Mark Watson takes on the Morning Glory Cloud

[googleDOTca]

lol @ Nikon, Canon already has the capability to shoot HD video and take stills at the same time!

[le1552]

Pra quem curte fotografia!!!

Muito fodaa...

[tharpey]

Mark,

Take your own advice and get good gear. You're stills looked phenominal...but the Nikon video is total junk. If you're going to do video with a DSLR...move to Canon. Nikon is magical with stills, but they're lightyears behind on HD video....and it shows in this video, compared to the 5D mkii and 1D mkiv films out there.

[miolinho2009]

DEVE SER UMA ÚNICA EXPERIÊNCIA, SIMPLESMENTE O MÁXIMO, MARAVILHOSO, PARABÉNS PELO REGISTRO, VOCÊ É DE4MAIS.TUDO DE BOM, UM FORTE ABRAÇO.

[vanyel1963]

The aerial photography was just stunning. The talking head footage relentlessly interspersed into it was jarring and brought me out of the awe and wonder over and over. I've downloaded this to my computer so I can edit out the blah blah.

Thanks, poster, for providing these awesome images for us to enjoy. Please don't be offended that we want the thing itself, not conversation about it.

Peace!

[andyflapperboy]

so much talkin Turn Off Your What To what Really Minds In The Video I coulndt Bear Watch untill The End ....

[cryptosquid]

Needs less talking, more footage

[QueenBlond]

Why would anyone dislike this?!

[Sammflowerseed]

dude australians are sick.. wish Florida had morning glory

[overseastom]

Wow, the shot at 3:40 in is incredible. Good stuff, awesome work from all people involved :)

[SpaceBound01]

Wats the name of the song

[Saltandhigh]

Awghhh!!! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[AdrenalineAddicted]

Featured Video on The Adrenaline Addicted Channel, the BIGGEST Adrenaline Airsports Channel on Youtube! (March 1, 2011)

[fish070912]

can i swim in that cloud?

[PETTKY650]

You are the first lucky begger in the world. Thank you for the animation of the impression!

[stevenscottoddballz]

You are SO lucky to be able to get out & fly whenever youy wish! I don't have a vehicle to go where I want. I am on SSI/SSD, so I can't save the money for the equipment/lessons needed for this! You did a GREAT job with this!

[yedaki76]

I agree... get good gear if you want to make pictures and videos. The GoPro is excellent and also the action pro are good cameras that shoot full HD and both produce films in full HD format which should be enough for normal purposes.

[kingnelly]

@Insider1683 you are a little bit jealous i think that you are unable to produce some awesome footage that you has been showcased here in this video. why dont you piss off as i have wasted 3 of minutes of my life reading your post I will never get that back... you are a dickhead.

[ScottYoungAvesco]

@kingnelly - I can confirm that the Majority of this footage was NOT shot on a Nikon camera at all, the camera used in this aerial footage was filmed on a full HD Sony F900R tv camera, mounted inside a V14 Cineflex,

Only the Still photos and the footage from the camera mounted on the Glider itself was Nikon - and not HD, only 720p

I know this as the Post Production editing was completed by my Production Company.

Scott.

[Taikeeper]

Haha at 4:41 I thought he was gonna say "get some good fucking glass"

[SutkasFan]

This is great!

I wish i could fly with a like this dude!

[Insider1683]

Mark Watson did not shoot the video component as he claims, the video you see above was shot by a helicopter crew with a Gyro-Stabilized camera on a helicopter, Mark was only a stills photographer on the shoot and only a few very shots video clips from his Nikon mounted on the Hang-glider were used, 99% of the footage you see was not shot by Mark, but he and Nikon have been claiming the footage as there own. Very misleading and deceitful by Mark and Nikon.

[inciteimages]

Quickly in response to Insider1683.

1. More than 80% of the web-clip is filmed on Nikon DSLR camera's

2. D300s footage is labelled as such 'on-screen' for clarification

3. Neither myself nor Nikon claim all footage as our own.

4. In my interview with Nikon I clearly discuss the nose-mounted D300s as my project.

5. After multiple conversations with photographers - none were under the impression you suggest (all were more interested in the remote triggering of the D300s)

Kind Regards, Mark

[inciteimages]

Insider1683. Sorry you feel misled however this web-clip was intended to showcase the Nikon D300s and customised remote dual trigger.The 20% of video content not filmed on Nikon D300s or D3s cameras was supplied willingly by Red Bull (the owners of the footage) to Nikon, legally and with complete transparency. Your comments come less than a week after Digital Life Expo where I explained a giro-stabilized cineflex camera was used to obtain a portion of footage in this video... see other comment

[Insider1683]

Further to my last comment, I still think this Video by Mark and Nikon is miss-leading and I think you need to change the subject line specify that only the video footage from the Hang_Glider itself was shot on the Nikon, non of the aerial footage was at all shot on a Nikon.

