Video - Fields of Kamuela
UPDATE 11/17/12 - I have a high resolution version of this video on my YouTube channel. I recommend watching it there if you are like me and demand the highest quality image possible.
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I took the HD camera out this weekend and tried some time lapse stuff.
**Music is licensed for my usage, all images captured by me.**
I'd like to state again that Flickr's video compression CODEC sucks tremendously. This looks way better full quality. The artifacts in the Flickr version are enough to make me vomit.
EDIT: Wow. Thanks everyone for your kind words. Two days after I posted this it has become my most "interesting" upload out of the 500 or so images and videos I've posted. Unreal. For those interested in doing something similar: the time lapse imagery here was shot at intervals of one frame per second (Progressive Scan), edited in a standard 29.97 FPS timeline (Progressive) in
Final Cut Pro, colored with some 3rd party software, then outputted to Compressor for the 640x360 H.264 compression to fit within Flickr's uploader file size limit. For the record, a lot of still cameras have "interval recording", such as my D200, and I think a similar looking video could be made with stills, it just might be a bit more labor intensive and time consuming.
UPDATE (3/3/09): Flickr has now greatly improved their compression CODEC. It no longer sucks tremendously as I had previously stated. Way to go Flickr!
Comments and faves
peterscottnz, Jacque D. Pfaff, roberutobr, bru., and 332 other people added this video to their favorites.
Dunstan (61 months ago | reply)
Well, it still looks good to those of us who haven't seen the original.
Lovely stuff.
Grey Fox's House (61 months ago | reply)
You can just feel my presence. and Presents.
eb's start of art (61 months ago | reply)
a) I love it, more than I love the rain video. That's a lot.
b) If that's a reference to the headline last week, I think you are funny, Double James.
peterscottnz (61 months ago | reply)
I like this.
Kanoe Blue Photo (61 months ago | reply)
hot stuff
applec2400 (61 months ago | reply)
ahhh!! I love it!
Would be perfect for a pro environmental commercial for global warming, oil consumption etc.
heather (61 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous! I'm an admin for a group called Video! Video! Video!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
ckabril_16 [deleted] (61 months ago | reply)
this is fricken phenomenal.
Luis Eduardo ® (61 months ago | reply)
Nice composition
` ®© ROBERTO CARBONI (61 months ago | reply)
bellissimaaaaaa te felicito
bru. (61 months ago | reply)
I wonder how the original looks, because this one, for me, it´s already fantastic.
:)
marcel07 (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nature Videos~, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
marcel07 (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Out in the Green - Video, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
★ Michael ★ (61 months ago | reply)
Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado The Video y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.
four_miles (61 months ago | reply)
franke you badass. fyi.
Stephanie Massaro (61 months ago | reply)
this is the first video i ever faved.
its so amazing, i love it.
i always wanted to try something like this.
nadiA* (61 months ago | reply)
tmb es el primer video q veo aki en flickr!
MUY buen comienzo!
felicitaciones x el trabajo!
saludos!!!
SARAΗ LEE (61 months ago | reply)
gosh I loved everything about that - the music worked, vingetting, composition, colour tones/exposure, pacing ... great job.
but yeah, flickr fails .. you should put an alternative vimeo link up or something because the difference is huge.
EfrankE (61 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone for your kind comments.
@Sarah: Thanks for the input. Do you really think the Vimeo version is better? I thought Vimeo did just as poorly as Flickr; smeary looking video all over the place. I think I'd rather just invite everyone over to watch it with me in all it's HD glory. So frustrating this Internet when it doesn't do things your way.
SARAΗ LEE (61 months ago | reply)
EfrankE: For me Vimeo clips have always seemed to look better.
hinetcain (61 months ago | reply)
I like this. ... Sensational!
four_miles (61 months ago | reply)
franke i might be made of bones a little bit but you are made of AMAZING. ohshetohshet.
peterscottnz (61 months ago | reply)
tmb es el primer video q veo aki en flickr!
MUY buen comienzo!
felicitaciones x el trabajo!
saludos!!!
Michel Rosas (61 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
The images are incredible and the music is perfect.
jmven (61 months ago | reply)
Muy buena felicitaciones
irinsky (61 months ago | reply)
how very cool, I was really against video on flickr, just didn't want it to turn into another u-tube, but this is fantastic! well done!
Ralph F. Wilson (61 months ago | reply)
Beautiful work!
BLPhotography. (61 months ago | reply)
Actually pretty impressive vid. I like it!
Roberto Kaplan Designs (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Video Gold Awards (Post 1 Award 2), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Congratulations on a wonderful production.
Grey Fox's House (61 months ago | reply)
Global Warming. Read it in my latest blog.
joeannenah (61 months ago | reply)
yet again... inspired.
SoyJuan (61 months ago | reply)
loved it! thanks for sharing.
Jordyn Tayyy (61 months ago | reply)
i love this!
your awesome. haha.
my favorite part was when it was out of focus and then
it slowly came into focus.
Figuromo (60 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ^ Film Look ^, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
great stuff!
Piotr Barna (60 months ago | reply)
VERY. very well done!!
It reminds me of home!
the bonnie blues (60 months ago | reply)
absolutely gorgeous! I love the colors and the music was perfect with the moving scenery ; )
greytwightsubtraction (60 months ago | reply)
amazing.
.Andi. (60 months ago | reply)
Absolutely beautiful. I love the music as well.
Alicia en Sheffield (60 months ago | reply)
nicely sequenced timelapse images and great music
This clip is fabulous!
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( TM ) (60 months ago | reply)
Wow, this convinces me that video is good for Flickr. Very well done.
O-Kay [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A VIDEO, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
alisha_word (59 months ago | reply)
amazing. i love it.
jonathanrperkins (59 months ago | reply)
Well I just wanted to tell you what an amazing video this is. It is truly inspiring, makes me want to make better videos. The opening shot is so captivating and the music is so well fit to the images.
What camera did you use exactly?
This video deserves to be part of the movement!
The Film and Video Movement
Please join us at:
M.José [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
Ok, you are my first fav video.. i don't know why I'm doing this... maybe is for your splendid video... is just... it make me touch the sky!!!!
Thanks
Parag Sankhe (58 months ago | reply)
gre8 work
arjanv (57 months ago | reply)
Love IT.
From which composer is the music?
AγsЋα Aяαβέϊſſσ (56 months ago | reply)
wooow
so nice ^^
FAV
lexup (56 months ago | reply)
So, I was searching; "Quote: "The Heart wants what it wants" and this gem shows up. I want to share my epiphany that many of life's best experiences will be gathered while alone. Many times,no one but yourself will witness the ephemeral wind stroking fields of grass. That the landscapes and people that are observed while being alone are often the most vivid and memorable. There is no one to bounce them off of, to check or moderate your perceptions...No filter. This random video reminded me of the beauty of solitude, By the way who was the music by?
EfrankE (56 months ago | reply)
The music is from a company that provides licensed music for production usage (at a cost). It is not available commercially.
gone_ [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
this is great