Get Above the Fog! 4K

I typically like to hide behind the camera..
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[@SammSheperd]

For those that can appreciate it: this was all shot in 4k! Fun Fact: 4k is only equivalent to 8mp pictures. The time lapses are shot with 24mp raw pictures, so I have a lot of room to zoom and pan before downresing to 4k. Also I shot 100gb of content..

[@andrewheil1158]

Samm Sheperd Video uploaded 22 minutes ago (yes, I refreshed) comment from 49 minutes ago. K N O W L E D G E

[@SammSheperd]

Yea I added the comment before publishing

[@andrewheil1158]

Samm Sheperd Yeah, makes sense. I kinda knew that though. I just like saying things. :P

[@NJDJ17]

This was actually a really good video. I loved the fog time lapses and the drone shots. I would love to see a transition from below the fog to above the fog in slow motion on the drone. Maybe throw a spin in there at the same time. Loved the video!

[@j_juanes3932]

Samm Sheperd I want to start a channel about drone and other things. what should I do for my first video? Pls answer

[@kieranviner2896]

Truly beautiful video! I've been a fan of this channel for a while now but this is most definitely my favourite video to date. Keep up the good work

[@BlueBluby]

I really liked this kind of video it made me feel like I am going on an adventure.

[@Mint_drake]

I like the longer video/vlog format.

[@ericrichter8278]

Since you asked, I DID really like this format. I really like the way you explain and react to things, more vloggy videos like this one would be awesome!

[@l.merbecks8144]

I remember, this summer of 2019 I was hiking in the alps. It was very foggy and on the top of the mountain I experienced something unforgettable: nearly absolute silence. The only thing you could hear were faint occasional cow bells in the distance. That to me is the beautiful side of fog. It didn’t just keep most hikers away but was very good at sound canceling, too!

[@joneshenry1981]

RIP BRO.. GOD BLESS

[@28th_St_Air]

that was really awesome and i liked the format. the time lapse fog shots were fascinating and the stills of the ice on the plants was also beautiful. thanks for sharing

[@jonbbaca5580]

I really liked the time lapse clips and the science lesson. Keep doing what you wanna do!

[@Tundra-ec3ii]

Greetings from Colorado. Where winter comes to visit us for a week then leaves.

[@OrlandoStreets]

That was awesome dude. Thanks for taking the time to film it.

[@BenBelanger4]

A video I enjoyed very much from a youtuber who is interested in avionics and film, Two of my favourite Subjects. Thank you Samm Sheperd

[@chris_1337]

This was really cool.. I also really enjoyed the explanation! I like the usual, I also like this format, thanks for making these!

[@blackmennewstyle]

That was pretty cool :) Love the timelapses and the explanation about the fog at the end! Keep it up!

[@lilyrooney]

The format of this is great! It felt natural and had the perfect amount of silence at the right times to enjoy the visuals, which is very refreshing to experience when used to information and action packed videos. Are these types of video easier for you to make at all?

[@eWeaver144]

I'm liking this vlog format you're doing. Keep it up

[@ruftime]

Always love your content Samm! Your videos helped a hardcore fixed wing guy slide into quads! Just built and crashed my first racing quad! I wanna fly like you when I grow up!

[@SammSheperd]

Cool man sorry to give you the bug :p. I like fixed wing too and I wanna make more but quads are just so easy to throw in a backpack

[@osimmac]

You should build a quad designed to reach as high as possible and ascend as quickly as possible, it would be neat.

[@SammSheperd]

Sounds neat. Reminds me of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXSVqqR3d96Ig8k

[@osimmac]

***** i think you have to get some sort of specified fly area if u go over a certain height

[@SammSheperd]

Mike Cammiso Thanks for your concern, I know the rules.

[@Oinikis]

I know It's been a while, however if you want that you could use a rocket. I have built a fully reusable rocket, with reusable rcandy motor, arduino/MPU6050 gyro stabilizer which controls the fins and a parachute. I still have to work out the kinks, like making it more stable, and I don't have a good small camera, however I still get some nice shots sometimes.

[@GavinRemme]

9:47 = beautiful.

[@StephenTack]

I do really like this format.

[@recommit]

Stunning images Sam. Loved the stills. Here in Australia its summer & we only have to worry about snakes & dropbears.

[@SammSheperd]

+Airborne Images had to google dropbears. Now I know haha

[@DanOhCaptainDaniel]

yea this video was super fun. also liked the five minute science at the end of the video also

[@angry4nus]

the sound is amazing!

