malted muse

Santos

Ushuaia

New Mangalore

Kochi

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Belfast

Greenock

Kirkwall

Dover

Invergordon

Liverpool.

Yokohama Bridge

When I do a cruise I like to film going in and out of port and under bridges.  I do this in time-lapse as it is quicker to watch but also shows movement and patterns in different ways.  To share this with others I am posting a playlist here but will try and follow it up with each one individually to help people find a specific port.  At the moment there are 41 but I aim to add more as they happen.

23 hours ago, drakes2 said:

I had dinner at Muranos once while on a Baltic cruise in the summer of 2016 on a 12 night sailing. Had their pork tenderloins which were dry and overcooked.  Did not pay a lot so not a big deal but still a waste of time and money.  For me the food and service have to be exceptional.  

so 6 years ago you had 1 meal that was dry...

3 hours ago, MamaFej said:

MOOOOOOOORE?????

21 hours ago, Host Bonjour said:

Not sure everyone knows about our little tech, photo, and video world in/around CC, so I thought I'd share this topic/posts I just stumbled across over on one of the CC Ports boards. (They also get into some cool gear chat!) 

 

Thanks @malted musefor sharing with everyone 🙂 

Enjoy!!

 

 

Life has been hectic (and not in a good way) lately so my apologies for the late response to this.  I just wanted to say that I am thrilled that someone thought this worthy of a share.  I love filming the sailing in and out of ports - especially with a dram or two - even when it can require being on a balcony in Pajamas for 3 hours with a strong need for the washroom (Stockholm) as I freeze.  I tend to put together a film of the cruise but then also split it up into separate ones for each port.  One of the things I love about it is how time-lapse reveals a pattern of movements that we do not normally see - such as the side wobble of big ships as they dock (Corfu).  here is a playlist of the shorts -

6 minutes ago, Host Bonjour said:

Thanks @malted muse and @Steerpike58for the great convo. I shared this topic over on our Digital Photography forum which includes a board for videos, photo kit and other tech gear. I have a feeling they're going to enjoy it over there.

 

Thanks again for the wonderful content 🙂 

Thanks for that - it has been a pleasure - hope people find it some use 

13 hours ago, upwarduk said:

Not to UK passengers?
The same happened earlier in the year, when they were giving PUP for booking excursions. I actually emailed Celebrity, pointing out that I still had excursions to book and was waiting for the offer.

I am still waiting for their reply.

 

They also had hotel offers too, but they were SO expensive.😱

no - it was me being thick.  It is open to uk passengers and the info/link is halfway down a recent email about the black friday offer.

39 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

 

Here is the link you next to the red arrow in the screenshot below: link

 

Thanks - I have found it and now have fingers crossed

7 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

Check your email for a Captain's Club email announcing a Black Friday sale. It is  in there about midway. 

well I'll be - found it in the old mail folder - many thanks.

19 hours ago, love2crews. said:

New PUP email received today 11/10.  50 points when you make a NEW air reservation through Flights by Celebrity.

I haven't had this - are their any links to it?

On 11/6/2022 at 10:06 PM, Steerpike58 said:

I was hoping to see the tree 🙂. I will eagerly await your example! 

I see that you are pointing the camera through the window. That was always problematic for me on two fronts; 1) the sun would invariably shine in through the window, causing reflections, and 2) reflections of the room inside would be an issue, especially if anyone turned on a light! I'm guessing you can set a 'schedule', to only film those frames during daylight hours? 

 

Regarding 'mains' power; I've just bought a new laptop that is 'USB-C-PD' compatible. This has opened up a huge set of options for power. With a USB-C-PD' (PD for 'power delivery), you can power the laptop with any USB-C-PD compatible source, and that includes nifty battery packs.  I just bought a couple of 100W/20Ah  portable battery packs, that plug into the laptop. I wonder if the latest GP's are USB-C-PD compatible ... (seems like they do). 

 

So, shortly after I last wrote the GP stopped recording - always worth playing around.  Yes the reflection was a problem and it did not do too great with the dark.  Part of the problem was the red light in the front. I will try again in a few days but at 30 min instead of 1 hour and maybe with a mask that covers the red light and shields the glass.

20 hours ago, Steerpike58 said:

I was hoping to see the tree 🙂. I will eagerly await your example! 

I see that you are pointing the camera through the window. That was always problematic for me on two fronts; 1) the sun would invariably shine in through the window, causing reflections, and 2) reflections of the room inside would be an issue, especially if anyone turned on a light! I'm guessing you can set a 'schedule', to only film those frames during daylight hours? 

 

Regarding 'mains' power; I've just bought a new laptop that is 'USB-C-PD' compatible. This has opened up a huge set of options for power. With a USB-C-PD' (PD for 'power delivery), you can power the laptop with any USB-C-PD compatible source, and that includes nifty battery packs.  I just bought a couple of 100W/20Ah  portable battery packs, that plug into the laptop. I wonder if the latest GP's are USB-C-PD compatible ... (seems like they do). 

 

As for the reflection issue - no I don't have any timed schedule but what I have done, not visible on the photo, is placed a large black book behind it, close the curtain in the evening and just hope.  I am not expecting great results but am just experimenting.  I am figuring that at only one image per hour each image will be only 1 24th of a second so things like that may get smoothed out.  It is still going and I will see if the camera, my curiosity or my wife's irritation causes it to stop first.  As for battery packs - interesting and I don't know.  I have charged my iPhone from my drone's battery before but never tried the power pack option for a camera.  I was advised to buy extra batteries but haven't yet - it is something I considered for a trip to photo the northern lights (thinking that the cold would sap battery power quickly) but due to same sad news about one of my daughter's health I have postponed that trip so don't need to think about it.

I will let you know what the tree looks like either way just for the fun of it.  Hope you got yours at the weekend and are having fun.