[provenknowledge]

@Insider1683 yeah i just figured that out now that only like 2 clips were shot with the d300s, the video is very misleading, after watching it the first time you have the impression its all shot with the d300s..which is indeed wrong.

[Insider1683]

Mark Watson did not shoot the video component as he claims, the video you see above was shot by a helicopter crew with a Gyro-Stabilized camera on a helicopter, Mark was only a stills photographer on the shoot and only a few very shots video clips from his Nikon mounted on the Hang-glider were used, 99% of the footage you see was not shot by Mark, but he and Nikon have been claiming the footage as there own. Very misleading and deceitful by Mark and Nikon.

[hongkongkangaroo]

stunningly shot & who knew this cloud made its way over this great southern land?!

[Randimony]

Too much talking...should show more of the actual footage in this video. All I know is I wish I could do that (the gliding). :)

[mu5hype4]

Hi there, is it just the footage within the hang glider that's done with D300s' or all the footage used in the entire video?

Awesome work!

[tmanu23]

Thanks! how can i get the songs. i cant really find them anywhere?

[nikonaustralia]

Hey! The songs are Fight for Glory by C Field, Capture C by W Schneider, Cala Tarida by M McKenzie-Smith. Hope this helps..

[MrKostasdia]

whats the name of the song?

[MrKostasdia]

thank you very much!!

[tmanu23]

whats the name of the song at the beginning? anyone?

[Lawrence7of9]

Lovely images, what an experience. Cloud still mystical to us, despite it being just water vapour in the air! Fab, cheers

[alex43671]

amazing wow :-O

[wiggysphoto]

what country does this acctually happen in ?

[PhivTooSix]

Australia, it may happen in other places but Australia is famous for it.

[OddmentTweak]

It would be incredible to see something like that in real life!

[qwer86waw]

One word - Amazing !!

[zatsereg]

Does anyone happen to know what is the great music at the beginning of the film? Thanks in advance.

[ruizperr]

I don't care too much about the equipment....

¡¡¡¡ The flight was great !!!!

Can you comment something about?. Was it turbulent? strong winds? Good lift?

[KBruto]

I agree! I would like a whole movie of just the flight :D

[willbl1]

To the photographer, just wondering how you are triggering the camera between still and video mode on the D300s?

Is this done using a custom rig? Or something available to everyone? Also, how are you starting/stopping the videos remotely?

Just a bit curiousity from a current D300s owner :)

[zavatone]

Near the end of the video he explains this.

[inciteimages]

The internal circuitry and remote capture release system had to be customised to do this... so sorry! There is currently no way of doing this without voiding warranty on camera and releases.

[willbl1]

Thanks for feeding my curiosity. It makes sense that customisations to internal hardware had to be made to solve this issue.

[skyrinrainer]

who will be the first paraglider, surfing the Morning glory! Great stuff guys!

[inciteimages]

Photographers Final Comment

Creative imagery is also about unique concepts and idea's and seeing those idea's realized. It is about the process involved, the relationships with your subject and the undertaking involved in capturing the images.

The device used to capture such imagery is all part of this process. Creating a concept, designing a system, getting to right place at the right time and achieving results is what makes the results so worthwhile.

Pressing the button is the easy bit!

[fsfer]

awesome work man and that looks like a great lens.,,,,, re 3.07 correct framing - the stays for the glider are not lined up the same on either side of the frame. Was this how you wanted to frame the shot or was it a mistake due to view finder being hard to look through?. Is there a HD monitor made by nikon that will work with those cams?.. epic video, awesome clouds.

[inciteimages]

Just a quicky re: the framing.. this was actually caused by the glider struts placing pressure on the camera mount forcing it to twist slightly... unfortunately this can happen during loops and flat-spins when the stresses on the glider are greater. We overcame this with minor camera-mount manipulation however to achieve the desired results the contact of struts and camara body is unavoidable.

[fsfer]

i thought it must have been a bugger to mount that cam on the glider,, the stresses it must go through, what sort of g's does he pull whilst doing those moves?

And again that is amazing bit of work man,, is there a monitor option/ HD video out etc on that model cam.

[inciteimages]

Sorry, it's been a while... there is mini HDMi output on the D300s... so will go to most monitors

[inciteimages]

Photographers Comments - Part 4

Facts: This dedicated Nikon D300s system is able to do all listed in Comment 3 - utilizing a high quality 12.3MP CMOS sensor for superb image and video reproduction in a remote compact device... something I believe not many imaging equipment manufacturers can claim... and we have the results to prove it. Currently this is the one of the best options available... Yes you can get better stills, Yes you can get better HD-video... but from the same compact device???

[inciteimages]

Photographer Comment - Part 3

In this case, the focus was on the 'tool' for good reason... I believe Joe McNally may agree with me on this.