[@SammSheperd]

+angry4nus like microphone quality? Or what?

[@angry4nus]

I just enjoy the screaming sound as it is flying. Maybe the gopro mircophone helps.

[@chvrchill2926]

Man, this video was awesome! Definitely do more of these :) Very entertaining.

[@davidm.johnston8994]

First time I stumble upon your channel. Nice video man. If you've got others like this I'd be glad to see them. I guess youtube will recommend them to me soon enough.

[@forloop7713]

one excellent video, reminds me of how often go cycling up the hills to get above the fog, it's really another world, it's quite warmer up there too, I also really like you sense of adventure, you remind me of myself :)

[@phildawe7172]

greetings. i enjoyed that, dude. great footage and explaining of what you were thinking/cam settings as you went along

[@Qpwrtm]

way better format, keep it up

[@franklee90]

Nice scenery. Like your cam. Thanks for sharing

[@MrSpageto]

Really dug this video man

[@mike_MKvipPhoto]

The time lapses are epic! Geat stuff, thanks.

[@aakashvishwakarma614]

Thanks for this wonderful share, i would look forward for more such videos!

[@SammSheperd]

Just made another :)

[@FarmerFpv]

this was absolutely amazing 😎

[@newgreen956]

greetings from sunny New Zealand

[@paucliment9280]

WoW, your house is full of awesomeness, just like your videos. Thanks to these last quad vids I changed to quads and I am lovin It. Thanks

[@MsMotron]

thx man, used one of them for my wallpaper, bloody beautiful.

[@Andrew-im2kx]

Love this format. Great video; really inspires me to go on a cool adventure too!

[@MkmeOrg]

Great stuff Sam. Beauty shots. Really enjoyed that video. Cheers

[@macmaniac77]

More Science! Interesting interlude, hope to see more awesome shots!

[@stevegsus]

I'm digging your new vlog format. I was really hoping you were going to take the quad above the fog... you almost had the shot. Also what about flying through the ice fog with an artificial horizon OSD flight controller (think IFR). It would be interesting to see how much ice the quad or fixed wing could collect before crashing

[@SammSheperd]

Thanks! Yea I've always dreamed of flying an sUAS IFR, basically applying my IFR pilot skills to an autonomous vehicle or flying manually with reference to instrumentation via OSD. Excellent question on icing too. Small things tend to collect ice more, while slow things tend to collect ice less. But I'm sure that icing would be a real problem for sUAS just like it is for full scale.

[@JohnEdwa]

Goes to the mountains for the whole day, doesn't wear a hat. Comes inside to film, puts a hat on. But this was really cool, you should definitely make more videos like this. Next time remember the hat :)

[@SammSheperd]

I couldn't find it before leaving :(

[@heathbirley1774]

Dude! Ur amazing... as a pilot, as a teacher, as vlogger, and as a generally relatable human... but shit! That truck can do so much more if u would just try! Haha. Keep up tho plz

[@SammSheperd]

The tires were so bald! Haha. I do have a lot of dirt biking and jeeping experience, I realize that looked like a pathetic place to get stuck

[@johndemari2025]

During the whole 7:54 clip, my mouth was wide open. Amazing video!!

[@johndemari2025]

Oh, I also think you got a knack for vlog style videos so if you want to keep making them, I'd love to keep seeing them. :)

[@KindaRandomVids]

this video is incredible man

[@GARRYCHANNE]

whats the name of background music loop's name ?

[@Sqwince23]

I think it's funny that you go up into the mountains without a hat or gloves, but afterwards you take a video indoors with a hat on. Lol

[@SammSheperd]

+Sqwince23 I couldn't find my hat before lol

[@Teddy_Morrison]

I was going to ask if you live in the Walla Walla area but you showed the sign about the old dude. Any way that's pretty neat I live out in Waitsburg.

