beautiful shots and landscape. really peaceful short!

how can i get one of these?

Beautiful images Michael.

That was great. Thank you.

Hey, I happened to watch this with Sarah Vaughan - "If you could see me" on the background. I think it was even better than the song you used. You should try it :)

breathtaking scenery. Thank you so much for sharing.

Wow.is fantastic...

Michael, really nice work. I liked your shot composition, tilts and pans, slow-mo and the shift to B&W. Editing was really nice also. Looks like you had a nice pre-set to work with. Also liked the music. Who was the composer?

Very nice footage. I also liked the slow tilts and pans.

Now that's just pretty...

Mike, that was incredible. I harldy ever watch anything unless it involves mastiffs.
I am so glad I watched that, what stunning work you do!! You broadened my life a bit. Thanks.

Some beautiful moments in there. Great stuff!

In a couple of shots that dark vignette is really quite distracting, did you do that in post or is it that your adapter/lens combo. I would try and dial that back a little, less is more IMHO.

Mind if I ask what song was used here? I'm always amazed that so many video artists don't credit musical artists!

Anyway, that was really beautiful. Nice work.

lovely

Stunning, I really love these peacefull scenery fims.

And man, I keep getting amazed by the quality of the video's on this website.

Beautiful

Really superb stuff.

Excellent, i also live in WA and you have captured some great aspects.

magnifique

Really great stuff here, Michael. I was also impressed by the smooth, slow tilts and pans. The shots in "scope" are a hair too wide, but that's nit-picky of me. Beautiful work. Loved the shot of the photographer's shadow against the large rock. The wind mill stuff was fantastic as well.

"The shots in 'scope' are a hair too wide,"

Meant to say some, not all of them. Sorry about that.

Congrate mate really nice work, and cinematographic aswell. I wish one day I'll visit Australia with my camera.
Cheers

where is the music from? The Thin Red Line soundtrack?

Nice!

Definetly a very beautiful result but I'm more interested on how the Cano XHA1 works under low lighting conditions and under the use of artificial lighting.

SO nice~

Clap,clap,clap! Thanks!!
Please join vimeo.com/groups/100likes.
(join today vimeo and make groups about "Likes", this is my first invite , great iff you post this beauty to the group)

As I used to be in the music for some 25 years as a record producer I am well acquainted with the power of the senses regarding sound and vision.

I always look at a film twice, the first time with the sound on, and then in total silence.

It is only when you do this you can see 100% the film.

Michael,

Nice touch. The shot of the big rocks with the silhouette on them was very cool.

The time lapse shot with the clouds and the windmill. How many minutes of tape did that use - approxiamately?

How long have you been shooting?

Trey

This is super stuff, Michael. That shot at 1:10 was quite stunning. Some lovely footage in that short, I'm really impressed.

Beautiful!

just amazing

How did you go about getting the letterbox?

Trey

Widescreen in Final Cut gives you a number of different cropping sizes. I used 3:1 ratio.

Exquisite. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful, soothing experience. It felt like a dream...

Great great video
I love the 01.40 scene

It was intresting to see what came in the next shot. Intrigue. I already don't say about superb picture and post production work. Intresting, that aspect ratio change from 2:06 till end, it has been conceived?

Very beautiful pictures, drawings and travelings and I liked it, I would love to put music to your images.

Just one word:

Awesome !

amazing.

Cheers Mark

very nice compositions

Hi Mark,

wow! Amazing video compositions. Beautiful, rich, lush colors!
What filters did you use on "Images of Western Australia"?

Hi Greg. Most of the footage was straight out of the camera. No filters used. I have color graded using Final Cut Pro pushing the saturation up.

My footage is no way near your guitar playing nice work mate!!!!. I play drums but wouldn't rate a mention along side a true artist such as yourself.

Thanks for the kind words Michael! :) Compliments right back at ya! Your compositions are really inspiring, and you are a true artist! I'm about to embark on a month long photo Safari in Africa, and after seeing your video composition, I am fully confident in what the XHA1 can do with nature shots, as your video sold me on the quality of this camera. I was searching for just the right HD camera, but needed to use tapes, as I originally had my heart set on the HVX200a, but downloading footage onto my laptop was a "no-no" from my wife. But it looks like I made the right choice, with your help of course. :)
Did you use 24f and a really low shutter speed for the opening shot? My guess is 1/24th?
I've been experimenting with mountain landscape shots, and no matter how low I set everything, I still seem to get lots of noise. Any tips to getting rid of noise in low light sunrise shots?
Thanks, and it's great to meet you!
-Greg

Low Light is a problem for me also. Cant remember what the settings on the camera were as it was almost a year ago. Never use the gain to increase the light into the camera as the trade off is too much grain. Try using different presets for your camera. There are a number out there. I found a number on dvinfo.com

Use a graduation filter on the front of the camera so you can increase the exposures of the forground without blowing out your skys during sunrise and sunset. I use filters by Lee.

You can slow up the shutter speed just so long as there is not too much movement in the scene. Try to shoot in brighter conditions. As you know each sunrise is different and it can be hit and miss with getting good footage. Dont point the camera too close to the sun as all that achieves is a big blown out blob of yellow. Most times the best scene is in the opposite direction to the sun.

Good luck in Africa Greg, dont get eaten.!!!! Ha Ha.....

Hey man really liked your video. How did you get the smooth pans? where you using a boom of some kind or just a tripod?

Hi jason. Most of the smooth pans were created in final cut pro using the widescreen mode and adjusting the offset with keyframes to get top to bottom pans. Some stuff was done using a homemade dolly. Some stuff was from using the motion tab in FCP to zoom in.

Thanks for watching.

Beautiful and almost haunting imagery Michael, makes me yearn to be out West again.

Hi Michael, did not know where to send songs, you can listen here if you like, thanks and happy Christmas.

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Amazing Michael (sound & vision)

Great choice of music, but you should have asked an aspiring composer to score your images, rather than steal from an established artist. There are so many musicians striving for a break scoring movies. Would you like it if a composer stole your imagery to sell their music?

Excellent! I like Australia. Realy nice footage.

Beautiful!

How do you do those small camera pans?

Awesome!

As soon as i get the time and money, i am going to set out with my EX1 and Letus to try and get something like this going, i love it! i just need to make sure i get some good glass, any recommendations? at the moment i only have a Canon EF 50mm and a EF 17 - 85mm, but im not sure if i should even use the 17 - 85?

Flowers at 03:04 were absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing!

Wow. Beautiful cinematography. I agree with Bjorn, those flowers are my favorite too. Good job Michael.

Thanks Bjorn and Paul for your comments

beautiful!! it's a great job... i love the shots

wow...i love it. How do you letterbox your hd footage if you don't mind me asking.