Video tour of our front garden (March 2, 2025)
When I took photos of our front yard for my last post, Photo tour of our front garden (March 2, 2025), I realized that a video would be far more effective at capturing the big picture: the layout of the garden, and the plants in their overall context. Here’s the result, 7 minutes and 31 seconds in glorious high definition:
Be sure to watch the video on YouTube and select the highest resolution your bandwidth allows. I recommend at least 1080p; 1440p or 2160p would be even better for the best video quality.
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Before or after watching the video, check out my post Photo tour of our front garden (March 2, 2025). It contains photos of plants I wasn’t able to focus on in the video, otherwise it would have been twice as long.
And finally a few notes:
This was my first time using a gimbal. The result is good – smoother panning than I would be able to do hand-holding my phone – but there’s still a bit of unevenness here and there. Also, excuse the wind noise. I just bought a lapel microphone with a windscreen so it won’t happen again.
Talking while filming doesn’t come naturally to me. My commentary isn’t the smoothest and I get at least one plant ID wrong (it should be Grevillea lavandulacea ‘Tanunda’), but I will improve with practice. If nothing else, this experience has given me newfound respect for the content creators I follow on YouTube, ranging from Joey Santore (Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t) and Summer Rayne Oakes (Plant One On Me), Hunter Martinez (Cactus Quest) and Michael Garbutt (Arid Zine) to Laura Eubanks (Design for Serenity) and Debra Lee Baldwin. They make it look and sound so effortless!
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You did a great job, Gerhard. I don't have the patience to do videos, and I've never liked hearing my own voice but I thought your commentary was very smooth (although the wind noise did unnerve my cat!). One of the things that struck me during this overview was the stark contrast between your garden and what I could see of the front gardens of your neighbors. I'm surprised that they aren't emulating your approach to gardening. Do any ask you for advice?
ReplyDeleteA lot of people walking by say how much they like our garden. There are some OK gardens in our neighborhood, but nothing as over the top as ours.
DeleteGerhard. the video really gets at the flow you've achieved and how you balance shapes and sizes, sharp with softer shapes. For a collector, that's a very impressive achievement!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that video tour! I increased the quality, and wow--I feel like I'm there! I needed this today since we're having a couple more days of winter before warmer weather (50s and 60s) in the days ahead. Yay. Anyway...wow, you have an amazing collection of plants...which I guess I knew, but seeing the "big picture" as you mention, provides a more impressive view of your plants and your place. :)
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