VoiceOfEmerika

I have a couple of new movies. Both movies run until the sun sets on the Chiricahua mountains. Because they capture the sunset there is a significant about of lens flare. I don’t think it detracts from the movie, but I’d be interested in other opinions.

This one is about ten hours of day reduced to four or so minutes. I think it’s nice.

(Use the HD button when you play the movie if you have the bandwidth. Note that the HD button only appears after the movies begin playing. Also, I believe it always fully buffers before playing.)

The second one was started in the late afternoon because the sky looked ripe. I think it’s a great movie, but every direction other than the one I chose to point my camera was spectacular — full of pretty clouds burning red. I think the angle and the speed the clouds travel make this movie.

I should mention that both these movies were made from the top of our shipping/storage container-in heavy winds. I am terrified of losing another camera due to the wind; however, I hate to do nothing when beautiful things are begging to be captured. I now have a ten pound weight I attach to the tripod with a stretch cord. So far so good.

We’re nestled in between the Chiricahua mountains and the Peloncillo mountains. I tend to photograph the Chiricahua’s because they are closer, but the Peloncillo’s are beautiful too. The evening light on the Peloncillo’s is something to see.

This is pretty much a cloud movie. I started filming early in the day — just a hunch really. As it turned out the sunset over the Chiricahua’s was stunning and I ended up disappointed… still this is pretty nice.

Looking around on the web for the correct spelling of Peloncillo I ran across this great web site — you might want to check it out.