First, on the 'up' side, you did a great job getting on scene with your car and you located out of harms way, you were patient enough to get a lot of the action, you used a tripod (I wish more people would do that!) and you showed everything that was going on. I don't mean to sound excessively critical but perhaps I can recommend a few things. Consider 1). loosening the drag or clamping screws on your tripod head or use a tripod head with 'fluid motion' to avoid the left-right-left-right herky jerkiness, avoid the rapid, repetitive movements. 2) FOLLOW THE ACTION - as the commuter train passes by, keep your eyes on nothing else but the screen or viewfinder of your video camera and PAN SLOWLY AND UNIFORMLY WITH THE SUBJECT - keep the picture glued to the engine as it slowly rolls by the stationary train. 3) Keeping the tripod arm under your armpit will allow you to use your body weight and inertia to slowly pan the camera smoothly. Remember, your video represents the care that you take and the details that you control. You always want your finished product to look like it came out of a professional movie studio. Try as we all will, that's very hard to achieve. Keep up the overall good work, just steady the cameras rapid movements and keep practicing and improving.
Thank you,Thank you for the great comments I really Appreciate it,I get some comments that I dragged it on too long,or I did a terrible job,but that doesn't bother me I like too show things the way I see it,as far as the tripod goes I don't have it anymore,it was broken not long after I shot this video it flipped over and broke in two due too high winds,I have a more steady and expensive tripod now Thank you again much Appreciated.:-) :-) :-)
Thank you for the recommendations As I learned in life there is always Room for improvement in every thing we do every day Thank you much Appreciated I really do.
+Dexter Greene Hey Dexter, You're welcome! Just thought you might find this link interesting. Neither of us can afford the tripod this guy has but there's some good information there. What they didn't mention is that one trick that I mentioned, putting the arm or handle of the tripod head under your armpit. Then you can pan using your body weight. This will greatly improve the steadiness and stability of your pan. www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/tripod/use.html Also, perhaps Corel Video Studio Pro would help you edit your production. It's pretty powerful, easy to learn and doesn't cost too much. Good luck!
The derailed car is a former Northern Pacific wood chip car built by Thrall in 1968 (the big NORTHERN PACIFIC letters have been covered over with lighter brown paint but you can still see the letter placement). When they get to a certain age, they're sold off to leasers (GBRX = Greenbrier Leasing).
Norfolk Southern Police show up at every accident/derailment that happens on the system to make sure that the train didn't derail due to someone messing with the equipment at the previous stopping point of the train. Oh and that Amtrak horn definitely sounds like an Acela horn.
Cause appears to be that the rear truck was off center and shifted either thru rough handling or missing center pin. Could have been put off center from unloading process, it appears to be a scrap metal car. Anyway it was a good day for NS, the next turnout would have pile 'em up.
Thanks for watching I show my videos in full,no editing requirements,for me and thanks for watching. And name calling is not necessarily its is unprofessional of you.
Kept seeing this car laying on the side of the tracks in Mableton. Kept wondering why it was there. They finally cut it up and hauled it away in pieces.
