Tales of Wonder and Woe: UWOL-Long-Form 2009

Catherine Russell · February 12th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Swanberg

Marj... I'd like to hear a little about your animation. In a perfect world my film would include some (plate tectonics and sedimentation and other geology kind of stuff) but I think that IS biting off too much for me right now.

Hi Chris:

Maybe not! I've stepped away for a bit from the forum and am just now skimming through people's posts. My husband has his own business called Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc computer terrain mapping home page and he is really good at geographic animations. My February entry will almost be exclusively an animation he has generated to help me visually describe the layout of the Rocky Mountain National Park region, the topic that I have chosen for my project. If you visit his web site and view his animation samples and like what you see, perhaps we can help you out in your tectonic animation? I don't know for sure, but it's worth trying out if you are interested. Keep in touch on this. This is the fun part about this forum! We can co-work with each other whenever the circumstances fit!

Cat

p.s. Thank you for your gracious offer to host me in Montana if I were going with the Bison theme. Now that would be the place to go and film Buffalo!

Catherine Russell · February 12th, 2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Swanberg

Marj... I'd like to hear a little about your animation. In a perfect world my film would include some (plate tectonics and sedimentation and other geology kind of stuff) but I think that IS biting off too much for me right now.

Hi Chris:

Maybe not! I've stepped away for a bit from the forum and am just now skimming through people's posts. My husband has his own business called Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc computer terrain mapping home page and he is really good at geographic animations. My February entry will almost be exclusively an animation he has generated to help me visually describe the layout of the Rocky Mountain National Park region, the topic that I have chosen for my project. If you visit his web site and view his animation samples and like what you see, perhaps we can help you out in your tectonic animation? I don't know for sure, but it's worth trying out if you are interested. Keep in touch on this. This is the fun part about this forum! We can co-work with each other whenever the circumstances fit!

Cat

p.s. Thank you for your gracious offer to host me in Montana if I were going with the Bison theme. Now that would be the place to go and film Buffalo!

Mat Thompson · February 12th, 2009, 04:12 PM

oopppps.....Cat you spammer you ;-) !

Catherine Russell · February 13th, 2009, 02:28 PM

You caught me Mat! I apologize all, for posting that twice!! I was having trouble uploading comments and I didn't even know that it uploaded at all much less twice!

Now, I was wondering.... since this is an international forum, should we all use the same numeric system, such as meters and kilometers instead of feet and miles?

Just wondering...

Cat

Per Johan Naesje · February 13th, 2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catherine Russell

Now, I was wondering.... since this is an international forum, should we all use the same numeric system, such as meters and kilometers instead of feet and miles?

I think this is a brilliant idea Cat!
Then we all speak the same language, and what about temperature, celsius better than fahrenheit?

EDIT: I know there are lots of free converters out there, for those who have to convert...

Dale Guthormsen · February 13th, 2009, 04:05 PM

Good afternon,

Having grown up in the imperial world of feet/etc. Moved to the SI world, I must say that celsius is a better system.

A few key points.

0 Celsisus = 32 f Freezing obviously

28 c equals 82 f

-18 c equals 0 f

Celsius to Fahrenheit:

-40 C equals -40 f

Colder than that Who cares!!

Celsius= (F temp -32) x .555

To do in you head subtract 32 from farenheit temp the multiply that by 5 and then divide by 9, pretty easy really.

Catherine Russell · February 13th, 2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dale Guthormsen

To do in you head subtract 32 from farenheit temp the multiply that by 5 and then divide by 9, pretty easy really.

Speak for yourself Dale! I had a career in the atmospheric sciences at NOAA for 16 years and I never was able to convert in my head that readily!

O.K., if both Per and Dale have bought in, then I'm sold. I'll do everything metric and Celsius and conform to the rest of the world (like we should have done a long time ago!).

Cat

Rob Evans · February 14th, 2009, 03:11 AM

Try getting stuck between the two.

We have distances and speed in miles, weights in a mixture of kilo's and pounds, likewise measurements in inches and cm's still......

Still, in another few months sterling will be parity with dollars and euros!!! That's a bit easier to figure!

Geir Inge · February 14th, 2009, 08:04 AM

We've had plenty of snow the past days and this morning I tried to film some of the little birds on our feeder. Then suddenly a little mouse came jumping out from no where. I didn't managed to get it on tape, but I figured that maybe it was out to get some of the food on the feeder :) My camera was placed in the living room, where we do have a slide (?) door out to our terrace where the feeder is placed. Then as sudden as the mouse came out from no where, there was an ermine (short-tailed weasel or stoat). I tried to film it, best I could but is was fast and I couldn't get it in to focus. Then it dissapeared for a while and after a few seconds it came out from under our terrace with the mouse in it's mouth. I'm not sure if I can use it in my long form video, but it sure made my day :)
Two screenshots and a videoclip from the start of my Valentines day.

ermine-stoat

Geir Inge

Per Johan Naesje · February 15th, 2009, 03:47 AM

Very nice footage of the weasel/stoat. Not an easy subject to film!

I'm at work this weekend, but of duty next week. Out in the wild for a whole week, can life be better :-)

Mat Thompson · February 15th, 2009, 05:23 AM

What a cutie Geir !!!.....well at least until he has the mouse in his jaws! The stoats and weasels certainly are powerful hunters contary to their size and looks.

