If you want a laugh

[LordV]

Have a look here http://www.officialproductions.tv/focus/index.html#brian
A trailer of the Interview thing I did

Brian V.

[Courierman]

well done Brian so we call you sir now

[johnkermit1]

very nice! you are a great inspiration to me Brian. i am slow at work right now. so i had time to check out the video! thanks for sharing your ideas, photos, and memories with us.
one day ill get a DSLR cameras. but til then , ill push the S3 to its limits!
thanks again!

[Action_Man]

Very nice Brian, i hope you never lose your interest, you have been and will be a great inspiration for a lot of people :) ...

[Attic]

Brave man, kudos to you for doing it. I second what John says, you are an inspiration for us all. ;)
CM: not a sir as he is already a Lord. :)

[racketman]

Worthing looks more inviting than Iceland. I sold my 20D to a Koi dealer, tricky subject to photograph in situ, I would imagine you'd need to isolate them in a tank?

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments everyone- did you try the tips button ? - shows my pole and flash mount in action :)

Toby - yes they normally photograph Koi in blue "show" bowls, I tend to get very wet if I net my Koi many are around 10lbs in weight :)

Brian v.

[Jay Lowery]

awesome, great video.

[tmonatr]

Great video. Lord V in the flesh.:D

[spidermanrbryce2006]

brilliant little doco you got there!!!

[LindaB]

Thanks for the link Brian - it was very good. Well done :-)

Linda

[LindaB]

Worthing looks more inviting than Iceland. I sold my 20D to a Koi dealer, tricky subject to photograph in situ, I would imagine you'd need to isolate them in a tank?


Surely you have been to Worthing Toby - its actually a great place, a favourtie haunt of ours (we must pop down and see Brian one day :lol: )

Yes, koi are extremely difficult to photograph - I was a koi keeper for some years until we moved house and decided to give up that hobby. They use the blue bowls or blue floating baskets to photograph them, but its not easy with the water reflection and also the koi movement to handle, they are quite a challenge.

Linda

[Ballen Photo]

Very nicely done Brian. I enjoyed both yours, and Rebekka's. ;)
-Bruce

[troypiggo]

Congratulations Brian! Great story, you're a good interviewee :)

I really liked the shot of the damsel eating the fly.

[Brian1cj]

I had no idea you were such a celebrity. Awesome video, well produced. If I was channel flipping and saw this on TV, I'd watch it for sure. I can see this being on the discovery channel. The insect world is brutal, isn't it?

[Jamie Holladay]

Very nice video Brian.

[newb2pro_1day_or_so]

Well done Brian! I just ordered my first macro lense, canon 100mm f/2.8 macro, yesterday and am quite excited to use it. It's people like you who really get my hair to stand on end with excitement. Just thinking about the world that we live in, more like the world we live on. So much goes on around us that we haven't the slightest clue and you capture it. Very nice job. Thanks for being a role model to many such as myself.

[dpastern]

I'd love to see it, but on a dialup connection it's impossible :(

Dave

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments (I only saw this Yesterday for the first time) :)

Brian1cj - certainly not a celebrity- just slightly well known on the web macro world - think this came about because of my Flickr gallery.

Dave- If and when I get a copy of the trailer and the full prog I'll send you a copy.

Brian V.

[Dalantech]

Well deserved Brian! I wish I had your insect zoo :)

[LordV]

Well deserved Brian! I wish I had your insect zoo :)

Thanks John - don't have to go far to get some shots :) but I am missing some bugs - eg I never get robber flies in the garden or those coloured flower crab spiders and no wild grass meadow for grass hoppers or butterflies (although one of my neighbours nearly gets there :) ).

Brian V.

[mtonsbeek]

Well done Brian! Very enjoyable clip to watch.
Much deserved focus on your work.

Maarten

[RolyRatman]

Well done Brian, very interesting. Glad to see your putting Worthing on the map for more than the average age of it's residents..:)

Having the Southdowns and sea front so close I think It's a lovely place to live but we do have that reputation of being Gods waiting room.

[scrumpy]

Very well done Brian. Great to have an insight of the person behind the lens.

[akmoose]

That was both awesome and fun to watch ...Well Done Brian!!!

Now we can match the mug with the bug. ;)

I am quite happy for you ...A dream come true.

Again, well Done!

:)

[xa-coupe]

says the video is private and wants a password for me

[macro junkie]

needs a password..:evil:

[xa-coupe]

needs a password..:evil:

phew, that's a riddle I wasn't going to be able to solve ! Thanks !

[LordV]

Ah sorry about that- they must have put that on this morning - will investigate.
Brian V.

[MonkeymanC3]

I watched it last night; great stuff. Thoroughly deserved and a real testament to how much effort (and how good you are) you put into your work.

You have really set the benchmark, that hopefully others can follow. A huge well done from me. :)

[macro junkie]

I watched it last night; great stuff. Thoroughly deserved and a real testament to how much effort (and how good you are) you put into your work.

You have really set the benchmark, that hopefully others can follow. A huge well done from me. :)
i agree ;)

[LordV]

Thanks again for the kind comments :)

I have the .flv files and a suitable player if anyone can suggest a suitable hosting site

Brian V.

[lance v]

it says i need a password?

[LordV]

it says i need a password?

They seem to have made it private this morning. I have copies of the files but need somewhere to host them.

[MonkeymanC3]

Why don't you try uploading them to youtube? I think the videos on there are .flv

Unless it goes against copyright, which I would imagine it probably would.

Alternatively, you could try one at this link - seems to be pretty reliable.

http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-file-hosting.php

Hope this helps! :)

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

Mmmm what a bummer can't view it, shoulda looked yesterday eh :(

Cheers for now
Mark

[dpastern]

Thanks for the kind comments (I only saw this Yesterday for the first time) :)

Brian1cj - certainly not a celebrity- just slightly well known on the web macro world - think this came about because of my Flickr gallery.

Dave- If and when I get a copy of the trailer and the full prog I'll send you a copy.

Brian V.

That's be greatly appreciated Brian - seeing a master at work is always worth while imho.

Dave

[Grace]

ahhh. I'm late! I hope you get to host it somewhere soon! :)

Congratulations anyway!

[R_Metzel]

OK folks, I let Brian upload the files and player to my site. While I am not sure how to embed everything to just play the video from my site, here is the link to download the player and the 3 files.....
http://www.blacktiefoto.com/potn/

If someone knows how I can embed the player to my site to play the video's shoot me a pm with instructions.

[::John::]

wow

excellent - and very deserved

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian
Excellent stuff, damned if I could stand in front of a camera & be filmed & thanks to Rob for hosting it on his site.

Why the hell has this been moved into the general chat when this is Macro stuff

Cheers for now
Mark

[Uhland]

nice video Brian. Was good to watch.

[LordV]

Thanks Rob for hosting this and thanks for the comments. Of course the original link has now had the password requirement removed.

http://www.officialproductions.tv/focus/index.html#brian

Brian V.

[dtngo]

Dude, you're too humble. Great work, good to see you in action =)

[dpastern]

Dang...I can't watch these at work (our workstations are thin clients with no flash installed, and I can't install applications, they're locked down tight). They're too big for me at home as well, dang! Going into town on Saturday, might duck into the local Internet cafe so I can view and download them!!!

Dave