A local green frog relaxing in our pond, with reflections of the surrounding trees creating a painterly reflection.
The past couple of days have me taking in some of the local wildlife activity in my yard. I am glad to see a couple of green frogs have taken up residence in our pond.
It took some time for this one to get used to me and my camera being close by. Realizing I wasn’t a threat, the frog starting moving around relatively close showing different poses. It seems the frog may have had some previous modeling experience.
Yesterday had me playing around with my GoPro Hero3 camera. I am only starting to realize some of the great opportunities this little camera can be used for. My first attempt is trying to capture some moments from a robin’s nest in my front yard. It was rather an odd place for a nest…only about waist level high in a bush. But I was able to tuck the camera in the back part of the bush without disturbing the nestlings.
One of the nicest things about this GoPro camera is a corresponding app for my iPhone. The camera will generate a wireless network that you can connect your phone to. Once connected, your phone can act as a remote control and remote viewing monitor. This was quite useful in predicting some of the best moments to start recording. Although it does seem to suck the battery down pretty fast, you can’t beat the opportunities that arise when remotely viewing wildlife.
I am not too experienced yet in video editing, but Apple’s iMovie helps out tremendously with that.
I took some highlights from those recordings and made this little iMovie trailer…
Amazing reflection on the water!
I won a GoPro Hereo3 Black Edition a few months back. Like you, still looking for a good application to use it on.
I film nature and wildlife so no extreme sport action for me either.
I love the possibilities of shooting underwater and in other adverse conditions that I wouldn’t put my other camera through. So I guess we will see if I can come up with something to put it to good use.
Thanks for the comments Kevin. Although I do u/w photography w my DSLR on dive trips, I haven’t done much locally with it. With the portability and convenience of the GoPro housing, I am hoping to play a lot more with it in the coming months when diving kicks into gear here in Michigan.
That’s an amazing picture of the Frog… So sharp and so much detailed!! fantastic!!!
Thanks a lot Ernie!
That frog is pretty cool.
Kind of has a liquid metal look! 🙂
Nice one of that frog. Based on observation, I believe some animals know very well what cameras are. Seems strange, but I was photographing a herd of cows one day and they were moving around and gathering into different poses. My girlfriend was there and saw the whole thing, so there’s proof I’m not crazy, well, at least not in that way.
Well, it seems some of them certainly appreciate our interest in them. 🙂
Loving the frog, Mark. Also, great awards and comments on the movie. 😉
Thanks Paul. 🙂
Your title made me laugh; “frog art”. But, that is one awesome image. I saw this video on your facebook or your twitter accounts. It also made me smile.
Thanks Monte. I guess I did spread the video around a little. 😉
Beautiful green frog photo and your movie clip was excellent. GoPro movies are usually action related so it’s nice to see one being put to more sedate but equally entertaining use.
Thanks Cedric. I am not an extreme sports type of person, so it took awhile before I had the opportunity present itself for a GoPro application. Since it was my first remote viewing experience, I thought it was fun to do.