csphoto Posted May 5, 2012 #1 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Finally got around to putting this together from our cruise last November on the Norwegian Epic to the Eastern Caribbean. Used a GoPro HD Hero2 on interval attached to the railing on our balcony. Enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJE Atlanta Posted May 5, 2012 #2 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Very cool. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilD Posted May 5, 2012 #3 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Very cool. Thanks for posting. Ditto.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycruiser Posted May 5, 2012 #4 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Loved it. Those Bahamian waters look delectable. haha. !2 days left til I'm there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjknick Posted May 5, 2012 #5 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Thank you! I'll be on the EPIC this coming November :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_sobe Posted May 5, 2012 #6 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Great video What deck was your balcony on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingle5616 Posted May 5, 2012 #7 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Nifty! Thanks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenagurl Posted May 6, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Stunning! Thanks for taking the time to share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmike Posted May 6, 2012 #9 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Great videoWhat deck was your balcony on? Looks like 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmike Posted May 6, 2012 #10 Share Posted May 6, 2012 That's awesome. Love the boat at 1:06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig-n-carol Posted May 6, 2012 #11 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Very cool, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie711 Posted May 6, 2012 #12 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Awesome video.. absolutely awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrytens Posted May 6, 2012 #13 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Great video! And I agree with sdmike - looks like deck 9 to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbgd Posted May 6, 2012 #14 Share Posted May 6, 2012 That was cool video. Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted May 6, 2012 #15 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Awesome video, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillynick Posted May 6, 2012 #16 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Wow :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajones007 Posted May 6, 2012 #17 Share Posted May 6, 2012 That was great. I actually thought of doing that on my last cruise on the Star, but I guess I just got too lazy. I wish more people would do this. EDIT. How often did it take a photo? Every 5 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphoto Posted May 6, 2012 Author #18 Share Posted May 6, 2012 That was great. I actually thought of doing that on my last cruise on the Star, but I guess I just got too lazy. I wish more people would do this. EDIT. How often did it take a photo? Every 5 minutes? every 5 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planmaam Posted May 6, 2012 #19 Share Posted May 6, 2012 WOW! So enjoyed watching, thanks for your efforts and for sharing. Not familiar with the camera, but just googled it. Does it "come out" as a video, or do you have to compile still shots yourself into a video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CTCruiser001 Posted May 6, 2012 #20 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I've been thinking about this for a while now since a friend got his Go Pro for his skydiving videos...Nifty little camera! Few questions if I may ask... What mount did you use for this video? Was this attached to the railing, or elsewhere on the balcony? How did you keep a power supply to the camera without causing interruptions to your shots? Also, what type of memory card did you use? And how did you manage to keep the steward from removing it? Did he even notice, or did you guys ask him not to mess with it? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pkt1976 Posted May 6, 2012 #21 Share Posted May 6, 2012 very cool, thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphoto Posted May 9, 2012 Author #22 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Ok, to answer everyone's questions... Yes, we were on Deck 9, starboard. Don't remember the exact room but very close it midship in a standard balcony room. The GoPro camera is very small and comes with a waterproof (to 150ft I believe) and shock proof case. So no need to worry about salt spray or environmental issues. The battery lasts for about 3 to 3.5 hours so most my timelapses I set up the camera on a 5 second interval and left it there until I got back from the days activities. It would just stop when it died. I tried to come back to it mid-day to charge it back up to do another timelapse leaving the port of call or sunset (wasn't always successfull at this). I used a gorillapod (http://joby.com/gorillapod) to attach it to the top of the railing. It worked perfectly by wrapping right around it. I never said anything to the cabin steward. They never touched it. I used a 32gb Class 10 SD card in it. What you get out of the camera is a bunch of 11 megapixel images that need to be put together in the computer to make a video. I'm a professional photographer with a background in video production so what I used isn't something the average person is going to have but I'll describe how I did it for the ones who want to know. I'm sure you could use more consumer level software for this as well. I imported all the images (ended up with about 15k from my whole trip) into Adobe Lightroom for color adjustments, enhancements and exposure adjustments. Then I imported all the adjusted images into Apple Final Cut Pro, set each image to 1 frame each in a 24 frames per a sec sequence. This first sequence was set to the actual size and aspect ratio of the original images (which is 4:3, finished video was 1080p 16:9) and exported this sequence to a stand alone video file. I reimported this video file into a standard 1080p sequence (this enables you to be able to crop and position the video in the frame how you would like it), edited, added music and exported again. Then, finally, I used Apple Compressor to compress the video for the web and uploaded it to YouTube. I hope this all made sense. If any of you have any further questions fire away... Also, if anyone is currous to see my professional work my website is http://www.shepard-photography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CTCruiser001 Posted May 14, 2012 #23 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Ok, to answer everyone's questions... Yes, we were on Deck 9, starboard. Don't remember the exact room but very close it midship in a standard balcony room. The GoPro camera is very small and comes with a waterproof (to 150ft I believe) and shock proof case. So no need to worry about salt spray or environmental issues. The battery lasts for about 3 to 3.5 hours so most my timelapses I set up the camera on a 5 second interval and left it there until I got back from the days activities. It would just stop when it died. I tried to come back to it mid-day to charge it back up to do another timelapse leaving the port of call or sunset (wasn't always successfull at this). I used a gorillapod (http://joby.com/gorillapod) to attach it to the top of the railing. It worked perfectly by wrapping right around it. I never said anything to the cabin steward. They never touched it. I used a 32gb Class 10 SD card in it. What you get out of the camera is a bunch of 11 megapixel images that need to be put together in the computer to make a video. I'm a professional photographer with a background in video production so what I used isn't something the average person is going to have but I'll describe how I did it for the ones who want to know. I'm sure you could use more consumer level software for this as well. I imported all the images (ended up with about 15k from my whole trip) into Adobe Lightroom for color adjustments, enhancements and exposure adjustments. Then I imported all the adjusted images into Apple Final Cut Pro, set each image to 1 frame each in a 24 frames per a sec sequence. This first sequence was set to the actual size and aspect ratio of the original images (which is 4:3, finished video was 1080p 16:9) and exported this sequence to a stand alone video file. I reimported this video file into a standard 1080p sequence (this enables you to be able to crop and position the video in the frame how you would like it), edited, added music and exported again. Then, finally, I used Apple Compressor to compress the video for the web and uploaded it to YouTube. I hope this all made sense. If any of you have any further questions fire away... Also, if anyone is currous to see my professional work my website is www.shepard-photography.com Thank you! I will have to look into some of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nbsjcruiser Posted May 14, 2012 #24 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Nice job on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itravelalot Posted May 14, 2012 #25 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Really Cool!! Thanks for posting...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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