That West Coast rock-sea-sky thing: The Video

I got a good connection finally, and uploaded my "beach shots."

 

Comments

[Scott Dickerson]

Hi Doug,
I'm on a slow DSL connection and loading your video is taking many minutes. So while I wait I thought I would pass on a little info I learned this summer. I was working with a friend on a project using robotic HD cameras setup at a bear viewing sanctuary 120 miles away from our hometown. One thing we learned in the process of transmitting the content over a microwave link, and then onto the internet was that moving water creates the largest file sizes because in every frame virtually all of the pixels must be replaced. We found that shooting at a slower shutter speed which introduced more blur enable the files to compress much better.

Maybe you knew this, maybe it doesn't make any difference, but I thought it was interesting.

To see some of this bear footage you can visit http://www.seemorehd.com and check out the brown bear pages.

cheers

[Doug Plummer]

I know it's a big file. Give me time, I'll figure this stuff out.

You've got a nifty specialty up there. I'm envious.

[Martin Doonan]

For me this is an interesting way to use video: a moving photograph, if you will. Why shoot video like all the other filmakers? Carry on like this and you've got the makings of a modern-art installation :-)
For me, then, the corroraly of composition is timing of events. For one or two of the segments I was just waiting for a given wave to crash & you cut.
A very interesting exercise all round.