20171207 Experiments with video

Posted on 2017/12/07 by brtthome

I am starting to play with the video buttons on my camera to try to capture the other dimensions of winter weather. I shot these on the FZ1000, edited them (minimally) in Lightroom 5.6,and trimmed them in QuickTime Player 10.3. One of these days, if I continue to enjoy the challenge of shooting some video I’ll invest in some better editing software —- and the computer to go with it!!

Here are a couple of scenes from the snowstorm we had yesterday:

First a still image …

And now a video clip:

and

Now the video clip

What do you think?

5 thoughts on “20171207 Experiments with video”

brtthome says:

2017/12/07 at 17:18

In spite of some obvious flaws when viewed in full screen mode, the videos are more effective in capturing the essential nature of these scenes, IMHO. I think that I’ll continue to learn how to better capture a scene … maybe even to the point of using a tripod!!! The post processing workload will go up dramatically with video, giving viewers a bit of a respite from my incessant posts!

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Gai Gilbert says:

2017/12/07 at 18:10

When do expect to be flying a drone with your video camera?

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- brtthome says:
  
  2017/12/07 at 18:31
  
  I thought about that a year or two ago when the quadcopters were all the rage at Henry’s. See: https://www.henrys.com/96161-DJI-PHANTOM-4-PRO-Plus-DRONE.aspx
  But I decided that my flying days were over! The camera on the 4 PRO + is a good one, capable of producing excellent footage
  
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Joanna Taylor says:

2017/12/08 at 02:06

Seeing that wet snow and hearing the water made me feel really cold. I don’t get the same emotion from a still frame. I liked it.

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- brtthome says:
  
  2017/12/08 at 08:44
  
  Thanks Joanna!
  Great! That is exactly the intent of using video that way. I am imagining the feelings that can be invoked when viewing sparkling snow. It would be nice to get a bit of sun to try it out!!!
  
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