Iceland from another perspective (FPV QAV500)

by Jackson | August 21, 2013 | (51) Posted in Just Fun

Hi guys.

Here is little video I made from my recent trips around southern Iceland.

The quad is a QAV500 from fpvmanuals.

Hope you guys will like it ;) 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

Flying Penguin RC on August 22, 2013
Great video, Iceland has an amazing landscape. Almost from another world.
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Yeah that's right. Thank you for the comment ;)
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tigert10 on August 22, 2013
Breathtaking! Great job. Can you describe how you did the moving time-lapse sequences?
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Thank you very much! I just glued a egg-timer at the top of the small tripod and a GoPro mount on top of the egg. It is simple and cheap, and also work very well ;) But with the time- lapse at the end where it zooms out, I did that in the editing software.
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liveyourdreamsRC on August 22, 2013
WOW!! that was simply just amazing. I saw you were using GoPros. You should submit it to the GoPro website for the Video of the Day contest. Also what tripod were you using to do the moving time lapses?
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Thank you very much for your comment! Other people have also told me to submit it to GoPro and I have done it, I just hope that they will like it ;)
But with time-lapses, I just glued a egg-timer at the top of the small tripod and a GoPro mount on top of the egg. It is simple and cheap, and also work very well ;)
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liveyourdreamsRC on August 22, 2013
Cool! I have seen the tripod in several stores but I saw something else under the GoPro and- Wow, that is just a brilliant idea! Just as you stated simple and effective. Keep up the work and good luck to you in the competition.
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Thank you very much!
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3DMad5 on August 22, 2013
Wow why don't I live in Iceland?
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Well, don't ask me ;)
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RoyBro on August 22, 2013
Truly beautiful country. Very nice video integration with the music. I loved the time lapse.
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Jackson on August 22, 2013
Yeah, you should come and visit some day ;)
Thank you for the comment!
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RCSchim on August 23, 2013
Really one of the best looking landscap FPV vids I've seen this year! This makes me wanna come back to this awesome country soon! So many great places. Do you live in Iceland or was it your holidays? however great work, new subscriber earned ;-)
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Jackson on August 23, 2013
Thank you very much! I do live in the capital, Reykjavík. But I often travel around the country but this was the first times where I took the quad with me. Looks like I will have to do that more often ;) Thank you tough for the subscription, I had already subscribed you long time ago. And yeah you should come and visit again. Hope your last visit was a good one ;)
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kenton on August 23, 2013
Incredible video! The scenery there is so diverse and beautiful. Loved it, and would love to see more!
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Jackson on August 23, 2013
Thank you! I will do more videos like this one :)
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ghostrider03z on August 23, 2013
Nice. Not only does your entire setup seem very nice, the song really made the video pop. If you would have had a skrillex song in it, the video just wouldnt have been as good... Very nice job.
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Jackson on August 23, 2013
Yeah that's right, I found it pretty hard to find the right song to the video, but I think that this song went well with it. Thank you for the comment :)
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ghostrider03z on August 23, 2013
it really is tricky finding the right music. There are very few reliable resources for music that fits with this type of video.
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dusg on August 29, 2013
Very very nice video. Should visit that country.
What is the name of the song?
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Jackson on August 30, 2013
Thank you and sorry for the late reply. The son is Uppermost - Mistakes
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Johan on August 23, 2013
You did a great job on this video! The footage is breathtaking and very stable!
I like the mixing with the time-lapse egg timer GoPro shots. I've been thinking about that as well.
I saw a guy that used 2 of them to get multi axis panning.
Iceland looks like a place with so many different types of landscape, wonderful!


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Jackson on August 24, 2013
Thank you so much ;)
If you use two egg-timers at once it will of course get more complex and also you will have a shorter time-lapse/sequence. But it can also look very cool if you are like taking a time-lapse of the sky and the clouds or are close to something.
And yeah Iceland has a lot of different landscapes and this video was only shot in the south.
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Johan on August 24, 2013
we have a photo magazine over here (The Netherlands) that did an issue about Iceland and the photographer involved a lot of landscapes and noted that it is a country of 'Four seasons in a day' (one of my favorite songs by Australia's crowed house BTW)
wehre scenery changes as you look at it ..
Love to go there when I get the chance ....
Love the passage through the 'valley with the upright stones' (I lack better words for it), but I guess you know what I mean...
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Johan on August 23, 2013
Oh, I meant 2 egg-timers, not two GoPro's :-)
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paulj on August 24, 2013
Fabulous video - great footage and well edited. Very professional!

Well done.
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Jackson on August 24, 2013
Thank you so much, I appreciate it ;)
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Gopherdave on August 24, 2013
WOW! You really have a talent for that, so smoooooooth!
I felt like I was floating over the country side. Post some more, love it.

