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ricoh theta 360 degree spherical camera
ricoh theta 360 degree spherical camera
ricoh theta 360

hmm, looks like winds approaching 20 mph are too much to have the extension pole on the tall stand fully extended to 25 feet (without additional support from bracing, sand bags, or stakes)… [the part after it fell over is from 15 feet high]

why do we choose to suffer? all suffering really is by choice. as i was adding old photos to my website, i came across some old photos of myself though much younger. in some shots, i looked so innocent, so happy. i hadn’t created the depression for myself yet. it truly was all created. i chose to believe certain things about my experiences and others’ experiences and basically told myself i couldn’t be happy unless _____. so i kept striving […]

 
ricoh theta 360 degree spherical camera

take two, a little quicker:

shortly after a successful launch of the camera, the line got stuck in the winder [as it was loose] on the way out … and i almost couldn’t pull the line down enough to untangle it as it was pulling pretty hard!

the forecasted 11 mph winds helped the kite lift (with a little bit of help) as I let out the full 1000 feet of line.. I estimate the maximum camera altitude to be near 800 feet above ground. Looking closely at the still shots, I can make out a little bit of the Gulf of Mexico! (most likely the Sutherland Bayou and Smith Bayou – a good 6 or 7 miles by air from the kite)

I was ready early so took a drive through the country on the way to St. Petersburg / Clearwater airport.. I was gonna go to a park right near Rockford airport after I arrived back though didn’t find it easily so decided to take the country roads back to Elgin.. the land is nice and open just a couple miles west of Elgin.. (yes, the camera battery died in the middle of this shot)

Went to a couple parks in Oldsmar after helping Jon move into his new house.. I wasn’t feeling the shot I wanted at Mobbly Bayou Preserve so went to Veterans Memorial Park for the time-lapse below. It was funny, I was thinking about ending this shot and going over to the pier at R.E. Olds Park down the road, and then a minute later the camera battery died so my decision was made for me!

 
ricoh theta 360 degree spherical camera

Stopped by the Mobbly Bayou Preserve in Oldsmar on the way back from seeing my friends Mark & Colleen..

Some time-lapses from a nice, fairly quiet area in the Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve South in Oldsmar (where Old Tampa Bay meets Safety Harbor)