Comments on: waiting for rain http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/ cheryl colan's mixed media podcast - vlogging and sharing audio for fun and non-profit. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hummingcrow: one squall voice » Blog Archive » Everyday Arizona http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-10635 hummingcrow: one squall voice » Blog Archive » Everyday Arizona Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:50:38 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-10635 [...] [1:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Last year around this time, I made a video showing rain evaporating off the sidewalk. Ru liked it and reminded me of it recently. So when I found myself on the same porch stoop with [...] [...] [1:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Last year around this time, I made a video showing rain evaporating off the sidewalk. Ru liked it and reminded me of it recently. So when I found myself on the same porch stoop with [...]

]]> By: Cheryl Colan http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4070 Cheryl Colan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:08:49 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4070 Wow! Doug! You are my nature sounds hero! I don't know if you remember but I asked to use recordings from your web site in an exhibit at the AZ Historical Society Museum a few years ago. Can't believe you made a comment on my site! I'm starstruck. Thank you. [posted and mailed] Wow! Doug! You are my nature sounds hero! I don’t know if you remember but I asked to use recordings from your web site in an exhibit at the AZ Historical Society Museum a few years ago. Can’t believe you made a comment on my site! I’m starstruck. Thank you.

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]]> By: Doug Von Gausig http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Doug Von Gausig Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:33:52 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4066 I love the way the raindrops hit, with that hint of promise, then are snatched away, Cheryl. Emblematic of our situation. One of my favorite phenomena is "virga" - the rain that falls from summer clouds, but evaporates before it hits the ground - such a tease! The ants are wonderful, always busy, purposeful, almost frantic. It all seems too much like real life! I love the way the raindrops hit, with that hint of promise, then are snatched away, Cheryl. Emblematic of our situation. One of my favorite phenomena is “virga” – the rain that falls from summer clouds, but evaporates before it hits the ground – such a tease!

The ants are wonderful, always busy, purposeful, almost frantic. It all seems too much like real life!

]]> By: Cheryl Colan http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4056 Cheryl Colan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:42:21 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4056 They sure are, Rupert. Really fun, and it certainly added an extra dimension to an afternoon with my mom. It's fun to see how she sees things, and fun for her to see how I see things. We think we know each other so well, and we do, but when we're both making photos or videos it opens up a whole new layer. They sure are, Rupert. Really fun, and it certainly added an extra dimension to an afternoon with my mom. It’s fun to see how she sees things, and fun for her to see how I see things. We think we know each other so well, and we do, but when we’re both making photos or videos it opens up a whole new layer.

]]> By: Rupert http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4051 Rupert Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:16:34 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4051 Wow! I LOVED watching the raindrops evaporating as soon as they've fallen - seeing their whole splash, spread and fade. Too cool. And the image itself is beautiful - looks like you're using a long lens with a really tight depth of field - so the edges are soft and the middle is sharp - and the colours are lovely. Great choice not to cut the audio on this one. I commented to Brittany the other day that I thought we'd end up using the extra levels that sound can provide for some videos eventually. Perfect example here. These single shot films are an amazing exercise, aren't they? Wow! I LOVED watching the raindrops evaporating as soon as they’ve fallen – seeing their whole splash, spread and fade. Too cool. And the image itself is beautiful – looks like you’re using a long lens with a really tight depth of field – so the edges are soft and the middle is sharp – and the colours are lovely. Great choice not to cut the audio on this one. I commented to Brittany the other day that I thought we’d end up using the extra levels that sound can provide for some videos eventually. Perfect example here. These single shot films are an amazing exercise, aren’t they?

]]> By: Cheryl Colan http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 Cheryl Colan Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:32:45 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4026 Thanks, Jay, and Beth. Beth, I love that you noticed that the raindrops disappear after they fall. All day we had been watching the clouds, looking like they were pouring rain, but it was so hot at ground level that the rain would evaporate again before it could touch down. I was mesmerized watching the rain hit the hot concrete and evaporate back off. So I'm thrilled you noticed that. And I also love that you noticed the contrast of the ants moving fast. We can always tell when it's really going to rain by watching the ants. When there is finally enough humidity for rain to fall rather than evaporate, the ants get confused for a few moments. They stop marching in sedate lines and run all over the place like mad until they re-sense their chemical trail. It's like they get a temporary short-circuit. And they were doing that while I was shooting. I think you can even see a black ant wander in to the red ants' path. About two minutes after this video was shot the rain really started coming down. Thanks, Jay, and Beth.

Beth, I love that you noticed that the raindrops disappear after they fall. All day we had been watching the clouds, looking like they were pouring rain, but it was so hot at ground level that the rain would evaporate again before it could touch down. I was mesmerized watching the rain hit the hot concrete and evaporate back off. So I’m thrilled you noticed that.

And I also love that you noticed the contrast of the ants moving fast. We can always tell when it’s really going to rain by watching the ants. When there is finally enough humidity for rain to fall rather than evaporate, the ants get confused for a few moments. They stop marching in sedate lines and run all over the place like mad until they re-sense their chemical trail. It’s like they get a temporary short-circuit. And they were doing that while I was shooting. I think you can even see a black ant wander in to the red ants’ path.

About two minutes after this video was shot the rain really started coming down.

]]> By: Beth http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4013 Beth Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4013 That would be conversation, not converasation. That would be conversation, not converasation.

]]> By: Beth http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Beth Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:31:13 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4011 I really really love this. You've caught a particular feeling; offhand threads of converasation; the rain which must seem massive and terrible to the ants; the way the droplets disappear. Everything apart from the ants is kind of slow and ponderous and the ants are really busy. Did I say, I really really love this? I really really love this. You’ve caught a particular feeling; offhand threads of converasation; the rain which must seem massive and terrible to the ants; the way the droplets disappear. Everything apart from the ants is kind of slow and ponderous and the ants are really busy. Did I say, I really really love this?

]]> By: jay dedman http://hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-4003 jay dedman Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:56:39 +0000 http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/07/16/waiting-for-rain/#comment-4003 it is cool to hear the conversation your having while this Lumiere is happening. you've extended the game! it is cool to hear the conversation your having while this Lumiere is happening.
you’ve extended the game!

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