Dave
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Jackson on August 24, 2013
Thank you very much. And yes, I will post some more but it could take some time :)
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Lubis on August 24, 2013
Really, really nice footage and the perfect audiotrack to it

Some shameless plugging of my article: http://flitetest.com/articles/simple-timelapse-intro-rig
It's a way of doing your time-lapse.
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Jackson on August 24, 2013
Thank you! and nice article you did there, very similar to my setup ;)
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danield on August 24, 2013
Very nice, subject great, camera work, great, Thanks and a big smile from me.
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it ;)
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GunHog on August 24, 2013
Thanks for sharing that.
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
No problem ;)
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rixtalbert on August 25, 2013
10 -1/2 STARS
Super Video,, Most beautiful Location I have ever seen without a tree in sight.
You should compile a DVD and Sell it to National Geographic.. and I think a few of us would buy it also.
Very Moving.. Way to go Jackson! Keep it up.......
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
Haha thank you very much! And I will try my best to produce some more ;)
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nathauff on August 25, 2013
wow
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
Thanks ;)
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Bur_Lion on August 25, 2013
This is very, VERY BEAUTIFUL! :) Amazing video!
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
Thank you!
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sailorJohn on August 25, 2013
Beautiful ,just like watching the travel channel.
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Jackson on August 25, 2013
Haha I will have to check it out ;)
Thank you for the comment!
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silversmith69 on August 25, 2013
Now that's some topography!!!
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tramsgar on August 25, 2013
Great vid, perfect length also. Thanks for sharing.
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Jackson on August 26, 2013
No problem. Thank you!
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captainofthesky on August 25, 2013
Wow! Beautiful landscape and beautiful video!
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Jackson on August 26, 2013
Thank you :)
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gustyk on August 27, 2013
If I were you, I'd show your work to the Department of Tourism of Iceland. ;)
And speaking of which...how far from Reykjavik? Where is exactly? I need to add Visit Iceland to my bucket list!
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Jackson on August 28, 2013
Yeah, thank you for the advise! All the places in this video is from the southern part of the Island. Like 3-5 hours driving distance from Reykjavík.
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mattplaneflyer on August 27, 2013
WOW!!! Amazing job!
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Jackson on August 28, 2013
Thank you!
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raptor3dpilot on August 27, 2013
Wow, amazing video!
Definitely brings back some good memories. I spent two years in Iceland from 01-03 on Keflavik NAS. I absolutely loved every minute of it and didn't want to leave. My first daughter was born up there, so we wanted to get her back to the states to meet the rest of the family. I have always told her that we are going to take a trip up there one of these years so she can see where she was born and how beautiful the country is. Not to mention, the women up there are just as beautiful as the country itself. :)

Ahh I miss it!!
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Jackson on August 28, 2013
Thank you very much! I think though Iceland has changed a lot since 2003. But yeah you should visit some day :)
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willtheet on August 27, 2013
That's really cool, I hope you had a good time in Iceland.
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Jackson on August 28, 2013
Thank you! My description might be little confusing but I actually live in Iceland ;)
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oldmancrash on August 28, 2013
Very very nice video
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Jackson on August 29, 2013
Thank you very much
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rodger on August 29, 2013
Thanks for sharing your video with us. Well done. Iceland is beautiful.
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Jackson on August 29, 2013
Thank you!
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bimdas on August 29, 2013
inspiring stuff. you've been blessed with great aerial camera skills and a breathtaking country to live in.
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Jackson on August 29, 2013
Thank you for the comment, I appreciate it ;)
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aerosport on August 29, 2013
Awesome! Can't wait to try an FPV Quad.
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tomcat59 on August 31, 2013
Beautiful video and some excellent video editing along with a great audio track ;>)
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Jackson on September 1, 2013
Thank you very much ;)
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Flight Reel on September 9, 2013
Very well done! I hope to get this good one day :)

Aaron
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Jackson on September 10, 2013
Thank you Aaron! You should be able to do that ;)

Skarphéðinn
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SilviaG on September 10, 2013
Hi Jackson! Your video is great! Could I use it in my travel blog? If yes, you could contact me via FB, my name is Silvia Golia. Thanks
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Jackson on September 10, 2013
Thank you for the comment, and yeah you can use the video as you want ;)
Btw my real name is Skarphéðinn Snorrason ;)
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jasonmarquette on September 20, 2013
Absolutely brilliantly done video. Very VERY well done. This makes me want to get a quadcopter!

Cheers,

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Jackson on September 29, 2013
Thank you very much!
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dav on October 15, 2014
amazing ....
Thanks for sharing
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Iceland from another perspective (FPV QAV500)