[@RevsBlueChurch]

I wish I lived somewhere cool like that. Awesome vlog

[@Blazingfonz]

You should make more videos like this

[@KerniFPV]

what a great video man! I like it a lot really inspiring so I have to try some fog caches to ;)

[@viewer7200]

Hi Samm, how HIGH can your simple drones (or RC plane) fly - what is the RANGE? Can you shoot them straight up so it disappears into the clouds and then wait until it falls back down?...I get that you need FPV, so not to lose it, but theoretically... The views of Walla Walla mountains are very exotic (I am on East coast)... I am also curious about how can you integrate today's GPS and autopilot to an RC plane. Is It possible to built at home a small light RC plane that flies above clouds, charges from solar cells, and can follow to a pre-programmed GPS location; land there (thousands of miles aways), on its own, or maybe gets picked up by another transmitter and thus land manually? ...For example i send my craft to your coordinates from East to West coast... Wouldn't be awesome???

[@SammSheperd]

I can easily make a vehicle fly via a GPS mission with no radio control link for as far as it can with fuel on board. I could also get about 50 miles range with a long range radio system. Radio repeaters are a known technology but I'm not sure of one for RC available now because we can already do way more than is legal.

[@viewer7200]

***** Why do you need radio repeaters? if it has GPS mission, then all it needs is autopilot. Is there an AP for RC or one would need to program AP? ...and why is it more than legal?

[@urbanmuller139]

Damn it Samm, we fucking miss you ;(

[@rayaankhan3834]

:(

[@michaelrundhaug4005]

Nice Sam. I'm sick of this fog here in Eastern Wa.

[@ditrone]

awesome in studying for my 107 I read some about fog. awesome video.

[@SammSheperd]

Oh like aviation weather knowledge stuff? Do words like: Temperature inversion, valley fog, advection fog, radiation fog, upslope fog, and ice fog ring a bell? haha.

[@RaygunRonnie]

Freakin' CFIs can't stop teaching. :D A-grade video there! Keep it up.

[@MegaMoonse]

That is some amazing footage. Good job

[@Felisargyle]

these time lapses are better than Casey Neistat's

[@bilbombe]

Casey does timelapse while skateboarding & flyi`n his drone

[@Felisargyle]

The Capricorn true

[@atmbm5261]

Beautiful!

[@zestylobstertail4277]

really beautiful shots!

[@carlosperez5672]

Hey friend, how could i get information from you, or how could i learn to do what you do?. please let me know you. you are amazing.!!

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

rime frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog. literary hoarfrost.

[@SammSheperd]

I'm not totally sure what that was but I dig it. Also rime is a type of ice. Not sure if that was on purpose

[@Voltmander]

Samm Sheperd Have you ever been inside fog below zero degrees Celsius?

[@legi991]

I really liked the Video and I think you should keep doing what you feel like doing! Still I think that finding a way to look in the lensei (or make it look like you are doing) would improve the "talking" parts. Casey found with his sunglasses a smooth way of doing that and mayby you can find your own way of doing that. I think that that would improve thoses sequences with a more natural and personal touch. Still a great Video though :)

[@28th_St_Air]

also it looks like you are building a snow cruiser swamp boat kinda thing on your table. will it carry a driver or are you going for remote control?

[@SammSheperd]

Radio controlled

[@blueturborider]

beautiful place man

[@frozenfingers4728]

Enjoying your videos,just subscribed,awesome content

[@firstyeartalon]

Hey, nice to see someone else in this area getting some great shots. Let me know if you need ideas for good spots to fly.

[@adam3558]

@ Samm, Have you ever considered paragliding? It seems it would be a good fit for you. (based on our similar interest and how much I personally enjoy the sport.)

[@SammSheperd]

I would so love that. Haven't actually looked into what's required to buy a safe wing etc.

[@colinhenley249]

i enjoyed this video and your footage.

[@kammelryder]

great video, liked the format.

[@joelescobar4504]

can you do a review or build video on the gb190 please

[@LA6UOA]

Fantastic pics and scenery! What was that "foamy-thing" with the big prop? Maybe you have a video about it. Been a while since I have visited your channel. Keep it up (in the sky)!

[@SammSheperd]

+LA6UOA video coming soon probably. I've been waiting for the snow to return and it came back today

[@georgewherry691]

Outstanding!!

[@dukecorso80]

Really wish someone can tell me where and what to buy to do fpv with a quad

[@SammSheperd]

+David Wills I have several videos on the subject and check out the channel UAVFutures

[@josephtoolsrandom6126]

it is realy awsome and crazy i realy enjoyed it.

[@imkputtz]

Really great Video. Thanks!

[@cup_and_cone]

Walla Walla Jesus sounded a bit off his rocker. Is your MKIV a 1.8T or VR6? I still got mine. Love it.

