Penguins – kite photography – deshaking video
During last summer Pete and I went to Cape Denison in Antarctica with the Mawsons Huts Foundation. One of the projects I was involved with was kite photography. This was reasonably difficult in the conditions of cold and high wind, but a surprising number of good images were obtained. These two videos show what can be done with a good camera – Canon SX00IS with CHDK hacking software. I took a video of a penguin colony, and thanks to Deshaker and Virtual dub it is possible to get a reasonable movie. The useful thing about this technique is that the penguins can be photographed from 5 metres or so above their colony, and they don’t mind one bit.
Compare the pre and post Deshaker movies to see how good this software is. The movie was taken on a very windy day where there was a lot of sway in the kite string and camera rig.
