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I kept thinking that ferry is more cruise ship than ferry. I assume the close up footage from the right-front of the bike is from the drone as well. It made me smile when she referred to her bike as Little Ronin. A nice bunker for her first night in Iceland.
 
John OoSTerhuis said:
I think, as reported elsewhere, it’s a GoPro Max 360° on a boom mount.
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I was trying to figure that out. I thought it might be a boom and there's a shadow of a boom on the ground. Yet I can never see the actual boom. So I thought it might be a drone. I'll have to look closer.
 
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I saw the shadow of the selfie stick as well, but both her hands were on the bar. Apparently the software for the 360 degree camera can photoshop the boom out and the only telltale is the shadow projected on the ground.
In her blog she only mentions one drone but on the ferry she mentioned she had two drones.
She does have skills to make it all work! I need to go out and practice. ;)
 
kiltman said:
I saw the shadow of the selfie stick as well, but both her hands were on the bar. Apparently the software for the 360 degree camera can photoshop the boom out and the only telltale is the shadow projected on the ground.
In her blog she only mentions one drone but on the ferry she mentioned she had two drones.
She does have skills to make it all work! I need to go out and practice. ;)
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Noraly’s skills with the drone shots have improved significantly. I think that she must have done some practicing while on down time in Holland. Still cannot get to understand how she rides and controls the drone so smoothly at the same time with out using the “Follow Me” mode. I think one key factor is she does not ride very fast.

As you said, I also need to go out and practice!
 
I was surprised that she was permitted to go off-road across the tundra. That sort of terrain is normally pretty fragile and I would have thought that the Icelandic government would control access to it fairly carefully.

Nonetheless, superb videos as always from Noraly.
 
kiltman said:
The cinematic is the slowest and smoothest, I suspect she uses that the most.
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I'd guess likewise. Most of her riding allows her to appreciate what she's looking at and her drone footing has a similar feel to it. I had assume she was using some flavor of Follow Me.

But in on bit (in Episode 5 IIRC) the drone is following then passes her on the STBD side and goes slightly ahead focusing on her and Ronin the entire time. I seem to recall that some flavor of MAVIC (and other brands no doubt) can circle a subject while maintaining that subject as the POI in the frame.

So I don't know if she's doing that or controlling the drone manually. However it's done it's a very nice touch.
 
MaxPete said:
I was surprised that she was permitted to go off-road across the tundra.
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I was wondering about that as well! It looked pristine (or as pristine as tundra can get?). On board the ferry she did remark she had considered quick a drone flight implying it might not be approved but didn't because of the wind (or was it about getting caught?). So maybe she's willing to color outside the lines if there's little to no harmful effects?

Maybe she'll address that in the next vid or two if enough commenters complain she did something wrong. But it was a nice place for a little respite and staking out the Queen of Elves.
 
MaxPete said:
I was surprised that she was permitted to go off-road across the tundra. That sort of terrain is normally pretty fragile and I would have thought that the Icelandic government would control access to it fairly carefully.

Nonetheless, superb videos as always from Noraly.
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I doubt where she was riding to see the Elves was tundra. It was a mowed field. While Iceland may be close to the arctic circle, it is also in the warm Gulf Stream.

Quick test for tundra is to dig down six inches. If you hit ice, you know where you are!
 

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