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Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 05:14 AM Feb 2013

A 360-degree panoramic video of one of my favorite nearby spots (it haz birdz, Solly)

This overlook is where I often go to take my sunset shots, so it may look kind of familiar to some of you. It's about a mile and a half from our house, at the end of the north-south runway of the Anchorage airport, which explains the plane sounds and the security fence. The sign says stay back, dangerous cliffs, so I go out to the edge.

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A 360-degree panoramic video of one of my favorite nearby spots (it haz birdz, Solly) (Original Post) Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 OP
looks expansive and just a bit chilly handmade34 Feb 2013 #1
Yes, it's the 7D Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #5
PaintShop ProX 5 Johnny Noshoes Feb 2013 #15
I'm really enjoying your Callalily Feb 2013 #2
A wonderful virtual visit... Johnny Noshoes Feb 2013 #3
Exactly what you said. It not only makes me feel Mira Feb 2013 #14
Beautiful country. I guess you've gone down to the water's edge. I'd have a hard time resisting. alfredo Feb 2013 #4
Yes, I have, but not from this spot. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #6
Those cliff might be a good place for fossil collecting. alfredo Feb 2013 #7
I hadn't thought of that, but you're probably right. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #8
It's kind of mind bending to think dinosaurs lived there. alfredo Feb 2013 #9
I know. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #10
Now that we know they had protective feathers, they could alfredo Feb 2013 #11
Here's an interesting article about them. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #12
I saw a documentary about that fossil bed several years ago. alfredo Feb 2013 #13
it haz everything! Solly Mack Feb 2013 #16

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. looks expansive and just a bit chilly
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:34 AM
Feb 2013
love watching the video... what camera? I noted in your other post that you have a 7D... I have not tried videos with mine and wonder if that is what you are using

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
5. Yes, it's the 7D
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 02:53 PM
Feb 2013

It's really easy to use. I'm not sure about editing. I downloaded the Canon solutions disc, but when I click on the movie maker function, all I see is the Readme file and the uninstall. I see Corel has a program that combines their PaintShop ProX 5 with their movie editing program for around $100, so I might invest in that. The standalone movie editor was about 60 bucks, I think, but I may as well upgrade the PaintShop, too.

Anyway, I mounted the 7D on my new tripod that has the pan feature and just moved it around. It took forever to upload to YouTube, but I guess that's the way that works.

I wouldn't even begin to try this today. The wind is howling and it's raining. Weird weather.

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)
15. PaintShop ProX 5
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 10:59 AM
Feb 2013

It comes with Nik Software's ColorEfx 3.0. I have it but I use different video editing software - Pinnacle Studio 12 on the desktop and Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 for the laptop. The Corel video software should be good for what you might want to do with the movies you shoot.

Callalily

(14,890 posts)
2. I'm really enjoying your
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:48 AM
Feb 2013

videos Blue. And I'm glad that you kept the "original" sound, gives me a real flavor of your area!

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)
3. A wonderful virtual visit...
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 10:21 AM
Feb 2013

Thanks for this wonderful virtual visit to Alaska. It reminds me of those videos on CBS Sunday Morning.

Mira

(22,380 posts)
14. Exactly what you said. It not only makes me feel
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 09:02 AM
Feb 2013

like I'm visiting a cold and different place. It makes me feel like visiting Blue herself. I do recognize a lot of the landscape from her photographic work, having come suddenly alive with birds and sound.
Beautiful.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
6. Yes, I have, but not from this spot.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 03:05 PM
Feb 2013

It's impossible. There's a parking lot a little further down this road from where you can walk down to the beach, and there are several other places along the 11-mile coastal trail where you can access the water, but quite a bit of the trail is up on the cliff like this, so you wouldn't want to try from there. You'd probably hurt yourself.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
8. I hadn't thought of that, but you're probably right.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 04:12 PM
Feb 2013

They're always digging stuff up here...strange dinosaurs and mastodons by the thousands.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)
11. Now that we know they had protective feathers, they could
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:55 PM
Feb 2013

Survive in a wide range of environments.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)
13. I saw a documentary about that fossil bed several years ago.
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 12:05 AM
Feb 2013

I see they are still digging on the Colville.

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