Ultimate Indonesia 2011 official trip thread

[MikeVeitch 0]

All the polecams were made on the spot by our fearless metalhead Garry

i saw him playing live last friday night

 

So how did you pull the trigger? Or did you have your own remote trigger devices?

[Alex_Mustard 0]

In a situation like this, probably best to set the camera to take a photo every second (like on timelapse) and edit afterwards.

 

Alex

 

p.s. Regarding Jeff's article - BBC Wildlife Magazine did a "translation" of that article in one of their editions this summer (which I saw coz I had images in the same issue) - which is worth seeking out for those interested in dragons!

[philsokol 1]

Garry live! Now that would be an experience!

 

Alex is correct - the Nikon folks were able to put their cameras on interval, preset the focus distance and have the camera snap away. I had to try my Canon on the 10 second timer and only got off 2 (bad) shots before the dragon charged (as caught on video in the slide show!). Thankfully, the Tokina 10-17 is robust and survived the impact with his nose unscathed!

 

Phil

[Alex_Mustard 0]

Phil, I am sure I have seen many people shooting time-lapse on Canon SLRs - why couldn't you use that mode?

 

Alex

[echeng 0]

There is no timelapse mode on Canon. We use external intervalometers...

[cor 0]

Alex, Canon's dont have a timelapse mode in-camera. You'd need to use a remote trigger, which could have worked but I think Phil didnt bring one. The nikon shooters at the dragons (Julian and myself) could use the in-camera intervalometer. Maybe he should have used video mode.. oh well, next time.

 

Cor

[Alex_Mustard 0]

Thanks guys, hadn't realised.

 

Is there any reason for a Nikon user to buy an intervalometer? Battery life, more flexibility etc? Sounds like a cool gadget.

 

Alex

[JACohen 0]

Thanks guys, hadn't realised.

 

Is there any reason for a Nikon user to buy an intervalometer? Battery life, more flexibility etc? Sounds like a cool gadget.

 

Alex

 

I use one when I want to take images longer than 30 secs. I shoot my star trails shots at 2mins per frame so I use it for that. It is a cool gadget.

[echeng 0]

Alex: some possiblities:

 

1. you can shoot more than 30 seconds per frame, as Julian stated

2. you can do >999 image timelapses

3. you can do more complex things like, "wait 2 minutes and then take a 1-minute exposure every 5 minutes for 1000 exposures"

[cor 0]

I think the main reason to have one is +30s exposures. Gotta have one if you do startrails. I bought both my d2x and d7000 versions on ebay for

 

Cor

[Alex_Mustard 0]

Yeah - that 30 seconds thing would have been useful yesterday! Shooting waves at dusk - and hit the 30 second limit. Alex

[JACohen 0]

Here are a couple of photos demonstrating the correct technique to use when taking photos of venomous, large wild animals. Note the athletic body poised like a coiled spring ready to run away at the first sign of danger.

This also demonstrates the highly technical specifications of the pole cam.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry Cor, are these yours or Phil's?

[philsokol 1]

Glad I was able to document the proper technique. Please also note the pink, leisure-themed shorts, specifically designed to mesmerize said large, venomous animal and distract its attention from the camera stuck in its face

 

Phil

Edited December 7, 2011 by philsokol

[JACohen 0]

Glad I was able to document the proper technique. Please also note the pink, leisure-themed shorts, specifically designed to mesmerize said large, venomous animal and distract its attention from the camera stuck in its face

 

Phil

 

 

The shorts obviously worked Phil. They attacked you not me!

[philsokol 1]

I think it was the glare from my head!

[gee13 4]

And there was I thinking you guys were fearless photogs getting right up close to those dinosaurs!

 

Polecam... of course.

 

Great photos! I particularly liked Frank's Turtle shot up close. Were most of the supermacro from the komodo area?

[echeng 0]

Hello, all. I've been continuing to post pictures from this trip over at Google+. When I'm done with the complete album, I'll post them all somewhere and leave a final link. It's been fun to post pictures, one by one, with a short story about each.

 

gee13: we had supermacro nearly everywhere we went. The ocean was, for some reason, full of tons of tiny things while were there.

[echeng 0]

Here are a few more:

 

[philsokol 1]

I finally got a gallery from the trip up:

 

http://www.philsokol.com/Underwater/Alor-Komodo-1111

 

Happy holidays to all!

 

Phil

[pdemaagt 6]

I realy like the moray eel....

 

 

Here's a few of mine. Some more when Im home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[echeng 0]

I finally got a gallery from the trip up:

 

http://www.philsokol.com/Underwater/Alor-Komodo-1111

 

Happy holidays to all!

Phil, you are the king of yawning fish!

[Stephen H. 0]

Phil - the second shot in your gallery is a jaw dropper. Just outstanding! I am still waiting to see one yawn....very jealous

 

And that purple/red'ish Rhino must have been spectacular to see!

 

Very jealous of the trip and of your great gallery;

 

Cheers,

 

Steve

Edited December 22, 2011 by Stephen H.

[IRWIN-A 0]

Sweet

[scorpio_fish 5]

Great stuff, as always.

 

Eric, did you use Fotomagico or FCP X for slideshow? You mentioned Final Cut, but did edit video then export it for Fotomagico?

Edited January 2, 2012 by scorpio_fish

[johnjvv 11]

 

 

Mate you must have super bionic eyes because it took me few minutes to see it in the most magnified picture!!!!

 

The trip looked awesome and great pics!!!

Edited January 2, 2012 by johnjvv