SW Video Island Park's Mesa Falls: A Summer Visit to a Winter Paradise

[christopher]

Earlier in the week I uploaded the first edit of this video.
After receiving some very constructive criticism I went back through and rebuilt the video.

New Thumbnail.
New Opening Sequence.
Removed 20% of the total content to make it shorter.
Color Graded all of the Drone Shots to get the Trees & Water to look "right"
Sound Graded all of the Drone Shots to make the Water Fall sound "right"

If you have a free couple minutes, I would GREATLY appreciate your comments on it.

This whole summer has pretty much been a journey on learning HOW to put these videos together.
Hopefully this is a step in the right direction..

 

[west dreams]

Nice work, I enjoyed the video.

 

[Sage Crusher]

Just got back from there- Visited the upper and lower falls-Lots of people pass by, and miss the main turnoff.

Nice drone footage !!

 

[christopher]

Just got back from there- Visited the upper and lower falls-Lots of people pass by, and miss the main turnoff.

Nice drone footage !!

Agreed
Next I want to HIKE down to the Lower Falls and launch that drone again down there.
Did not have the shoes for that trail and by the time I ended this video the winds were gusting in the 15-20mph range and I wasn't at all certain I could pilot the drone back from the bottom of the gorge.

 

[christopher]

The two primary routes of access to Mesa Falls

 

[christopher]

What it looked like on my last visit Mid-Winter

 

[VittMaxx]

God, such a beautiful place.... thanks for your work...drones just erased the boundaries of our imagination

 

[christopher]

God, such a beautiful place.... thanks for your work...drones just erased the boundaries of our imagination

Honestly
I am SOOOO looking forward to using the drone this winter to BETTER ILLUSTRATE this huge riding area for everyone.
There is SO MUCH MORE TO SEE.

Good Example.
In this video I UTTERLY FORGOT to send the drone up to 400Ft and look NORTH.
The far side wall of the fall is RIDABLE.
But I am willing to bet not 1 person in a hundred that watches this video has EVER set foot in that part of Island Park.
There is some great riding over there, but only a relative tiny portion of our local population ever ventures in.