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Category Archives: Video (misc)
Goodbye old friend
The local electric co-op crew insisted on cutting the few remaining live limbs on our old Walnut tree and it wasn’t going to survive. So today we said goodbye.
Based on several metrics, the tree was between 80 and 100 years old.
The equipment in the video is a knuckleboom loader (specifically a forestry/trash crane) mounted on a grapple truck. This specific configuration is commonly used by tree service companies (like “Korte Tree Care” seen on the door) to load heavy logs and brush into the truck for transport without requiring a separate loader or manual lifting. A complete grapple truck like the one in the video typically costs between $150,000 and $350,000 when purchased new.
Bronco comes GoPro ready
My new Ford Bronco comes with a dash mount for a GoPro camera. I assume this is a nod to the popularity of the Bronco for off-roading. I charged up the GoPro (it’s been a while) and recorded a minute or so.
The umbrella term for this kind of video is Car Vlogging (eww!) and covers everything from enthusiasts reviewing supercars to lifestyle influencers sharing their “morning thoughts.” Dashboard Confessional is a more colloquial term used by critics to describe videos where the driver treats the camera like a therapist or a captive audience for a rant.
The “Captive” Dynamic: There is a psychological effect where the viewer feels like a passenger. For the creator, the task of driving provides a “natural” distraction that reduces the pressure of looking directly into the lens, often making the speech feel more conversational and unscripted.
Edge Light
“The Edge Light video effect provides a pleasing fill light to evenly illuminate your face in low-light conditions — like a virtual ring light.”
I bought a ring light a few years ago but rarely use it. Will see if I can find it a home.
AirPods Pro 3 remote start and mic
This clip runs just under a minute. One feature of AirPods Pro 3 allows you to remotely take photo or record video on your iPhone. And use the AirPod to record audio.
Barb loves the beach
Barb and family enjoyed perfect weather and empty beaches in Destin before the chaos of Memorial Day weekend. (video) PS: Young woman above is not Barb.
Vines
(Wikipedia) “Vine was an American short-form video hosting service where users could share up to 6-second-long looping video clips. Founded in June 2012 by Rus Yusupov, Dom Hofmann and Colin Kroll, the company was bought by Twitter, Inc. four months later for $30 million. […] Twitter shut down Vine on January 17, 2017, and the app was discontinued a few months later.”
During its brief life I created a couple of dozen vines.
- Renfield
- All work and no play
- Ben Hur galley ship
- Blipverts
- Teletype
- North Korean applause
- Chinese music
- Dancing Santa
- Traintracks
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- In the Money
- W.C. Fields
- VEEP shotgun scene
- Hand Music
- Cellblock
- We serve the law!
- Rotary dial telephone
- Coffee Zone time lapse
- Taisir does Elvis
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington #2
- Office scene from Brazil
- Wizard of Oz
- Night Snow
Maple Tree
Green screen effect made simple
Target practice 8.17.25
Five years ago I purchased a Ruger .22 revolver with the idea I’d use it for critters. Possums, armadillos, copperheads. I quickly discovered it’s a lot harder to hit a moving target than I realized. The gun has been on a shelf until the last couple of days. I’ve decided to practice until I can hit a soft drink can at ~30 feet. Again, harder than it looks on TV and in the movies.
In the video above the best I was able to do was hit two of the five cans. Although the cans are light as a feather, the .22’s pass right through them without moving the can. Next session I’ll fill the cans with water to see if that makes a difference. The goal is to be able to hit all five cans on one load.
UPDATE: Shooting cans looks great in the movies but this will be a more satisfying –and ecologically friendly– target.
