Thanks for the responses!
Uploading my huge files to YouTube used to be a real pain with DSL, with upload speeds a fraction of the download speeds, where I would have to initiate the upload in the morning, shrink the window to show only the upload progress bar, and let it run all day, before it would complete in the late afternoon or early evening!
But, ever since we switched to a fiber optic service (home phone/tv/internet) in late September 2018, with its upload speeds matching its download speeds, I can upload the files to YouTube within minutes, which is substantially more convenient!
On
Tuesday, August 4'th, 2020, I had my
first adventure of the season, with a dramatic sink and escape captured on video!
Last year, for my first outing, I had a personal sink first in my bog, only to have the bog flood over, ruining any shooting opportunities for that day!
This year, I had a hunch that the bog would once again be flooded after my first sink, so I decided to use the first sink for a dramatic video this time! It was a good thing I did,
because sure enough, after making that video and having the subsequent post-video mudplay and mixing, the bog flooded over and I couldn't mix the mud back up to the surface!
There was a bit of a problem with the stability of the undulating grass holding the pole my camera/Gorillapod was mounted on, and it shifted slightly after I walked away from it, resulting in the video being off-center, but I was still in the picture! Here it is, divided into the dramatic sinking part, and the escape part! Enjoy!
THE BIG GULP!A hiker in a wetland is a bit amused by its name, "
Big Gulp Marsh"
, and then decides to go for a swim. But, something
sinister lies between him and the water, and he finds out the hard (or should I say,
soft ) way, why it was given that name!
ESCAPE FROM THE BIG GULP!Here is a patch of mud that looks innocent enough, except that it is ever so mildly quivering, and bubbling! Swamp gas? Yes, most of it is, except for one larger bubble that bursts out of the jellylike ooze, which is from the bog passing gas from the escaping breath of a 6' 2" man that it had just gulped down moments earlier!
But, the hungry mire won't be able to keep its food down, as its meal manages to fight his way back up to the surface, gasping for air, and then methodically works his way up and out of the bubbling ooze! I guess that the bog will have to wait for another victim to swallow!