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Well boys I liked both videos and as usual wildlife & bushes & trees form 75% of the films that none of us should ignore and just glad that we still have them in this crazy world we find ourselves in, with Dr Strangelove not that many miles away !!
We are still down in Spain for a while and with the way things are going I have no idea when we will get back. We have already had our return flights cancelled next month and hopefully we don't get fined for being over our 90 day limit !
I have been editing several films for our village in Kent that I took over the Jubilee festival just before we were lucky to get on a delayed flight and arrived at our place in Mojacar on the 6th June at 1.30 am !
I haven't had much time to make any decent films down here although I did pop up the main village at the weekend on Saturday night to video a bit of the Moors &Christians festival that has been postponed for the last 2 years. I have filmed a couple of bands that I wouldn't put on here as I don't think it would suit you as they are a bit "grungy" and not too brilliant !
I took quite a bit of film at the night festival but have only put a small amount on this vid to show you what goes on down here in our little bit of paradise, by the way it's nice n warm at the moment with most days clocking up to 40c but low humidity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1T-WPwMi08&t
I have been very busy with other things so making videos have gone out the back door, however I did hear a funny noise from over in my neighbours field and grabbed a camera and just got there in time to film the end of what was going on.
We should be flying to Spain on Monday if the flight isn't cancelled "again" they have already cancelled the return one in July !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2byg56Ad2k
ericlnz wrote:Gordon - 40c plus! Not pleasant but then I assume Spain has dry heat unlike the tropics?
We are on the edge of a desert and the humidity is not excessive but can get high at night, I will have a check in a couple of weeks as I have an electronic barometer in the bedroom.
Cheers Eric, glad to see that you and "the crew" are still all able to get about and look at the sights in your well put together "quickie". We had a party on our lawn for a group of friends for my wife's birthday yesterday as we were blest with a brilliant day weather wise.
I haven't been busy with my camcorder since I came back from Spain a week ago but have been editing quite a bit on various footage that I took whilst there. Going back for June to endure the 40c plus heat !!!!
Albert Ross wrote:That was brilliant Gordon, I could have "put up with it" for another hour at least, in fact I feel a little short changed!!
The locals appear to be having a great time, and they were not all teenagers either, the average age must have been around 40 years or so?
I liked the way you managed to go between the band and the dancers so very smoothly without a 'jerk or a wobble', you either have very steady hands or you had a bit of help with the equipment you were using.
As Richard Osman would say, "very nicely done".
Thank you very much, yes all ages down here like a good time and a decent group but obviously music is subjective to us all, also some are very good and some are (lets say) "not so good" !!, however most of the groups in our area are made up of older musicians that have been playing since schooldays and improved with age that suits the retirees including us. In fact a lot of the groups have members that in their youth played with named bands from the 60s/70s and can still do the business in their retirement as when they moved over here they brought there old gear with them. There is a mixture of nationalities that play together but mainly Spanish/English and the band in the film are all Spanish apart from the bass player who is English. The singer can sing opera as you can tell by his voice and he makes a good job as he is not singing in his native tongue.
I do have very steady hands that I am thankful for however I was using my Sony FDR AX53 on that occasion filming in XAVC S HD and rendered it in a widescreen format. Although it's a heavier camcorder than my Panasonics and isn't quite as fully adjustable I have learnt to "drive it" better since I bought it. Incidentally I filmed this at 9pm and there wasn't that much ambient light in the venue and no other lighting switched on as the main group that was playing afterwards on the stage above and behind them had all the lights set up for them ! so most of the time the lens was at F3.4 as I wanted to use a high frame rate as I was moving about. I also recorded the audio from a separate recorder to keep the sound the same throughout and synced it afterwards in post.
On Sunday night I will try and film another group in a crowded bar on the beach opposite our abode that has a singer who is English who also can also sing opera, however it might be a bit of a struggle to make a decent video as it does get crowded so I will see what I can do !
I lasted about 10 seconds !!!
Well instead of putting on a slow calming video for us OAPs I do actually film a lot of music groups down here in Spain. This is one I shot on Saturday night in Bedar a village about 10 miles inland from our place and it is just a normal occurrence as the Spanish love any excuse to be loud and have a drink and a dance
The bass player is the only English member and asked me if I could make a quick video for them.
See how long you can put up with it !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LbAnl88VkM
Wow Albert, Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens. We went there with some old friends 30 odd years ago that unfortunately are no longer with us. I was amazed at the time of the very colourful Rhododendron bushes that are still to he fore on your video that have shown up well.
The place has changed out of all proportion over the years and I don't remember it being called Leonardslee "Lakes and Gardens" but just Leonardslee Gardens at the time ? and it certainly didn't have any wallabies back then !.
I enjoyed that video and when we are back from Spain I might just give the place another look so it's a well done from me.
Albert Ross wrote:At last we have managed to visit Hole Park, as recommended to me by Gordon. I have to say The bluebells and wild garlic were spectacular. Hope you enjoy my efforts.
I thought it would be "up your street! well done. We are in Spain at the moment and I have "double trouble" as I managed to bring two women with me !
Hmmm, Perhaps I'll start working on Dr Strangelove 2 next week !
Albert Ross wrote:Some very nice pictures there Gordon, I particularly liked the bluebells and wild garlic together towards the end of the show, they make a wonderful combo, reminded me of the ones at Emmetts garden in Kent a few years ago.