[@SammSheperd]

Lol yea I think it's funny how his whole world fell apart and he got sued and then moved to San Fran. It's the VR6 and I'ma keepin it running :)

[@topituulensuu4010]

Man, is KZbin now doing video suggestions based on background music? Whatever the song is that is playing around 1:50 mark, I just watched another video that used the same song in this same kind of "slow mo-ish not really filming anything way".

[@SammSheperd]

I saw it used in Jon Olsson's video in Tokyo and loved it. I messaged the 15 y/o artist and he emailed me his songs

[@topituulensuu4010]

It was just funny, since I just came from a video using same song :)

[@malcolmbeecher8378]

i do this myself. sometimes you just need to grab your camera and get out, and enjoy.

[@mkarhade]

Wow.. What place is this ? Can you share location? Thank you

[@carleewalker1942]

Walla Walla, Washington

[@joneshenry1981]

where is this place... excellent view and video buddy...

[@alhazan]

Nice pics! Surprised you don't use a remote shutter release.

[@SammSheperd]

I would love one! I can also use my phone but it's a bit of a pain to set up

[@roldanching]

thanks Samm

[@fpvaddictdad2730]

very smart, I enjoyed this a lot!

[@ernestlenaerts]

How did you find your session back? just search the field?

[@SammSheperd]

Luckily it was right next to the quad. Didn't find the FPV cam tho. I'm gonna make my session orange now

[@ernestlenaerts]

Yeah I was just thinking about it. Casey Neistat tried painting his session green so he could see it better in his backpack but the paint wouldn't stick so electric tape maybe?

[@JamesFenechClimbing]

hope you found the camera, nice video

[@SammSheperd]

+James Fenech it was a $40 runcam swift, so not a huge loss but sad none the less. Thanks

[@CubAndMine]

Love it !

[@connorking6315]

Can we get a vid of just the pictures and time lapses

[@SammSheperd]

Pics are in the description of that helps

[@kevinporras5850]

Great Video! Greetings from Costa Rica

[@Voltmander]

Well... RIP camera

[@geoffb7900]

I enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@carleewalker1942]

This was amazing. Thanks :)

[@SkylosSobaka]

I put this 4K on my 4K 55" tv/monitor and that quad footage made me nauseous. whoeeee!! What an effect! (I suspect it will be better when I can control the movement myself...) Beautiful footage, though. Have you ever considered just taking your FPV quad and flying it straight up out of the fog to take a look around without driving up the mountain first? Just curious!

[@SammSheperd]

+David Ihnen (Skylos) yea I prefer 1080 60fps with super view for quad footage. It was a bit shaky too. The fog is 2000 feet thick so I can't use a quad

[@SkylosSobaka]

Oh interesting. I had the impression the range was significantly greater than 2000 feet line of rf sight (presuming the clouds are transparent to the downlink)

[@SammSheperd]

Water is rather opaque to radio waves. But yea if my quad was autonomous then that would be safer. Not a race quad though.

[@sillywilliam1]

Great video, keep up the good work :)

[@dualinput601]

Samm you have an FAA CPL right?

[@SammSheperd]

Yep. CFI. Commercial pilot single and multi engine

[@veizour]

That was awesome. Thanks

[@luckydubeinrc5165]

Well i learned something tks

[@ZoonSC]

Awesome video and pictures! :) The link to the FC does not load for me. Just for me?

[@SammSheperd]

didn't work for me either. I think I fixed it

[@ZoonSC]

thanks :)

[@thenatedog]

cool video.

[@SkidzoGid]

Great work! keep it up!

[@iDahl]

Very cool video. What software do you use to compile the time lapses?

[@SammSheperd]

I used light room to apply the same color correction to all the frames while I can still pull the detail out of the RAW file. Then export all the frames to jpegs into a folder. Then I used After Effects to turn them into a 4k Apple Pro Res 422 (intermediate codec) file and at this point choose frame rate and zoom and pan etc while maintaining 4k resolution. Then put the rendered time lapsed into my Premiere project. However there are other programs which can take a sequence of photos and export .MP4

[@iDahl]

Very nice! Lightroom is definitely the way to go. Haven't tried After Effects in close to a decade, I'll have to check it out. As someone who has taken RAW time lapses before, I commend you for the sheer mass of data and time that went into this! Beautiful shots too.

[@SammSheperd]

***** Thanks, I've also used photoshop to export the videos but AE is better because of all the video based tools avalible