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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 26, 2008 - 09:16pm PT
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I got these today (3-26) using a kite to lift a camera. I would have got a bunch more if the g.d. wind didn't peter out.
And the self-portrait:
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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Hey! Those are boss!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:24pm PT
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I have always wondered: How did those rocks get in the desert?
Cool pix.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:25pm PT
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Way cool.
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John Moosie
climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:27pm PT
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Now thats boss
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:42pm PT
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Damn good idea!
Got a picture of your kite setup?
Cool photos, very cool....
Thanx, jb
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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Those are awesome photos. What a great perspective.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:53pm PT
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nav - No - they didn't have links yet.
But I would like to use the photographic kite machine sometime!
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Darren D.
Social climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
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The wind died out in J-Tree?!? Why wasn't I climbing that day?
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2008 - 10:28pm PT
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The camera part of my rig looks like this:
I have two kites; a 16'sq parafoil for good (15-25 mph) winds and a 9' delta for light winds.
Today I spent more time dicking around trying to keep both the camera and kite flying than pointing the camera and taking pics. In a good wind I can anchor the kite, forget about it, and focus on the photography part.
Honestly I'm surprised I get any decent shots at all considering the built-in unstability of the whole works.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Mar 26, 2008 - 10:33pm PT
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two thumbs up Chaz - way neat.
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SamRoberts
climber
Bay Area
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:02pm PT
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Holy shit! I thought it would be some kind of Jed Clampett duct tape contraption- that thing's stout! Good job!
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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posts like these make this place always on my favorite list. thanks!
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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Ingenious, that is so cool!
How much control do you have over camera attitude, shutter release etc...?
And what about a balloon for low/no wind days ?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:28pm PT
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Those are fun. What a great way to spend a rest day!
Thanks, give us more!
~Sooze
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:31pm PT
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Clever stuff Chaz!
Thanks for posting up.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:32pm PT
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Hey Chaz
That's pretty ingenuitive. I'm impressed.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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Nothing new about taking pictures with kites. People have been doing it since the camera was invented.
This classic shot of San Francisco right after the 1906 earthquake was taken by a guy named Lawrence from a boat in the Bay. Because the cameras in '06 weighed a ton, he had to use 17 kites linked together in sort of a train. Bet he didn't have 500 pics on his memory card either.
I swivel, tilt, and trigger the camera via radio-control, the radios designed for model aircraft.
This guy http://www.brooxes.com/ will sell you the structural parts and give you the know-how. I got the radio system from a model airplane site.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 27, 2008 - 12:14am PT
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Now that's fun.
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