Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
So, I've learned enough to be dangerous with a video. Well, maybe not dangerous but Steven Spielberg has nothing to worry about at this point. I posted this short video to Facebook, but also wanted to share with our non-Facebook friends.
While we were in Vancouver, BC, earlier this month, we took a whale watching cruise from the Steveson section of Richmond (just south of Vancouver), across the Strait of Georgia, around Saturna Island, and back. I wasn't sure of the size of the boat and the conditions, but I knew that they dress all their passengers in heavy-duty protective suits. So, I chose not to bring all the expensive camera gear and took a chance relying on our small point-and-shoot camera (plus our phones, of course).
Well, we saw plenty of wildlife and did get a few pictures, even though I could have brought the Nikon gear without any issues as it turned out. When I realized how difficult the Orcas were to photograph (they're smaller and quicker than the humpbacks, minkies, and fin whales we've seen on other trips), I decided to try to capture some video. It's not HD-quality, but not bad for a 4+ year old pocket camera.
Once I had the video moved over to the computer, I had to learn a little bit about video editing before I could go much further. I figured out how to get the clips I wanted, crop them to the segments I liked, and adjust the audio (one was louder than the other and you can hear all the wind noise). Another fun project!
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