new short done with EX1 in Pacific NW at DVinfo.net

Mark OConnell · December 31st, 2009, 01:37 PM

A short I've just finished. Hope you enjoy it.

Mark Williams · December 31st, 2009, 02:23 PM

Nice collection of shots. Focusing must have been difficult on some of those fying shots. It looks like vimeo encoding broke up a bit on the high motion scenes but I bet the originals looked great.

Dale Guthormsen · December 31st, 2009, 06:21 PM

Very nice footage. Focus is great. did you over crank them or slow them up in post???

I liked the underwater footage of the salmon too!!

thank you for sharing.

Mark OConnell · December 31st, 2009, 10:27 PM

Mark Williams, yes, the original stuff looks (for the most part) pristine. Too bad Vimeo has to re-compress everything.

Dale, they were over cranked.

Caleb Royer · January 1st, 2010, 12:49 PM

Beautiful footage Mark!

Brendan Marnell · January 1st, 2010, 05:47 PM

Very pleasant to watch, Mark. So much diversity above and below eye-level. You must have miles of eye-level footage as well.

What was the first big bird of prey? The second, immediately after it, was a bald eagle for sure.

Mark OConnell · January 1st, 2010, 06:58 PM

Thanks Brendan, that was a Turkey Vulture.

Alan Melville · January 7th, 2010, 10:14 PM

Mark, I really enjoyed that. Nice touch to be able to compose your own music.

Al

Mark OConnell · January 8th, 2010, 12:07 AM

Thanks Alan, in Eric Satie's autobiography he went on for a while about how all the pieces he'd composed were actually just different parts of the same piece, all connected you know, not just unrelated bits and pieces. Anyway I thought that made a lot of sense, and have since thought about my own projects in the same way. So, if a piece of music develops around the same time as a short I assume that they're connected, which obviously they are, whether or not it's obvious to me. Not that it always works...

Phil French · February 22nd, 2010, 11:08 PM

Great looking stuff Marc. Just bought an EX1r to do nature footage and what you are doing is very encouraging!

December 31st, 2009, 01:37 PM	#1
Mark OConnell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 420	new short done with EX1 in Pacific NW A short I've just finished. Hope you enjoy it. Not So Still Life on Vimeo __________________ http://www.markoconnell.org

December 31st, 2009, 02:23 PM	#2
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	Nice collection of shots. Focusing must have been difficult on some of those fying shots. It looks like vimeo encoding broke up a bit on the high motion scenes but I bet the originals looked great. __________________ Mark videos: http://vimeo.com/channels/3523 Stock: http://www.pond5.com/artist/mark29

December 31st, 2009, 06:21 PM	#3
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Very nice footage. Focus is great. did you over crank them or slow them up in post??? I liked the underwater footage of the salmon too!! thank you for sharing. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

December 31st, 2009, 10:27 PM	#4
Mark OConnell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 420	Mark Williams, yes, the original stuff looks (for the most part) pristine. Too bad Vimeo has to re-compress everything. Dale, they were over cranked. __________________ http://www.markoconnell.org

January 1st, 2010, 12:49 PM	#5
Caleb Royer Regular Crew Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ozarks, Missouri, USA Posts: 109	Beautiful footage Mark! __________________ 5D Mark II, 70-300mm IS lens, 28-135mm IS lens, 50mm f/1.8 lens, Canon HG20, 503HDV head, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

January 1st, 2010, 05:47 PM	#6
Brendan Marnell Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 938	Very pleasant to watch, Mark. So much diversity above and below eye-level. You must have miles of eye-level footage as well. What was the first big bird of prey? The second, immediately after it, was a bald eagle for sure.

January 1st, 2010, 06:58 PM	#7
Mark OConnell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 420	Thanks Brendan, that was a Turkey Vulture. __________________ http://www.markoconnell.org

January 7th, 2010, 10:14 PM	#8
Alan Melville Major Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: No Fixed Address :) Western Australia Posts: 275	Mark, I really enjoyed that. Nice touch to be able to compose your own music. Al

January 8th, 2010, 12:07 AM	#9
Mark OConnell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 420	Thanks Alan, in Eric Satie's autobiography he went on for a while about how all the pieces he'd composed were actually just different parts of the same piece, all connected you know, not just unrelated bits and pieces. Anyway I thought that made a lot of sense, and have since thought about my own projects in the same way. So, if a piece of music develops around the same time as a short I assume that they're connected, which obviously they are, whether or not it's obvious to me. Not that it always works... __________________ http://www.markoconnell.org

February 22nd, 2010, 11:08 PM	#10
Phil French Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lousana, Alberta, Canada Posts: 146	Great looking stuff Marc. Just bought an EX1r to do nature footage and what you are doing is very encouraging! __________________ Nature Boy