Anything I can do about blade shadows?

kaitlyn · Mar 10, 2017

I'm on a long-ish trip and one of the things I simply couldn't get in time was ND filters. I think I've been able to manage well enough, though I haven't reviewed every piece of footage!

One thing I did notice in a few clips though is the blade shadow and because the shutter speed is high enough it's creating an extremely distracting flicker. Anything I can do mitigate it or even post-process it out somehow?

halley · Mar 10, 2017

Here's how you get the best light with a camera in your hands, to avoid glare or uneven lighting on the surface of the lens: Check where the sun is. Check where the subject is. Orient yourself so the sun is behind your left or right shoulder. Special exceptions are sunsets or sunrises or night shots.

Here's how you get the best light with a drone, to avoid glare or uneven lighting on the surface of the lens: Check where the sun is. Check where the subject is. Orient the drone so the sun is behind your left or right shoulder, drone-wise. Special exceptions are sunsets or sunrises or night shots.

Kilrah · Mar 10, 2017

In post, no.

Need to be careful with the angles while shooting.

SteelFlyer · Mar 10, 2017

What editing software are you using? There are anti-flicker plugins for the higher end packages like FCP and Premiere Pro. They are typically used to de-flicker time lapse videos but might work for this application as well.