KAP in Raleigh, NC
[Note: entry made 4-25-2006 and back-dated.]
Location: Lisa's house, Raleigh, NC.
Kite: 80" Rokkaku
Winds: moderate
Lighting: Late day sunlight (nice!)
Images: 219 images, good exposure!
The family and I travelled down to Raleigh for a long weekend to enjoy a bit of early spring. Soon after we arrived on Friday, I broke out the kite and launched it behind Lisa and David's house. (I had some trouble getting the kite to fly at first and switched to my lightest line: 110lb nylon. Not my favorite.) Soon the kite was flying great as I stood in their driveway. I attached the camera, then, and let it up over the homes across the street from them. I let it up high because I wanted shots showing the overall neighborhood. Mainly I wanted shots that included Lisa and David's house, of course.
The kite flew well with the camera attached but it had a few ups and downs. Too bad because that means many of the shots won't stitch together afterwards.
After letting the camera shoot the whole motion sequence, I brought the kite down by walking it down. I had to walk and pull back to the starting point three times to get the camera down. And as I was detaching the camera, the kite floundered in the waning winds. I had to run out in the street pulling the line down to get tension back on the line. But that got me "behind" the kite. I tried to get it to stabilize but it crashed into a neighbors roof from an altitidue of about 30 feet. How embarrasing.
Anyway, the camera captured a lot of interesting images including a few of their house. So far I haven't been able to make any interesting panorama's including their home, though.
Location: Lisa's house, Raleigh, NC.
Kite: 80" Rokkaku
Winds: moderate
Lighting: Late day sunlight (nice!)
Images: 219 images, good exposure!
The family and I travelled down to Raleigh for a long weekend to enjoy a bit of early spring. Soon after we arrived on Friday, I broke out the kite and launched it behind Lisa and David's house. (I had some trouble getting the kite to fly at first and switched to my lightest line: 110lb nylon. Not my favorite.) Soon the kite was flying great as I stood in their driveway. I attached the camera, then, and let it up over the homes across the street from them. I let it up high because I wanted shots showing the overall neighborhood. Mainly I wanted shots that included Lisa and David's house, of course.
The kite flew well with the camera attached but it had a few ups and downs. Too bad because that means many of the shots won't stitch together afterwards.
After letting the camera shoot the whole motion sequence, I brought the kite down by walking it down. I had to walk and pull back to the starting point three times to get the camera down. And as I was detaching the camera, the kite floundered in the waning winds. I had to run out in the street pulling the line down to get tension back on the line. But that got me "behind" the kite. I tried to get it to stabilize but it crashed into a neighbors roof from an altitidue of about 30 feet. How embarrasing.
Anyway, the camera captured a lot of interesting images including a few of their house. So far I haven't been able to make any interesting panorama's including their home, though.
posted by Dave at 8:00 PM
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