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Another Clouds Time-Lapse

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With clouds in the valley before dawn, I set up a time-lapse camera to capture the cloud movement throughout the morning.

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love time-lapse movies. They make it possible for us to see movement that is normally too slow to perceive.

On October 31, 2024, there were thick clouds in the valley below my home. I know from experience that our winter thermal inversions can put on a good cloud show and those inversions are happening earlier and earlier every year. I set up a GoPro in Hyperlapse mode and let it run all day. Here’s the first few hours of the cloud show, sped up with the hyperlapse as well as a 400% increase in speed in video editing. The result is a smooth, high-speed look at what the clouds did that morning.

Enjoy!

Snowbirding 2022: At Valley of Fire State Park

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Another vlog post from my trip.

I spent two nights at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, mostly because I wanted an electric hookup to sit out expected bad weather. I got a lot done in the camper on the bad weather day, then did two hikes on my way out of the park. This video fills in the details. Enjoy!

Snowbirding 2022: Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

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What would have been a very pleasant stay is ruined by cold weather.

I’ll let the video tell the story; it’s short and sweet and it includes footage of my dogs riding in a bicycle trailer. The short version is that it was too cold at night to stay more than two nights at this otherwise very pleasant, free campground.

I’m still welcoming comments on the video production. I know I need to collect more footage and I’m working on it for future videos. Little by little, I feel as if I’m getting the hang of it.

What I’m really pleased about is how well the ScreenFlow software I’m using to edit the video is working out. Not only is it easy enough to edit on my laptop — a low end MacBook Air — but it’s producing relatively small 4K video files. I think this will work well as a video editing solution and I might even switch back to it for my helicopter video work.