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More Ship Chasing in the Columbia River

Laura Domela — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0000

Kevin got some nice footage yesterday morning (with the large hexacopter and the Sony NEX 5N) of a ship on its way into Portland. The water was glassy and the light was great.

This is the Ansac Splendor, coming from Japan carrying (or picking up?) soda ash:

Chasing Ships in the Columbia River with the Hexacopter

Laura Domela — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:44:56 +0000

Here are three of Kevin's "Chasing Ships" videos from out at Skamokawa, WA:

This is where he takes off from our campsite with the hexacopter and a Sony 5n camera and then heads out over the middle of the Columbia River and the hexacopter becomes a teeny tiny little dot (a dot that would be over $2K to replace at this point, were it to fall into the river). He's getting some gorgeous footage of these HUGE ships. He's flying through a video feed on the hexacopter that transmits into a pair of FPV googles (FPV, for first person view), while I play the role of the "spotter" trying to keep track of the little bugger as he gets further and further away. (Basically all this means is that I stand there saying "You're getting really faaaaarrrrr. You're just a tiny dot now. I can barely see you. You're gaining/losing altitude." Super helpful stuff, really.)

If you like these, his YouTube channel is here if you wanna check out more of his stuff.

Hexacopter Video: Chasing “Alaskan Explorer”

Laura Domela — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:48:02 +0000

Kevin just finished his first video in the "Chasing Ships" series. Here's yesterday's Alaskan Explorer (petroleum), headed out to sea. It is passing Morning Menad (Hyundais) on its way into Portland, if I remember right.