Pittsburgh by Air

[acall]

I shot this footage a couple months ago while I was in Pittsburgh, just now getting it edited and posted.

Hope you all enjoy it and I'd love any feedback.

https://vimeo.com/95304220

 

[IrishSights]

Nice. Whats the orange flashes every so often?

Sent from my Galaxy Note 8

 

[acall]

They're light leaks that I added. I sort of used them to cover transitions.

 

[IrishSights]

So they are meant to be there? Looks like a mistake to me. Just my opinion!

Sent from my Galaxy Note 8

 

[RedRyderMedia]

They're light leaks that I added. I sort of used them to cover transitions.

I eventually realized what you were doing, I'm just slow! I liked the shots of Heinz Field......anyone question you about trespassing? Looked like most of this was shot very early morning, so I guessing no one was around. Just curious. I haven't tried the kind of thing yet, but I would like to.

 

[acall]

So they are meant to be there? Looks like a mistake to me. Just my opinion!

Sent from my Galaxy Note 8

I hope it doesn't look like a mistake. Does anyone else think that?

I eventually realized what you were doing, I'm just slow! I liked the shots of Heinz Field......anyone question you about trespassing? Looked like most of this was shot very early morning, so I guessing no one was around. Just curious. I haven't tried the kind of thing yet, but I would like to.

Most of the shots were either very early morning or at sunset, except for the shots of both stadiums, which were late morning-ish. But no, there was barely anyone in the vicinity and no one approached me at all.

 

[Farside]

I hope it doesn't look like a mistake. Does anyone else thing that?

Flash transition was my thought.
Looks good imo. Well done.

 

[Diesel31]

ditto. i got the flash transitions. looks good, nice work. you've inspired me to play with 2.7.

 

[poostik]

doesn't it stink flying with frozen fingers?

 

[Rotoscope]

Nicely shot, rock steady and you understand how to use the golden light. Great editing as well. May I ask, what was your editing software and did you use any shake correction? Cheers, --Rotoscope

 

[acall]

Nicely shot, rock steady and you understand how to use the golden light. Great editing as well. May I ask, what was your editing software and did you use any shake correction? Cheers, --Rotoscope

Thanks for the comment. I had been using FCP7, being one of those who refused to upgrade to FCPX. But I kept having problems finding any type of plugins for stabilizing footage and also removing the fisheye effect from the GoPro footage. So I finally reluctantly upgraded to FCPX before putting together this piece and now I absolutely love it.

I actually ended up using the built-in stabilizer on FCPX for a couple of the shots that were shaky and it worked phenomenally well. Since I have the 2 axis gimbal, most of the shakiness I get is in the yaw movement and FCPX was able to remove most of it. All the shots of both the stadiums were so shaky (very windy that day) that I wasn't even planning on using them until I discovered how well I could stabilize. And I downloaded a plugin to remove the fisheye.

 

[Diesel31]

Had a chance to test out 2.7 and it looks great. I went out for an FPV session and flew in 2.7 protune and non-protune, and the footage was impressive. I was surprised at how little fisheye I got relative to what I was expecting.
I'm going out tomorrow morning to capture some surfers. I captured some decent footage last weekend, but I think I'll get better footage using 2.7.

 

[adanac]

Great city for aerials. I hope to shoot some there myself.