Thought I'd quickly post this while I've got a minute. It has been a 'picture postcard' couple of winter days; frost glistening everywhere.
I have been out shooting some more test footage. Around the village there are a number of fields that retain a 'ridge and furrow' pattern and these create a really nice ripple of light as sunlight rises or falls across them. On Saturday afternoon I decided to try to film one of these ripples. The idea was to leave the camera filming for an hour or so - and then in the film condense this down to a few seconds. It's not the most original idea in the world but I think I can use it once or twice - to suggest the passing of time.
So I left the camera running and then wandered off - but I didn't want to wander too far because it's a reasonably expensive piece of kit and I could do without losing it. I kept peeking back from across the fields - to check it was still there. It was, but unfortunately when I returned the camera had decided to turn itself off - after 12 mins (I'm trying to decide whether this was a technical glitch or an editorial decision on behalf of the camera).
Anyway I think the idea is still a goer - but I might need to stay in attendance next time. Below is a still from Saturday (you should just be able to make out the ridges and furrows along the middle of the photograph) - plus two older pics showing the pattern elsewhere in the village.
