Recent content by haaksmanmedia

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    Evening Aerials of Fair Park, Dallas

    I'm discovering a lot of fellow pilots here int he DFW area. Maybe we'll run into each other. I've been living in the area for about 4 years but I'm with you about Fair Park. It's such a fascinating place to go with the amazing architecture.
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    Evening Aerials of Fair Park, Dallas

    Thanks, motobob. The music they actually played there was Jingle Bells by Frank Sinatra and a medley of Rodeo by Aaron Copland. Happy New Year!
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    Evening Aerials of Fair Park, Dallas

    I am working on creating a comprehensive video about Fair Park, Dallas. It is the largest remaining collection of Art Deco structures in the world. As I began filming, I discovered an amazing display. I hope you enjoy! http://youtu.be/97eBJL9-VAs
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    New Demo Reel

    Hi Fyod, Thank you for the compliment. Yes, we shot at a power station. It was not easy. First, it was a live plant, so if anything went wrong, it could have made a lot of customers unhappy. I was less concerned about that than the opposite issue - the plant harming the uav. The primary...
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    New Demo Reel

    On the Hero4 I shot using Protune. Locked the ISO at 400. In post I added contrast and pulled down the darks a bit as the footage from the GoPro always has a bit of noise in the dark areas.
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    New Demo Reel

    Thank you, Pardner!
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    New Demo Reel

    I just finished putting together a demo reel for my aerial work. Some notes: Shot with a Phantom 2 with GoPro Hero4 H33D gimbal. Varying frame rates and image sizes. I had clearance and permission for all the shots in this video. Music: Arrival of the Birds by the Cinematic Orchestra I hope...
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    Sunset and Sunrise

    Great video! Well done.
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    Drone VS Dogs

    Nice job! My dog goes the opposite direction your dogs go. Would look more like a horror film chase scene.
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    Go pro Hero 3+ black lacking sharpness and washed out

    It doesn't look like anything really out of the range of material I've seen. Its certainly usable and if you have access to some editing software, you could boos the contrast and see some better results. I agree that some of it may be the flight direction around the sun as well as the overall...
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    Holiday Light Aerials in Addison, Texas

    Re: Holiday Light Aerials in Addiosn, Texas Thank you for the kind words. I plan to go back again in the next week or two for more. I shot it with the Hero 4 at 2.7K Medium. Phantom 2 H33D
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    Holiday Light Aerials in Addison, Texas

    Went out tonight and shot some aerials at Vitruvian Park in Addison. I hope you enjoy! http://youtu.be/g7gR1U5kpAI
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    Initial tests with Phantom2 and GoPro Hero4

    The gimbal works fine. I had to dremel some metal off to allow for the new side button but other than that, no noticeable issues.
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    Initial tests with Phantom2 and GoPro Hero4

    I was camping with some of my relatives a couple weeks ago and used the time to do some practice. I shot using 2.7k so I could have the medium view. Shot at 24P http://youtu.be/XiiCEVKsYeI