Illumination
I was wanting to get out of the house and away from the computer this afternoon. I grabbed my camera and tripod and walked around the yard looking for something interesting to photograph. I really wasn’t having much luck finding anything to photograph because everything sort of looked dull or I felt I had over photographed it already. So, I switched to video mode and recorded this.
After recording it I speed it up a bit. I didn’t want to go the complete 1:30 so I just done 1:09. I wanted to show the field coming to life a little quicker.
From the position I took this video I waited for probably 10 minutes. The sun was behind the clouds and just before the sun came out I started recording.
The music in this video is Surveying Park Hill Prairie by Gurdonark.
Illumination (MP4) (6 MB)
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April 22nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
this is fantastic. it’s so calming. great choice of music also. is this the same path that you walked on when it was snowing?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Stephen - Thanks, Stephen. Glad you liked the music, you can download it from the link above if you want to hear the entire song. It is the same path I walked up in that snowy walk video.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
This reminds me of an opening sequence to a horror movie.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Andy–
Thank you for using “Surveying Park Hill Prairie” as the backing track for this film. The song was written about surveying a broad prairie landscape, so it fits in my mind very well with your time-lapse idea. I like the way that things like time lapse can help show the changes in what the eye declares a static scene.
best, robert, who records as gurdonark
May 13th, 2008 at 2:24 am
CHristiaan Huygens - Suddenly, out of nowhere a dark cloud appears and it begins to rain. Not just any rain. But it’s raining … blood!
gurdonark - Thank you for allowing use of your music through Creative Commons licensing. I have a great deal of respect for artists who embrace sharing through CC licensing! Thank you, Robert. I am glad you feel as though the music fits this video. Feels great to know I used it with something the artist approves of! Thanks, again!