Oops, I forgot to include this amazing clip I saw on Vimeo - a time lapse of the growing smoke plume:
http://www.vimeo.com/6335740 Apparently the guy captured it on a Nikon with a built in sequential photo feature and then stitched everything together in Quicktime. Rob http://www.MagicalMultimediaTour.com http://www.MagicalMultimediaLive.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "smoothsayl" <r...@...> wrote: > > Hey gang: > > Thought I would post some eyewitness footage of the massive 20,000 foot smoke > plume from the Station Fire here north of Los Angeles: > > > http://www.blockbustermultimedia.com/?p=297 > > > The fire really exploded Saturday while I was in Starbucks. I came out and > suddenly, from over the hills, there was this massive white smoke cloud that > wasn't there in the morning. > > I didn't have my camera with me, but I did have my MacBook, with iSight built > into the top of the monitor. > > So I broke out the lap top, fired up iMovie, clicked the start recording > button, and despite the bright sun, used iMovie as a viewfinder and held up > my MacBook, pointing it in the direction of the fire. > > I am sure it looked weird but it actually worked! > > If you are ever in an "eyewitness news" type of situation, yes you can use > your entire laptop as on oversized digital video camera, as long as it has a > built-in webcam. > > Later footage was captured with my Flip when I drove back home. Edited in > Sony Vegas. > > http://www.blockbustermultimedia.com/?p=297 > > > Rob > > http://www.MagicalMultimediaTour.com > http://www.MagicalMultimediaLive.com >
