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Pebbles loves to model! Anything for attention!

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This is all in reverse order so start on frame DSC_9652... Eventually the camera did go up, and...

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With the camera on it, the winds are not quite strong enough to lift it reliably. You want...

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Ok, the camera-less version seems stable.

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Used the carabiner wrap for securing the picavet suspension. It's for keeping the camera from...

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Here's my overweight picavet. I need lighter materials for sure, this weighs like 3lbs with...

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Pretty good view of the anchor here. My old rappelling skills came to mind here entirely. You...

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And away it goes..

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I used fishing swivels to provide a way for the strings to spin without getting wound up. The...

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Unravelling and connecting everything..

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So in the foreground we have the gear and anchoring system. I found the screw-in dog lease thing to...

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First attempts at launching a camera on a kite string. The winds were strong enough to lift the...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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Shadow of the Fled Mark III in the lower left. This seems to be one of the shots with the most...

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A couple of times the camera hit the ground pretty good but it was soft grass and not like it just...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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Should we move over there? Got everything launched and then it seemed like if the kite came down it...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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