The Shoot and all that stuff

What you see above is Time laps of Macdonald observatory, Big bend, corpus Christy, and Sam Houston national forest. these were taken with the sunx 185 degree lens on a Nikon still camera
the image is bent to show you the perspective of a part of the whole image. I have shot all the locations below with the RED ONE cinema camera from Red digital
Booting the Red camera is a pain and cumbersome. I will be editing the Doc in Sony Vegas.

Official Web Site The skylines of Texas

Locations to be Filmed March 14th – March 20th
1. Davis Mountains & McDonald Observatory
2. Big Bend
3. Rio Grande River
4. San Antonio
5. Corpus Christi
6. Padre Island National Seashore
7. Houston
9. Sam Houston National Forest
10. Sam Rayburn Reservoir & Angelina National Forest


Travel and Filming Itinerary
Friday March 13 - Davis Mountains and McDonald Observatory
Saturday March 14 – Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande River
Sunday March 15 – Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande River
Monday March 16 – San Antonio Skyline and River Walk
North Padre Island National Seashore & Corpus Christi Skyline
Tuesday March 17 – Houston City and Skyline
Wednesday March 18 – Sam Houston National Forest and Angelina National Forest
Thursday March 19 – Angelina National Forest and Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Brief Summary

Truly experience the State of Texas like you have never seen before! You will be transported on an adventure to the state’s many diverse landscapes, from the deserts of El Paso to the Sam Houston National Forest. See the breath taking views from the Guadalupe Mountains and gaze out to sea from the Gulf of Galveston. View the universe from the vast night skies of the Great Plains and the city skyline of the second largest city in the United States. This planetarium film is a genuinely unique way to explore the world from a crystal clear perspective with the use of the newest and most innovative technology available with the highest resolution digital video and dazzling still photography time-lapses. (Estimated length 40mins)

Here I am trying to get a configuration to allow the components not to be in the shot. I think that this was the hardest thing to do, I must stay out of the shot. even I was in the shot some times

Most of the shots had to be straight up. balancing the camera on a pod was difficult.

the Red Has an adapter to use Nikon glass so the same lens was used to produce the footage.