Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

I've had that happen before; was it a Manfrotto tripod by any chance?

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Hi Simon. Yes it is. It can be a pain in the butt at times. There is a small place to carry the allen key on one of the legs. It's never there when I need it. I also committed No. 1 rule and had no gaffa tape.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Its a crazy design that. My tripod actually has a little clip that the allan key slots into, and I check those religiously these days. See this thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xl...-concrete.html

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

I am done, such as it is. Anyone gotten the upload information yet ? Haven't use the new Vimeo set up yet.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Still not done, but I think I have enough footage to edit a sequence. Will try to make this film with ambient audio only, no narrating, the footage tells the story.
Good luck to everyone!

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Yeah I have uploaded already. Send a message to Lorinda and she will send you the user name and password to access the UWOL Vimeo account. Uploading is simple enough, just a couple of clicks.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Chris is all set now. For the rest of you finishing up, remember to shoot me an email through uwol@dvinfo.net and you'll get the upload info.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Thanks Simon, and Lorinda !!

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Splash! I'm out.

Have filmed only parts of what I needed, and what I have isn't enough to build a story around.
Better luck next time.

I look forward to see all the finished films!

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Lorinda,

To bring up a perpetual question that I have never really seen answered. Does midnight July 5th mean the minute following 11:59 PM on July 4th (which it should be, according to universal time), or the minute following 11:59 PM on July 5th (which a lot of people assume it is)? Perhaps the deadline should read 11:59 PM, or 23:59. Anyway, if it is the former, should we be uploading our stories today?

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

This has been the common practice (and understanding?) so far during the previous challenges.
Based on that, you should be allowed to upload tomorrow (until 23.59 July 5)

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Hi Steve,

Sorry I didn't read this sooner, but Trond is correct--everyone has until 11:59, their time, July 5 to get their entries submitted. I will change the rules to read 11:59 p.m. since military time drives me bonkers (although, even I can decipher 23:59). :)

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Whew! Just made it with about twenty minutes spare. :)

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Splash... To much work, other paid films etc etc came in the way... I hade a nice idea, but the wether didn't make is possible during that single weekend I hade free. I hope any other uwol can put the UW in to the content...

Cheers and looking forward for some nice wildlife films...

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Leave it to you to inadvertently point out a flaw in the rule, Owen. :) Seems to me that if the start date/time is Mountain Time, in order to be fair to everyone the end date/time needs to be the same; otherwise, our friends who are "ahead" of us get cheated out of some time. So, I think I'll change it to 12:59 p.m. Mountain Time.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Good idea Lorinda! I'm all for that solution.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Agreed! Now Aussies and New Zealanders won't be disadvantaged by almost a day. However it is a little more complicated to work out especially for those of us who don't have to adjust clocks for daylight saving. This might help though:

MST: Mountain Standard Time* (USA & Canada). What's the current time now? / MDT in Summer

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

Mountain time works for me : )

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

As a result of the work I did up on the Nile River for this shoot, I managed to make some contacts with a crew that are working on a large project in the area. Going back up there to do some work with them; so that turned out nicely!

I'll be out of touch for a couple of days, so hopefully Lorinda will unlock my film when its time.

One last thing. I have noticed that Vimeos compression is introducing some sound distortion, especially in the second half of the film in the SD version. This distortion is not present in the HD version that I made (nor is it present in the master export on my computer). I have also noticed that the SD version is extremely soft (again this is not the case in the HD version).

I had filmed this in 1080p, but exported it for 720p for Vimeo. Usually the Vimeo compression does an ok job in reducing it down to SD, but it seems unacceptably bad this time.

So please please try to watch my video in 720p (just make sure that the blue "HD" icon is highlighted in the lower right side of the vimeo player).

Thanks, and good luck!

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

If you haven't left yet, Simon, go ahead and put up your feedback thread. Videos will be available for viewing a little later today! That goes for the rest of you, too!

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

i don't know if there is a problem with the privacy settings, but I was able to watch all the videos last night, and the stats suggested that about 30 other people were, too.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

I would like to apologize to all for my very late start in commenting upon your UC23 videos. I was unexpectedly called away to deal with a family emergency and I have not yet had an opportunity to view the videos. I will do so now and hope to make comments soon. Please bear with me and once again, I am sorry for the delay.

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

No problem Mike. I hope all is well.

Gordon

Re: Tales of the Wonders and Woes - UWOL 23
 

I'm sorry I'm slow at posting a response. I'm away from home this week at my daughters, and her computer has no audio. I've managed to get to another computer, have viewed some and posted. Hope to get to see the rest tomorrow.