We should of course know that cats rule us ! In fact I have seen that before Eric as I like to delve into what sort of videos people make and how they are put together.
Yours are well made/edited and informative (incidentally what camera/camcorder do you use in later years)?

I might actually "enlarge" the film in the near future as I ran out of talent making it !!
I did make a similar one that you have probably seen and was made in the same field a while back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyLFbkpoHoY

There's an award winning film that is out called "Nope", it's quite long and is about people looking at things in the sky. I made a very short one outside in the field today and called it "YEP" but I don't think it'll win any awards " maybe a few "rotten tomatoes" !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekCqM1HClQY

Except it doesn't work direct from your post although it looks the same !  mine does.  Yours will if you copy it, most peculiar.

pberk wrote: Thank you GStree for the nice comment.  I watched your drone footage posted above.  I have no experience with drones.  We will be taking a cruise to Alaska next summer (2023) and I got to wondering if folks would be bringing drones to launch from the ship to truly capture the scenery?  I would imagine they won't allow this as it could be safety hazard.  But it's a great tool for getting exactly the kind of footage you got.  Very impressive.

I don't know if they would be allowed either ? You would be surprised at the quality you can get from the small drones that you can actually put in a pocket ! They fold up and can be controlled by a smartphone and are quite easy to fly. Mine is quite small but won't fit in my pocket, but will carry my 4K GoPro and gimbal.
A lot of mainstream films now use drones that normally use two people (one to fly it and one to control the camera) rather than using helicopters that are expensive to run and also need a bigger team do it as well.
This video will give you an insight to what is happening in the film industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpPw3A8CRaY&t

One of our favorite parts of the coastline in Spain is the Macenas beach area,It's about 4 miles down the coast from our place and it's difficult to show just how beautiful it is just by filming small parts from the land. So load up the drone complete with GoPro and a fully charged battery and send it on it's way !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3nQldWFw_I&t

Yes I liked that, I note it was one of those days when you just get the perfect shot set up and focussed in and suddenly the wind blows it all away ! so I presume that the bee in the flower shot had to have several "clapper board" takes !
I haven't actually made anything constructive for myself except the piece of nonsense in the last post, but I have loads in the can to edit from Spain and several films for others including a 70th birthday that I filmed at the 360 "I" in Brighton.  The problem is that with the gorgeous weather we are having in the UK at the moment the last thing I want to do is sit indoors editing on a computer ! Cheers

Hi guys, to keep things going here is a bit of music played by some personal friends that have been doing the pub & club rounds for years & years. This is from 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vs7j_PMQaE

Cheers Eric although it might look easy to film but maxed out on the telephoto and hand held at my age isn't easy anymore.

It's all part of the rock n roll show and possibly he may do it because he couldn't portray it anyway else. We all act differently when we are in fancy dress if you think about it. All the guys in the band are serious about their music and all hold down other jobs. I have got to know them and they are really decent blokes with families regardless of how they perform and come across on stage.
The guy on the left is the "Keith Richard" of the band !

I used 3, a camcorder a GoPro and an audio recorder. Unfortunately the SD card in the GoPro (that I used in a fixed position) gave up during the filming of this gig by the band and it was only when I went to download the footage that it showed an SD card error that curtailed the editing so it could have been better. This has never happened before even running it for an hour at a time at 40c ambient heat with the camera getting even hotter. I only use large genuine Sandisk cards and not cheapo "knock off" ones.
I use the fixed position track on the bottom timeline and the camcorder track that I wander about with zooming in on the interesting parts above it. I record the soundtrack on a Zoom audio recorder in WAV form sometimes off the bands mixing desk and sync all the 3 tracks together using the audio waveform patterns . I can then cut bits out or alter anything on the visual side how I want it to look. I finally render it using only the WAV audio.
I have used 4 cameras in the past but it takes ages to edit so I try and limit it to 2, also things sometimes get a bit hectic at some of the "gigs" and things get knocked over that are on a tripod  or moved slightly missing what I was hoping to film!
As I only travel with hand luggage I can't take too much stuff with me on the plane, however in the past I have left a camcorder in our property so as I happen to have 5 I might do that again.
As far as the "Fashion Police" statement is  concerned I don't get it either and I can't believe that people actually buy new clothing that looks old and has holes in it !!

She certainly was Eric, it's a pity that there wasn't much ambient light there as the lens was wide open so that I could get a better shutter speed and was on autofocus as she was moving about. The Sony camcorder that I was using has a terribly slow autofocus system compared to my Panasonic ones but does gain in other parts. As I don't take any cases on board the aeroplanes these days I am limited to hand luggage along with my laptop otherwise I would take at least a couple of cameras.