Great stuff

Geir Inge · February 15th, 2009, 06:08 AM

Thank you Per and Mat.
Well, I live on an island and in fact I didn't know we had stoats living next door, and I've been living here for 16 years know.
Now my aim is to search for it's lair, maybe I'll catch it's family on tape :)
We do have a little forrest/wood of spruce (fir) near by, maybe in there somewhere?
Today the rain set in and I had plans for a tour, country cross skiing - no chance :(

Geir Inge

Dale Guthormsen · February 15th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Geir,

What a wonderful bit of footage!!! Great when things happen like that!!

Dale Guthormsen · February 15th, 2009, 03:37 PM

Well, we were out for the most part of all day yesterday shooting footage. It was about -20 with no wind for a change. Had my polar bear on the camera and boy does that make a difference!!!

With the high humitdty there were ice crystals in the air and that made the auto focus not have a clue!!! The manual was not much better as the image in the view finder looked slightly foggy!!! The falcon I did get a bit of was white on the underside and that with a pale blue sky that was foggy was grim.

I did get some people footage that may be useful, for the most part a full day and a tank of gas down the drain!!

Rob Evans · February 16th, 2009, 02:43 AM

Great stoat shots their Geir Inge!

Here is a video that was on the bbc website last week - a stoat "going mad" in the snow that we had!!
BBC NEWS | UK | Snow-crazed stoat 'goes berserk'

February 13th, 2009, 04:05 PM	#81
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good afternon, Having grown up in the imperial world of feet/etc. Moved to the SI world, I must say that celsius is a better system. A few key points. 0 Celsisus = 32 f Freezing obviously 28 c equals 82 f -18 c equals 0 f Celsius to Fahrenheit: -40 C equals -40 f Colder than that Who cares!! Celsius= (F temp -32) x .555 To do in you head subtract 32 from farenheit temp the multiply that by 5 and then divide by 9, pretty easy really. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 14th, 2009, 08:04 AM	#84
Geir Inge Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Larsnes, Norway Posts: 1,343	We've had plenty of snow the past days and this morning I tried to film some of the little birds on our feeder. Then suddenly a little mouse came jumping out from no where. I didn't managed to get it on tape, but I figured that maybe it was out to get some of the food on the feeder :) My camera was placed in the living room, where we do have a slide (?) door out to our terrace where the feeder is placed. Then as sudden as the mouse came out from no where, there was an ermine (short-tailed weasel or stoat). I tried to film it, best I could but is was fast and I couldn't get it in to focus. Then it dissapeared for a while and after a few seconds it came out from under our terrace with the mouse in it's mouth. I'm not sure if I can use it in my long form video, but it sure made my day :) Two screenshots and a videoclip from the start of my Valentines day. ermine-stoat Geir Inge Attached Thumbnails __________________ Geir Inge B. Brekke Visit me at: https://vimeo.com/gibbfilm

February 15th, 2009, 03:47 AM	#85
Per Johan Naesje Trustee Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Akershus, Norway Posts: 1,413	Very nice footage of the weasel/stoat. Not an easy subject to film! I'm at work this weekend, but of duty next week. Out in the wild for a whole week, can life be better :-) __________________ - Per Johan

February 15th, 2009, 06:08 AM	#87
Geir Inge Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Larsnes, Norway Posts: 1,343	Thank you Per and Mat. Well, I live on an island and in fact I didn't know we had stoats living next door, and I've been living here for 16 years know. Now my aim is to search for it's lair, maybe I'll catch it's family on tape :) We do have a little forrest/wood of spruce (fir) near by, maybe in there somewhere? Today the rain set in and I had plans for a tour, country cross skiing - no chance :( Geir Inge __________________ Geir Inge B. Brekke Visit me at: https://vimeo.com/gibbfilm

February 15th, 2009, 03:31 PM	#88
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Geir, What a wonderful bit of footage!!! Great when things happen like that!! __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 12th, 2009, 04:12 PM	#78
Mat Thompson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 1,397	oopppps.....Cat you spammer you ;-) !

February 13th, 2009, 02:28 PM	#79
Catherine Russell Trustee Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lyons, Colorado Posts: 1,224	You caught me Mat! I apologize all, for posting that twice!! I was having trouble uploading comments and I didn't even know that it uploaded at all much less twice! Now, I was wondering.... since this is an international forum, should we all use the same numeric system, such as meters and kilometers instead of feet and miles? Just wondering... Cat

February 14th, 2009, 03:11 AM	#83
Rob Evans Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 390	Try getting stuck between the two. We have distances and speed in miles, weights in a mixture of kilo's and pounds, likewise measurements in inches and cm's still...... Still, in another few months sterling will be parity with dollars and euros!!! That's a bit easier to figure!

February 15th, 2009, 05:23 AM	#86
Mat Thompson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 1,397	What a cutie Geir !!!.....well at least until he has the mouse in his jaws! The stoats and weasels certainly are powerful hunters contary to their size and looks. Great stuff

February 15th, 2009, 03:37 PM	#89
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Bust Well, we were out for the most part of all day yesterday shooting footage. It was about -20 with no wind for a change. Had my polar bear on the camera and boy does that make a difference!!! With the high humitdty there were ice crystals in the air and that made the auto focus not have a clue!!! The manual was not much better as the image in the view finder looked slightly foggy!!! The falcon I did get a bit of was white on the underside and that with a pale blue sky that was foggy was grim. I did get some people footage that may be useful, for the most part a full day and a tank of gas down the drain!! __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 16th, 2009, 02:43 AM	#90
Rob Evans Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 390	Great stoat shots their Geir Inge! Here is a video that was on the bbc website last week - a stoat "going mad" in the snow that we had!! BBC NEWS \| UK \| Snow-crazed stoat 'goes berserk'