ORIGINAL: At_Your_Six
The prop issue is a hard one, if you want clear HD video you need to shoot at the higher speeds which will freeze the prop. If you look a any movie of the old west you will see this happen.
Maybe. But Paul, who is clearly a pro as RC video, occasionally shoots something besides jets (
) and I don't notice this in his videos. Also, while this effect might be glimpsed in "old-timey" camera work, it's not seen in any Hollywood aviation movies. So there must be a solution with high end equipment.
Adding special effects to the videos I have done and I get just as many people saying take them out and just show us the plane as it is.
This is always a tough call. I'd say that 90% of good video art is good editing (which depends of good shooting) and 9% good music (involving more good editing). The other 1% is special effects.
But I applaud your efforts and your stuff is clearly a cut above.