Even though 1.5 hours of somebody silently paddling isn't exactly Hollywood (nor Bollywood), I did have some nice moments - so I thought. Several shots of ducks and other waterfowl taking off in flocks from the water, which is always a funny and interesting scene.
Unfortunately, lens was fogged again AND for about half the trip the headband and hat were not on quite right, which I didn't realize. So the best shots with the birds all ended up unusable, because the camera was pointing up at the sky. All you hear is flapping wings and me quacking at the ducks; all you see is sky. (If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably me!)
Also, as I'd been warned by friends, the head strap mount moves with your head. So I figured that I would keep from moving my head abruptly from side to side and pan slowly when I do. I kept my head pretty steady. So I thought. And I would be right, except that when you paddle you move your whole torso to and fro, which also means that the camera is tilting left and right too. How would a chest mount stop that? Probably no better. So I'm going to have to wait for a Gopro suction cup mount for the kayak hull, but I'm not sure it won't produce the same silly effect. Well, I suppose that's what I actually see when I'm paddling, were I paying attention that way, so can't be all bad. I've seen my friend's videos without this movement, so have to figure out how he did that on his kayak.
I'm also trying to use the Gopro native video converter and editor, which I'm finding is not well instructed and very very slow to process. OK, so miles of video take time, I get that part, but this is painfully slow!
Sooner or later I'm going to get this right. Then you'll be treated to short clips from hours of edited boring home movies. But they'll be MY home movies. Can you see me up in Bodega Bay filiming?
Eat your heart out Alfred....
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