Using Your Slider as a Jib

There are a number of ways you can get a jib or crane type shot using just your slider and a tripod head.

One way is to put your slider at an angle on your tripod head and then put your camera at a 90 degree angle on a tripod head (or ball head) on the slider. This allows you to level out your camera as the movement goes up and down.

That allows you to get a shot like this...

Or like this...

Notice that there is always a foreground element that helps the viewer see the vertical movement.