true master @ work!

thanks Keith and Bill :)

great depth & mood - touches me :)

Outstanding! looking forward to more of these jewels:)

Jack
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WOW..thanks everyone for the nice comments and all of the Likes :)

Awesome!

Which lens and stabilizers did you use? The aerial shots are super smooth.

Thanks Trammell.
I shot with a Canon 16-35 2.8L , a Sigma 50 1.4, and a Canon 70-200 2.8L. I mounted the camera on a Tyler Mini Gyro and then used SmoothCam in Final Cut to get the shots rock solid.

You got the mood.....grazie, grazie, grazie...

Great video, beautiful photography.

Just to mention that on some scenes the horizon is unleveled, typical of aerial shots, maybe you would want control for this.

Regards.

Thanks Luis

I shoot these aerial out of an open door of a helicopter with a TylerMount Mini Gyro. As such, I dont have the level of rotation that I would with a WesCam or other fully controlled gyro system. When I frame theses shots, many times I am balancing a trade off between a level horizon and focusing on the scene or subject. I am very pleased with the results that the MiniGyro gives me, especially for the costs, but I hope in the future I will have the opportunity to do more aerials with a more robust system.

Awesome and inspirational, well done.

Thanks Grant

I just ran across your video while searching for some demo video using the Tyler mini Gyro...very nice stuff, and you were fortunate to have access to a chopper which are very expensive these days. Hopefully a client paid for it!

I shoot with a full-size camera, the PMW-350, and I'm trying to stay away from using slo-mo or FCP SmoothCam due to the artifacts that are introduced. But still, your video looks quite nice....perhaps there wasn't much for SmoothCam to fix? Or was there? Would love to see what a bit of the original looked like; kinda a before and after. I realize the mini gyro is no Tyler "Middle Mount", but I can see where the mini can get farther out the door and at more severe angles than a middle mount. I do wish Tyler would improve their on-line demos....you should send them yours!
But again, nice stuff, and thanks for posting.

Thanks Patrick. I can't provide any before or after footage unfortunately. The Mini Gyro does provide a great smooth and stable shot however I do typically either use Warp Stabilzier in AE, Smoothcam in FCP or Core Melt Lock and Load to make each shot as smooth as possible. I haven't noticed any artifacts in doing this.