Mexico). Never got past the contemplating, though I have taken a scattering of pics. One neat thing you can do is pin the corners of an image to the surface in Google Earth (it allows distortions from rectangular), thus providing your own imagery to explore.
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Feb 11 2009, 04:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
Cheshire, north Shropshire - that's my off-the-cuff guess. Could you narrow down the time and direction for the above picture, Doug?
(There's some archaeology in it) Andy |
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