Eddie Aikau Quiksilver Invitational 2009 (Waimea Bay)

[Michael Romano]

Shot this segment at the Eddie this last December.
We're looking to license out the shots to those interested but all others can still just check it out, pretty cool stuff!
Prefer to license rather than sell outright but are open to inquires for either.
You can reference the window burn with inquires about specific shots.
This (rather lengthy at 22 minutes) reel has been rough edited together so there is often a bit more on the top and tail of each cut.
Can provide either color corrected 4K/2K/1080/720 or original R3D deliverables.

I've also included a JPEG still from the footage because the video is so compressed it won't do it justice.
The still is at 1920x1080 and was pulled from 00:06:13:19 if you'd like to reference against the footage.

BTW - If anyone wants to know how to deal with ocean spray in your color correct, ask me about it! We had a lot!

On the day:
The camera was on the Haleiwa side of the bay with a 150-600mm Canon PL adapted zoom.
Effectively 1200mm in 2K?

We shot a combination of 2K for 120fps & 48fps and 4K for 23.98.
All footage is on a 23.98 timebase in the 2:1 aspect ratio.

Needless to say, it would be *VERY* disheartening to find out this video made its way to youtube.
Please be respectful of the privileges you have working in this industry and as a part of these message boards.
Much mahalo!

See it here:
http://www.dragonfly-digital.com/clientdropbox/eddie/eddie2009.m4v

 

[ckarcher]

Nice work, beautiful. I grew up just a few blocks from the bay and this takes me back.

I know you are asking others to respect non distro on youtube and that you are trying to be careful with licensing rights, ect, but have you considered the rights you may be violating yourself with the music selects you have used with the footage? Many of those songs are well known tracks.

 

[Michael Romano]

Thank you, and you make a very valid point: I have considered the music, and that's one of the very reasons I requested that it not see mass distribution outside what I consider a closed group on this forum. It is present simply to avoid being mute for 20 some odd minutes. I do not intend to include the music in any sort of deal involving this footage.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Great shots, but what the heck happened between the still you posted and that video? The image quality and color seem to have taken a dive off a cliff like Thelma and Louise. I was expecting a 1080p video that would like look the still.

Can you post a shorter version at 1080p with nice color correction and high-bit-rate H264 encoding? I think you are not doing your footage justice with this heavily compressed SD render!

 

[Michael Romano]

I know, I know

I don't really have a swath of bandwidth and that thing is already like 250MB+ so I went the low res route. Keep in mind that I also threw in a lot of shots that aren't the best (Exposure/ocean spray/shitty camera work/etc), because this reel was intended to show ALL the rides, not just the best ones.

Here are some small snippets encoded at 1080 H.264. REF1 originated from 2K and REF2 came from 4K. 2K/4K does seem to make a large difference in picture clarity but if you want to overcrank...

1080H264REF1.mov

1080H264REF2.mov

 

[Tom Lowe]

REF2 looked damn good. Got any 3K-acquired shots like this?

Just my 2 cents, but I think it's good to always put your best foot forward, and then if people want to see more, you can show them that SD file.