The Caribbean this Christmas

[henryf]

Ok, so the "boat" was 32,500 tonnes but there are some places a few people might recognise and one or two smaller (but still big) boats that may also be familiar to a few parshioners. The tender on one of the super yachts was in the shed at the same time as us a couple of years ago having a total renovation. It was bigger than us




Henry

 

[vas]

brilliantly shot and edited, congrats H.

btw, you carry tripods, monopods et al with you in these cruises?
I was almost convinced you had a dolly somewhere as well
video is 8:13 or something but youtube shows it as 10:03?

V.

 

[henryf]

I take a tripod and a slider with me. The tripod fits in a suitcase, the slider comes on as hand luggage.

Most of the stuff is shot using a Canon EOS 70D, some of the Island footage is a hand held camcorder.

Henry

 

[tico]

Very nice Henry, Thought it might have been us at 1:57, but we were on the smaller Wind Star.

Have you ever considered the smaller ships? A different experience and great in the Carrib.

 

[MrB]

You certainly have an eye for a shot H, very nice video. :encouragement:

 

[alt]

Great vid, thanks for sharing.

Christmas in the heat is the only way, IMHO. We did Thailand (again) and Vietnam this Christmas. No boaty shots this year unfortunately as we were on 'chill' mode when in Thailand so didn't spend much time on the water.

 

[Piers]

Great shooting. How do you keep the frame so still, and which slider do you use?

 

[mjf]

Very concerned..........

Not a pie to be seen! Whats up?

 

[henryf]

Sojourn is quite small but large compared to your ship. I think I’m right in saying they bought the older 3 sisters off Seabourn.

We may well try Windstar one day.

Henry

 

[henryf]

Great shooting. How do you keep the frame so still, and which slider do you use?

I have a Konova K5 slider. The Camcorder is a few years old now but has built in stabilisation which helps, then just rest it on something or concentrate

Henry

 

[henryf]

Very concerned..........

Not a pie to be seen! Whats up?

When in Rome.....

I did discover a 7 layer chocolate cake in the Thomas Keller grill which rounds off their rib eye steak rather well though. Oh and the mac & cheese side is bloody lovely ��

H.

 

[Piers]

I have a Konova K5 slider. The Camcorder is a few years old now but has built in stabilisation which helps, then just rest it on something or concentrate

Henry

Thanks Henry. Just starting to use video on my Canon 7D MkII so anything I can learn about kit is a bonus.

 

[pks1702]

Very nicely shot and just as well edited.

Thanks for sharing :encouragement:

 

[ashtead]

Lovely filming - I usually become bored but watched this one to end. Will have to do some research into the locations visited . Have always like the look of a trip onthe four masted sailing liner I saw captured in film when retirement arrives. Many thanks for sharing and giving inspiration to others whose efforts might be more pedestrian.

 

[scubaman]

Again a pro production, Henry. Very well shot and edited as usual. The locations look pretty nice too...

The slider is a tricky beast. I have a Kooletron less than half the price (but made of carbon fibre) and it’s tricky to come up with a smooth slide. Do you use lubrication on yours?

 

[AndieMac]

Thanks again H, always great production work.
You've managed to surpass previous efforts of gaining access to the working galley/kitchen....now you have access to the working bridge

 

[Piers]

H, what video editing software do you use?

 

[vas]

I have a Konova K5 slider.

The slider is a tricky beast. I have a Kooletron less than half the price (but made of carbon fibre) and it’s tricky to come up with a smooth slide. Do you use lubrication on yours?

H, from your experience and based on the slider you have what is a length worth having?
I doubt that the .6m that SM has is long enough, but otoh 500+ for a slider are a lot!
Someone should built a foldable carbon slider at least 1.2m to make it worth it (and all that for a couple of hundred )

cheers

V.

 

[henryf]

Again a pro production, Henry. Very well shot and edited as usual. The locations look pretty nice too...

The slider is a tricky beast. I have a Kooletron less than half the price (but made of carbon fibre) and it’s tricky to come up with a smooth slide. Do you use lubrication on yours?

I have to clean the slider a lot which means removing 3 Allen bolts. The slider comes with a pre oiled pad which you use. Obviously easy to get a bit of sand or grit in there.

The K5 is a heavy old beast which may aid smoothness? I don't know.

Henry

 

[henryf]

Thanks again H, always great production work.
You've managed to surpass previous efforts of gaining access to the working galley/kitchen....now you have access to the working bridge

Ha ha

Having buttered up the captain by getting his train set round the bottom of the Christmas tree to stop de-railing I asked if it was ok to film on a bridge tour and was told yes.

The trick is not making it look like you were on a bridge tour or enjoying the galley lunch.

Henry