UWOL 56 - Everything Changes
 

For this challenge I decided to go "old school" and dug out my old Sony FX7 HDV camcorder. For being 15 years old I think it did pretty well. Freedom for me is being outside and enjoying my surroundings.

Re: UWOL 56 - Everything Changes
 

LeRoy, what a well shot and narrated video. Can't believe you got such nice color out of the old camcorder. Your narration was very smooth, and you told a beautiful story. Great job. Bob

Re: UWOL 56 - Everything Changes
 

Hi LeRoy,

Good story and good visuals!
Nice to see my 10 year old camera still has some years left :) You clearly show that we don't have to use the latest and newest to produce great results.

A couple details:
The bird shot from 0:40 and the deer shot from 1:00: I guess these were shot handheld.
Maybe you could have added some stabilization during editing? Might have improved a little. Especially the bird shot.

Those birds at 1:31 looked cold in the snow.

Well done! I enjoyed watching.

Re: UWOL 56 - Everything Changes
 

Hi LeRoy,

Always look forward to watching your entries.You didn't disappoint this round. Your voiceover delivery sounds so natural. Well done

The footage was surprisingly good for a HDV format, maybe we are all chasing dragons in pursuit of better quality footage when the gains with newer formats are so minimal.

Mick

Re: UWOL 56 - Everything Changes
 

Thanks for all the kind words. This camera has always worked well for me. It took awhile to get a custom picture style that I wanted. Yes the deer footage was handheld. Driving through a local lake park and just happened upon several deer. I was shooting out of the truck window. Most of the heavy movement in the dove footage was due to a very windy day.

Again, thanks for the comments.