Talking of wild garlic, this does show that you can eat it as my wife shows, although I would wash it first !!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS60lGtG4XY
With all the doom and gloom going on in the world I haven't felt like making any videos for the last few weeks however, we are going to Spain for a while that is bound to drum up a bit of enthusiasm !
Yesterday I had a wander about in the garden and in our local wood and strung a short video together showing that whatever happens in this "crazy world" that we have found ourselves in, things keep growing to order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzESpcoWgpI
Albert Ross wrote:Castle Combe does ring a bell Gordon, and looking at a few pictures of it on the internet it does look a little familiar. Again it's in Wiltshire and not a million mile from Lacock. Next time we visit Richard I will mention it to him and maybe he can take us there.
This site looks like a good read, and has some very nice pictures of the place. https://www.baldhiker.com/2020/05/26/ca … e-village/
Yes we have been there many times, in another life I raced cars very successfully from 1968-2012 and won 0ver 250 races in UK/Belgium/Ireland/Germany/ Holland plus 2 British championships, and Castle Combe race circuit was one of the tracks that we used. As the village is just down the road from the circuit we would go and explore it as we were there for the whole weekend.
Albert Ross wrote:Thank you for the compliment Eric, back in 2015, I would have been 64, I do have a few grey streaks in my hair, but nothing like Jill, she lost the colour in her hair years ago, but everyone agrees that it looks rather splendid.
Incidentally have you ever visited Castle Combe ? one of the prettiest places in the UK where lots of period films have been made over the years.
Being a few years older than you Albert I to have a full head of hair with no grey parts but my beard has gone white so lots of our friends always assume that I dye it but I never have, my father who lived to over a 100 had a good head of black hair when he was 90. unfortunately my wife's hair that was a natural blond has turned white in the last few years.
ericlnz wrote:Yes Albert, the situation gets more depressing every day.
Another "Garden" video - Eden Garden https://vimeo.com/74812556. Again I probably posted it a few years ago on the old Serif Forum.
Yes I have acually stopped listening and watching any news as it upsets me too much, plus I can't do anything about it !!
It's good be able to sit back and watch an easy going video with all these terrible crimes against humanity going on.
jackneve wrote:A nice demonstration of the Titanic's HUGE engines, boilers, funnels, bunkers.
It's all computer modelled , with a few pics. Well worth viewing if you like engines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDFqY-0Do8
Being a car mechanic since 1962 I have always been interested in all sorts of propulsion devices. When I was at tech school for my apprenticeship I designed a four stroke engine that the inlet and exhaust valves were operated by solenoids. The idea was to get rid of power wasted by the force needed to turn the camshaft that is impossible to turn by hand on a conventional engine, whether it would have used less power than the electrical power needed to work it I don't know, and of course at the time it was not possible to actually make it !. I was also involved in the last 5 years with an engine that had a variable compression ratio with pistons that had sprung loaded top crowns, although we tried really hard (and spent a lot of time on it and had it actually working) we decided that it probably wouldn't be suitable for a road going engine that would have to travel thousands of miles a year.
A good friend of mine was a mechanic on ships and I was aware at the enormous size of the huge engines after he sent me a picture of him standing on top of a diesel engines piston inside of a cylinder !
From 1968 to 2011 I was involved in competitive motorsport and had great success building my own race engines, I won approx 280 races and 2 British Championships.
I have been having a look at various "actually free" editing software and found this one that actually does what it says on the tin and without adding watermarks !
https://www.videoproc.com/video-editing-software/
I found it easy to use and it will edit and export 4K.
Alfred wrote:Ouch! Not good news, Gordon, but at least you hadn’t already sold it and dispatched it to its new owner.
Good luck with your multicam shoot.
Thanks Alfred, multicam tomorrow, however I took a walk up to our local hop garden today to have a look at one of the workers putting the strings up for this years harvest. As is usual the latest Hi Tech equipment is used on this farm ! Regarding the camera on eBay I might just keep it as I would probably only get a couple of hundred quid if I was lucky !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2InWdAaUF4
I have a slight problem, I put one of my older camcorders up for auction on eBay , however I was using one of my newer ones on a tripod a couple of days ago when the wind blew it over and damaged it !!. I have to do a multicam shot for someone at the weekend so I have had to withdraw it.
Albert Ross wrote:Snap Happy at Sheffield Park
https://youtu.be/8VRvlrUoR6g
I decided to have another go at it and this is the result, I hope you like it.
I like that Albert, that's the best time to catch Sheffield park with all the colours fighting each other to be filmed. Love the music that fits it and obviously given the whole video a bit of thought, well done.
I am actually selling one of my Panasonic camcorders a HDC TM900 with all the parts, a brilliant auto/fully manual camcorder that incorporates a 32GB hard drive as well as an SD slot. I have it on eBay on offer as having 5 camcorders I think is a bit OTT even for multi cam shots !
UPDATE
I eventually sold the TM900 after a time on eBay but only got £90 for it, however somebody got a bargain and it was just taking up space. I had had it for at least 10 years and it had served me well.
I carry this fold flat device about in my pocket for filming things that are low on the ground using close up filters on the camera if needs be, cheap as chips but very stable. The Z Flex tilt head mount is ideal for filming small plants/flowers/insects and of course as the screen on the camcorder can be turned horizontal you can frame/focus the shot easily. Obviously it can be used instead of a tripod if put on a suitable place.
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