I decided to try sparkler light painting, went OK.
Happy Birthday, America!
An interesting new perspective on fireworks:
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How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
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It's possible there was post processing to smooth it out, but I bet it wasn't a problem. Fireworks explosions just aren't that powerful unless you are holding them in your hands, and I don't think it was ever closer to one than about 100 feet or so.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
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Some pack as much punch as a quarter stick of dynamite. I assume the ones used for major displays have some sanity checking.TPRJones wrote:It's possible there was post processing to smooth it out, but I bet it wasn't a problem. Fireworks explosions just aren't that powerful unless you are holding them in your hands, and I don't think it was ever closer to one than about 100 feet or so.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
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Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
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That's what I assumed, but I would think that'd be kind of expensive? Not something one would fly into explosions.TheCatt wrote:Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
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Leisher wrote:TheCatt wrote:Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.
That's what I assumed, but I would think that'd be kind of expensive? Not something one would fly into explosions.
Some people have a lot of money. But an entry level one with good stabilization is about $1k, I think. dji phantom 2
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He lost me at leather seats. I just don't get the appeal. Get a car where you can take the roof off, and then give me a fabric that heats up in the sun, and that I'll stick to. What confort!
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I had a car with fabric seats once.... it was a fucking static electricity machine. I was guaranteed a massive shock after I drove the first time I touched something metal. It seriously conditioned me to wince whenever I got out of any car and touched a door handle.
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True. I've always noticed that THIS was the common factor in all those videos of people blowing up at the gas pumps. Not that they're on their cell phones, but that they go back and sit in their car while on their phones waiting for the pump to cut off. Build up a good charge on the seats and discharge when getting the nozzle out of the tank.GORDON wrote:I had a car with fabric seats once.... it was a fucking static electricity machine. I was guaranteed a massive shock after I drove the first time I touched something metal. It seriously conditioned me to wince whenever I got out of any car and touched a door handle.
If they just stay at the pump they don't blow up from what I can tell.
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GORDON wrote:It has been over ten years since I had that car and I still sometimes catch myself touching a doorknob with the back of my hand first so I don't get the shock on my more sensitive fingertips.
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