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Control

Posted on April 2, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Control
Photography, Travel

Control

I know it’s an illusion. There is no such thing as control.

This actually started out as an attempt at Kite Aerial Photography (KAP).  I had purchased a really cheap digital camera from Walmart.  I had planned to follow instructions I found on Engadget, which described a method for creating an interval timer for the shutter release using an LM555 IC timer from Radio Shack.  I got the timer, but wasn’t able to find the correct solder point on the shutter release switch.  The little VistaQuest LQ5000 camera actually has a video mode, so my back-up plan was to start recording video and send it on up.

I didn’t bring one of my good kites with me down to Florida.  I did find an inexpensive one at Big Lots down here, and figured it would work.

Our first outing was a trip out to one of the spoil islands in the Indian River.  The best wind was on a little sand spit, with the kite sailing out over a little lagoon.  I decided to see how the kite flew before attaching the camera.

The kite dipped and soared eratically, so I just decided to have fun flying it rather than try to take pictures with it.  Good thing.  At one point the kite nose-dived straight into the water and sunk.  I tugged, and it came back up, crested a wave, then took to the air again.  It reminded me of the diving birds a few hundred yards on out from our island. 

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