Had a little time to fiddle with time-lapse videos today. Long story short: Closer, faster. The same views cropped in closer and sped up.
Learned three things: While I like the wide landscape videos, next season I think I’ll focus in closer on particular areas. I need more bulbs for early-season interest. (I crammed a lot in those beds this fall.) And I need to get Fred and Jade to cooperate more to get them in to more images.
Beds around the veggie garden looking east …
Veggie garden beds (east view) from Craig Cramer on Vimeo.
Looking west.
Veggie bed close up from Craig Cramer on Vimeo.
Hope everyone has a safe and prosperous new year.
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I had time this week to finish up the videos I did from stills for the August Garden Bloggers Design Workshop, adding images from fall and early winter. (It seems out of sequence, but there is a shot in the stack from our mid-October snowstorm.) I discovered that PhotoShop isn’t so good at aligning stacks with this many images (probably because I wasn’t very precise with I shot them), and had to do some fiddling around. Still, it’s a fun little exercise, and I may have more to share later today or tomorrow.
West view, March through December.
Ellis Hollow – The Year in 100 Seconds from Craig Cramer on Vimeo.
East view, March through December.
The Year at Ellis Hollow (east view) from Craig Cramer on Vimeo.
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Just some moody fall images from last weekend headed for the time-lapse stack that I’ll finish up over the holidays.
It’s also deer season, meaning that the hunters are driving them into our yard. Just one of the bolder ones in a herd of a dozen.
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Fred (right, below) kind of likes the new view.
The trunk of the Norway maple always cut your focus short on the tree itself and surrounding plantings. Now, the eye wanders to the bed on the north side of the veggie garden and the woods, wetland and ridge beyond.
It’s going to take some getting used to.
Bonus grass shots from last weekend …
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