Welcome back!

Another week down and I’m back again with a bit of photography. This week was a little tougher for me personally between other commitments and terrible weather when I did finally get the chance to go out my photos aren’t the greatest. I did improvise a little bit and played with some time-lapse (which you’ll see soon).

Now first up I did manage to take a video of this younger bear. Judging by the size of his head compared to the body I’d say it is a young boar (male). I messed around with the video a little bit in Microsoft Clipchamp. I used its software to keep the bear central frame and enlarged the video as well so it fills in the majority of the frame. I played with it forever trying to stabilize the video but it must be a ‘Premium’ feature because I don’t think I had access to do this. Me and my friend spotted this bear from about 265 yards, (~800 feet) and I captured this video through my binoculars hence the shakiness

Alright, Next up like I promised here is my little time-lapse clip I captured over the weekend. I know the content doesn’t entirely fit my topic of outdoor photography but in a sense it does a bit. This previous weekend was the first official full moon of fall. Thankfully we had a super clear sky that evening and I was able to take this footage off by deck. I had a tough time getting my phone to focus and stay focused in this video. This was about my 8th attempt taking a video of the moon. even in this video (which by far was the best), I still had troubles with keeping a clear image. Towards the end the sheer brightness of the moon overwhelms the camera as it tried to stay focused and it unfortunately blurs it out.

All-in-all I really enjoyed the little bit of time I did get to mess around with some photography this week. I put up a couple trail-cameras (motion activated camera) which I hope to capture a couple up close videos of some animals. hopefully in the next weeks post I’ll be able to share some of these. I did actually like my moon video, sure it has some areas for improvement. but it was my first time looking up through my scope so I am happy with it. Down the road I may try something like this again maybe a sunrise or moon rise once the mornings get later and later.

Once again thanks for viewing the blog, I hope to capture some more cool things to share with you guys soon! Take care and until next week

-Alex