The options available to photograph high resolution still images able to reproduce a minimum - double page spread in a high-end magazine as well as capture quality motion-picture footage are extremely limited. To shoot at super-wide angle and do all this with a 'simplistic' dedicated trigger in a compact lightweight usable unit further reduces options.

[inciteimages]

Photographers Comment - Part 2

I will not waffle on for long however my response is mainly to nickrtvt2. Nick... i actually agree with you regarding your opinion suggesting the camera is only a tool... however calling me a fool suggests a lack of forethought on your behalf... I am an experienced professional photographer and have photographed adventure sports for over 10 years... I expect you can say the same of yourself to have such strong views?

[inciteimages]

Photographers Response Part 1.

I figure it is about time I post my own comment on this project... as I happen to be the bloke in the video and the photographer behind the concept of capturing both the video and stills from a single camera on the nose of Jonny Durands hang-glider.

For all those who have an opinion, whether positive or negative... fantastic! I am glad this project has grabbed your attention - that was the idea behind the imagery and the creation of this web-clip.

[DeepHyperspace]

whats the music / soundtrack @ 00:35 ?

[NevilleStyke]

What are the wide shots filmed with?

[IanLucero]

This is all meaningless considering it is posted to YT and not being shown in HD. Post this on Vimeo, Nikon. Otherwise I can just imagine that the images are amazing.

[autsch9115]

great pictures!!

[BradBennett33]

Amazing. Thanks.  What's the music?

[SchuBiiDuBBiiDu]

this is awesome. great work!

[11chevy11]

Loved it. Great Footage mate. We can only dream of doing a job like this. Definately very jealous mate, and the guy flying the hang glider - job well done too mate. These morning glory clouds, never seen/noticed them or heard about them before. Cool stuff.

Dan.

11chevy11

[cmercon]

What great footage? Most of this was him talking about his camera with some short footage of the glider in between. As far as camera info it's probably good. As far as hang glider footage, I've seen a lot better.

It's about the product not the tools.

[Zimvg]

This is some great great footage. The Nikon can really look good and has a film look to it. I plan on getting one in a couple of weeks.

[warkittens84]

they only say true HD meaning the highest on the American market. 720 is still HD just not as high as 1080 Bosingr. Just so you know if you computer monitor is not an 1080p monitor or HD the only difference in 720 and 1080 that you'll see is the size of the trailer your watching.

[TheSuperProfessional]

Poor D300s LOL..

[jimbobob566]

Bloody awesome. This is such incredible footage!

[ALAPINO]

MUST get myself one of those dual triggers... :D

*Calls NPS*

[nickrtvt2]

The camera doesn't mean anything. What a fool, You could give Joe McNally a D3000 and he would still deliver the stunning shots he gets on his D3. Gear only means so much, it's really based on the talent of the person behind the camera.

[messi181930]

Well think about a regular photographer, not an established pro. From my experience my 'learning' was stunted with my D40. I moved to the D300 and I've learnt and experienced so much I wouldn't mind taking a step back to a D90 or D5000 (though i have AF-D glass). Once to you get to some level of experience picking up any camera shouldn't be a problem, especially with decent glass.

[thequesogrande]

Yes, this is true - to an extent. Joe McNally would still deliver with a D3000, but at some point, you do become limited by the capabilities of the equipment. I own a D80 and have played with a D3, and there's a HUGE difference. This is especially true of the new D3s - try getting a shot of a fast-moving dirt biker at 5:53 in the evening with ambient light and no blur. ISO 12,800, 1/800, f/5 @ 200mm. Only - ONLY - the D3s can do that. It's the first of its kind.

[Bosingr]

Whether 720P is True HD or no, it's still close enough to be called HD. And the 720P videos you see on the QT movie trailer page & here look so much better than the Nikon "720P" videos that look more like Standard Defintion @ best!

Were these vids hily cmprsed to ply on YT bc when I thk of evn 720P, thse vids from D3s & D300s or D90s look more like LD.

I really like the content of these vids! M Watson & B Frakes got some great footage! It's just 2 bad the video quality looks like crap.

[Bosingr]

How do u like MY cmprsn technique? That's what happens when you strip too much away to make the content fit in these boxes. Or on screen.

[Bosingr]

Impressive footage. Too bad it's not true HD. More like standard SD.

[Cryptic089]

1280 x 720 @ 24fps = 720p high definition. Standard Definition is 720 x 480. The D300s isn't capable of 1080p resolution, but 720p is most certainly a "true" high definition format...so don't be an idiot. There's more to video production than resolution, and this guy succeeded completely in creating some fabulous footage.

[TheSuperProfessional]

That is actually true !

[fotomicke]

Helt grymt bra bilder och fotovinklar och vilket moln.

Completely cruelly beautiful pictures and photo angles and thus clouds.