Oriole Video Shot in the Middle of a Rainstorm
In keeping with trying new and unusual photography and video, I shot the following by packing our Flip Video Mino in an old waterproof "IkeLite" camera housing and sticking it out in the remnants of tropical storm Danny. The streaks you see and the sounds you hear are the raindrops actually hitting the case...
It was an interesting experiment, and the camera shifted in the case (see below with the back off), but all was secure and completely watertight.
And of course, the next photograph shows the empty IkeLite...
Granted I had to shim the rig for level, and bungee the beast to the deck for fear of the wind, but all seemed to go exceptionally well.
(Funny story about that acrylic camera case... I got that over 30 years ago. I was 13, and my buddy Richard and I had discovered snorkling. I wanted an underwater camera in the worst way, but couldn't afford a new one. However, I did have an old Kodak X-35 and could swing a used housing from the local dive shop that was six miles away. So in exuberance that infects only young teenagers, my buddy and I walked the trek twice to get the Ikelite. (The manager wasn't there the first time.) So that little plastic gem above cost me $15 and 24 miles... Ahhh youth...)
As for future unusual photog - stay tuned. For some time now I've been wanting to get some shots of birds under water. To that end, the wife has been looking for a large glass bowl that we can partially fill with rocks and waters as a sort of a birdbath. I figure I'll leave a path for the lens up through the bottom of the bowl. Like I said, stay tuned.
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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Comments
Now, if I can just figure out a way to trigger my Olympus F-120 remotely, I could try this. Good shots.
BTW, I saw a great, short, documentary on PBS TV the other day. It aired on NOVA Science 8/25/09, titled "Gangster Birds", and dealt with Cowbirds which may be contributing to the extinction of many song bird species. You can see it on your computer by dialing in PBS.org.
Cheers,
Harry "Gipper" Morris
Posted by: Harry Morris | August 30, 2009 10:48 AM