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Maldives in RED, Howard Hall Productions

by Eric Cheng Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Howard and Michele Hall have posted a beautiful video compilation of RED ONE footage from the Maldives.

It’s 4 minutes of pure beauty, and is definitely worth watching:

UPDATE: Posting this video generated dozens of comments in our discussion forums (and here, on this post). Howard Hall has written a general response to all of the feedback.

Here here... Even the man himself agrees its not his best work... Crikey if that's just his holiday footage I'm packing it in now LOL ... Back to business on wetpixel then :-)
Posted by DeanB on 2010-04-06 18:04:52 Posting this video generated dozens of comments in our discussion forums (and here, on this post). Howard Hall has written a general response to all of the feedback.
Posted by Eric Cheng on 2010-04-06 14:39:48 EH??? NO that's not my point. You post your films/pics on forums for people to view or give their opinion. If they choose to make a comment whether good or bad that's their prerogative as its a forum. If you post anything expecting 'all' to give praise then I'd say that's at the least optimistic ;-) All i'm saying is that just because people dislike or do not agree with certain pieces/sequences then it shouldn't me taken as a insult... Whoever the poster is. It's just peoples opinions.
Posted by DeanB on 2010-04-04 04:08:25 @ DeanB so what exactly is your point..? that no one is posting 'good' comments and people are always finding certain things they dislike about vids..? i would agree with you that whenever you post anything on any forum, good or bad reactions are welcomed.. however, if you would 'want' a reaction, that's over reaching IMHO.. just be glad that someone commented whether it be positive or negative, but wanting for someone to comment, makes it seem that you're begging for a reaction.. just my $0.02..
Posted by eperet1986 on 2010-04-04 00:26:03 Feedback good or bad helps us all improve
Posted by RWBrooks on 2010-04-03 19:03:56 It amazes me how everyone thinks its a serious crime to point out any 'flaws' in in this. People post their work on wetpixel all the time and I've seen loads of comments saying "oh its a bit wobbly near the start/end/middle" or "the colours are over saturated etc etc and you don't get the same "OMG, how dare you, you can't say that" reactions from the obvious strong fan base. What If no one said anything you'd think there was something seriously wrong with it, or do the photography/ film-making hierarchy only expect adulation and praise for everything they do... I doubt it. I honestly thought this was a forum where you post your work and you want a reaction to your work good or not so good.
Posted by DeanB on 2010-04-03 03:30:03 The tripod shots are nice, setting up the frame and then backing away to let the fish behave as naturally as possible. I too like the Whale shark intro, music is interesting in a good way. A fully manual camera can't be the easiest to use. I think everyone's expectations were so high that even the smallest imperfection will be a major disappointment, but I say Kudos!
Posted by RWBrooks on 2010-04-02 21:23:23 true the footage may not be as spectacular as others, but notice one thing, there's almost no movement at all.. you can see the current as it sweeps through the corals and anemone, but the shots were still, it's like it was shot on a tripod underwater.. and he wasn't disturbing the normal activities i.e. mouth cleaning.. that's what was amazing to me.. super fine buoyancy control.. god-like even..
Posted by eperet1986 on 2010-04-02 15:31:47 Guys -- you can't think that this is the same sort of product that would come out of hundreds of hours of capture, followed by post by a production team. This is simply a show reel from one trip to the Maldives, set to music...
Posted by Eric Cheng on 2010-04-01 14:53:04 Yes, it is sure the intro with whaleshark is very cool I was a "joke" for the fisheye but a lot of shot is not rectilinear Bad dome or to wide angle ?
Posted by phmadeira on 2010-04-01 14:07:35 I like the footage but I think that either the wide angle is not of the best quality (maybe the 10-24 DX Nikkor, I don´t think it´s a fisheye since You see the sting of the manta ray rectilinear) or the 8" dome is just too small for rectilinear ultra wide angle even if it´s DX size format.
Posted by Andrej Belic on 2010-04-01 13:17:32 Not his best work for sure, i am with Loftus and thought the whaleshark intro shot was pretty cool. Stew
Posted by stewsmith on 2010-04-01 12:18:16 I like the lead in shot with the whaleshark swimming in from where you least expect it.
Posted by loftus on 2010-04-01 09:44:09 I will say average perhaps in full rez is good and remouve this bad wide angle i like that is housing making a so bad wide angle It is a fish eye not a wide angle for me
Posted by phmadeira on 2010-04-01 06:54:16 'Dean in Hall comment shocker!!!'... Was okay, bit wobbly at the start... Be nice to see it in its full rez . IMHO :-)
Posted by DeanB on 2010-04-01 04:42:37 Truly awesome footage. Do you know what lenses he was using out there?
Posted by Mike L on 2010-04-01 03:19:26 Beautiful!!!
Posted by Aqua_soul on 2010-04-01 01:00:16