The Pencil of Nature, a video collection for NaVloPoMo 2009 & Vlomo10 & Vlomo11 by Lorenz Gude and Julian Seery Gude

Serial and Random Access Devices

lgude — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:04:21 +0000

Despite the outrageous privileging of serial devices over random access devices it appears to work out pretty well for the occupants. Still, how would we react if our hard drives went heads up every time a tape drive walked into the room?

Noisy Birds

lgude — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:07:28 +0000

The Cockatoos are in full cry again this year in Armadale’s Minnawarra Park. I’m not sure what the evolutionary advantages are of making this kind of din are, but stealth isn’t one of them.

I Herd Hot Ducks

lgude — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:58:19 +0000

It was over 43 C today (105 F) and these ducks were still panting audibly when I encountered them tonight well after it cooled down. I decided to herd them as close to the camera as I could with irregular success.

Ducks…..well, Ducking

lgude — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:30:37 +0000

My friends the ducks in Minnawarra park hard at work. It was the first outing for the 10-22mm Canon @ 10mm (16mm 35mm equivalent) – in other words a very wide angle view doing its first Lumiere. My all time favorite lens was my 20mm Nikkor stolen 20 years ago. This one is much wider and much more rectilinear. I liked the 20mm Nikkor because it distorted the edges of the frame and made the space in the shot feel like a Dali painting.

Ducks and Drake

lgude — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:53:01 +0000

An interesting situation where the adult female is separated from the drake by the chain link fence which is no barrier to the half grown family. I want to see if I can catch the family in other circumstances.

Reflections

lgude — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:40:09 +0000

Here the man made world in largely confined to the reflections, but still is a strong element of the scene perhaps because it is contained or framed by the natural world.

The Eternal Game

lgude — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:04:58 +0000

Sixty seconds from of a cricket match at Kelmscott Oval on a Saturday Afternoon. Only a clod could play cricket and fail to learn at least a little about the nature of time.

One Bends

lgude — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:41:30 +0000

The other doesn’t. As someone who likes to explore the edge between the still and motion photography, I don’t think I have ever found a better subject.

Whirlpools

lgude — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:58:53 +0000

A section of water reflecting the sky and showing small whirlpools caused by branches in the water. I thought I’d included some of the branches at the top of the frame to give a visual anchor rather than just have unanchored reflections. Now I’m not sure which which way is best and will have to go back and reshoot it if I want to find out. Stay tuned!

Red Rose Crossing

lgude — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:39:29 +0000

Continuing to push the close up capability of the Xacti, this time I put the camera on spot focus. It is sharper than my last try with the 9 point focus setting. Those crossing gates, which are about 50 meters from my front yard, put in another supporting appearance on the soundtrack.