Hong Kong Photos

I didn’t shoot too many still photos while in Hong Kong, but I did shoot a few architectural photos late one afternoon. Most of my photography was aerial with the DJI Inspire to check out the new X5 camera upgrade.


I call this one “New Growth, Hong Kong Style”


In this shot, I was riding an escalator trying to get just the right angle while on the move. I also managed to get a jetliner in this image, though I didn’t see it at the time.


In this image, I actually did see the jetliner and caught it on purpose.


The last bit of sun on the sot of the Bank of China building.


These next three images are still frames from DJI Inspire X5 4K video. I could have shot stills at the time, but I was busy flying and filming and sort of spaced out and forgot to shoot some test stills. Next test flight I do, I’ll try to remember to shoot some stills too for comparison.

New Cam

While in Hong Kong, I upgraded the camera on my DJI Inspire to an X5. I did three test flights with it in various parts of Hong Kong. Here’s a photo of that bad boy.

Loy Krathong Cancelled

Well, I had planned on going to Chiang Mai to film the mass release of lanterns that float up into the air. It happens during the Loy Krathong festival. I went a couple years ago and it was very cool. I thought it would be even cooler to shoot it with the Quad from the air. Last year, the airlines complained about it, even though it has been going on for many years without incident. The mass release is nowhere near the airport, but they wanted it cancelled. The local organizers didn’t want to cancel because it brings in a huge number of tourists (which benefits who? The airlines!). So the airlines cancelled dozens of flights to Chiang Mai over the four nights of the festival. Then the local organizers cancelled the mass lantern release. So now there are no flights, no lanterns and no reason for me to go to Chiang Mai right now. I decided to wait until the Flower Festival in February. I’m pretty sure the airlines aren’t anti-flower yet. Instead of Chiang Mai, I decided to go to Hong Kong for three days instead.

Great Ocean Road Video Online

About a month ago, I did a drive along the Great Ocean Road in Southeastern Australia. It is famous for it's spectacular coastal scenery and offshore rocky formations called "stacks". The most famous is an area called The Twelve Apostles. Also in the area is Loch Ard Gorge, The Bay of Martyrs and Bay of Islands. I spent several days in the area, and also some time inland while waiting for the coastal weather to improve. While inland I was able to film some of Australia's iconic wildlife, Kangaroos, Wallabies and Koala Bears. On my last day in the area, the weather cleared enough to fly the DJI Inspire and I managed to get some nice aerial footage of The Bay of Martyrs and The Bay of Islands. Nearly half of the film is aerial. You can see it at: www.vimeo.com/fishtales/greatoceanroad

This is the last video of my New Zealand/Australia trip. Time to go out and shoot some new content!

The Land of the Long White Cloud

I’ve just uploaded a compilation of the four New Zealand Themes. Nothing new, but now it's all merged into one film. It’s titled “Scenes from the Land of the Long White Cloud”. There is quite a bit of aerial footage from my DJI Inspire interspersed throughout the video. I'm officially finished with my New Zealand footage But I'm pretty sure that I will do a slide show in the form of a video from stills that I shot there. You can watch the composite video here: www.vimeo.com/fishtales/longwhitecloud

Going Coastal

I’ve just uploaded the third short film in my New Zealand series. This week, I'm still on a "water" theme, but instead of streams and lakes and waterfalls, we're Going Coastal. Scenes in this film are from the gorgeous coastlines of both the North and South Islands. There's quite a lot of aerial footage filmed with my DJI Inspire. As a matter of fact, the entire opening sequence is aerial from Cathedral Cove on the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island and the closing sequence is from the Pancake Rocks on the South Island. So nearly half of the film is aerial this week. You can see the film at: www.vimeo.com/fishtales/goingcoastal

New Film Uploaded

I’ve just uploaded the second short film in my New Zealand series. It is titled Water Dance, and true to its name, it is water themed. It’s all about rivers, streams and waterfalls in New Zealand. It’s a mix of footage the North and South Islands. About 20% of the scenes are aerials filmed with my DJI Inspire. The aerials really add a nice alternative point of view to the mix. You can see the film on my Vimeo channel here: www.vimeo.com/fishtales/waterdance

Showtime

OK, it's showtime again. After filming for over 2 months in New Zealand, I'm now hanging out in Bangkok for a month to work on postproduction and organization. This little video is the first of several that I will do with footage from the New Zealand trip. The theme of this episode is Mountains. New Zealand has spectacular mountain scenery. Most of it is from the South Island in the Southern Alps, but there are a few scenes from the North Island too. There are several scenes that I filmed from the air with my DJI Inspire Quadcopter. There are a couple time lapse scenes and even a few still photos in the mix. You can see the film in the “Aerial Films or Travel Films” menus on this website, or view it directly on my Vimeo channel at: https://vimeo.com/fishtales/sky-and-stone I promise a film from this project that is mostly Aerial within the next couple weeks. Hope you enjoy it!