Fiddlehead
Category: Hawai’i
Exploring the islands
Mauna Kea from Hilo
Hilo from the Air
No Doors
A helicopter ride over an active volcano… With no doors.
In mid-July deb and I took a helicopter flight over Kilauea with Paradise Helicopter. A lot of fun! I took all of the material we shot in our helicopter flight and assembled as a bit of video. A lot more view-able this way, more fun than a pile of images sitting on a disk.
On the other had I think I discovered all of the things that can go wrong when shooting from a helicopter with no doors! The wind and vibration is rough, making even the wide angle video of a GoPro jump about. Video shot on the DLSR’s was useless. I also discovered that helicopter blades passing in front of the Sun gives the GoPro Hero 4 Black exposure fits, with black ripples in the image. Thanks to image stabilization and fast shutter speeds the still photos are fairly good.
Seated in a steeply banking helicopter with nothing between me and the molten lava a couple hundred feet below is a thrill I will not soon forget. You can smell the sulfur and feel the heat. Hopefully a little of that comes through in the video.
No Doors
No Doors from Andrew Cooper on Vimeo
Gecko
Hapu’u
Taro
Deb Shooting
Yes, she has my good 24-105mm L series lens! That is OK… I have her 70-200mm f/2.8 L series lens.
Helicopter Tour
Darby Imminent
The cone of uncertainty continues to narrow until it is certain that the island is in the path. It should hit as a tropical storm with fifty mph sustained winds and gusts to seventy. Only a few things left to do this afternoon to prepare for arrival… Fill the tank with gas, and put the lanai furniture away.
