Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 07:08 AM CDT

We toured a honey-processing farm in Oregon, while on our way up to Eugene in June 2009. The owner showed us around the hives, the honey and wax processing machines, and we got to taste pure raw honey. As an added bonus at the end of the tour, Erica, also an ornithologist, showed us some baby screech-owls in a nearby nest.

Music, "Let it Bee" (my wife came up with the name this time) was written in about 2 hours, probably the shortest time I've ever tried to write something... it probably shows :-) The video took about a month of spare-time editing to put together. I hope you enjoy this little tour off the beaten path.

As always, if you have any thoughts, suggestions, things you liked/disliked, please let me know here, so I can improve my movies!

ttfn,
Drakonis

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 07:31 AM CDT

Sweet! (smirk)

A question: why is it there are no bee larvae in the mix?

A comment: Good thing nobody got their face pecked at the top of the ladder!!!

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 09:34 AM CDT

This is great Eduard!!!

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 09:51 AM CDT

very cool dragon....

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 09:58 AM CDT

VERY cool and very well done mr. dragon!

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 11:16 AM CDT

Nice! Really enjoyed. Though I'm not a lover of honey!

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 12:07 PM CDT

It is so interesting to me to share your family trips. My wife and I go on little adventures like this all the time. We just went to a sheepdog competition outside of Charlottesville NC. Your filming is very informative and captures the essence of the adventure. My only comments would be the audio quality is a bit low (which is really hard inside a factory, I know) and the low light shots (like the inside of the machine) didn't come off well (maybe use a lens hood to force metering on the subject??). Your films are all enjoyable and always have good technical elements as far as composition an camera handling.
I would love to see more Schwan family adventures.
Stephen

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 12:11 PM CDT

Maybe, in future, you could mic the people talking? Then, the dialogue would be clearer.
So generous of you to post a complete presentation for those not lucky enough to experience these things first hand. Enjoyed watching and learning.
Quite an acrobat there: Climbing, Peeking and Videographing! Impressive.
Thanks, Eduard.

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 01:21 PM CDT

This is very nice it reminds me of my Mom's bee nests
and honey makes !

about the video ..really made me hungry and I think
you had a blast there ..good people ..I wish the
people's voices would be bit higher volume so I can
hear them speaking the machines never let me hear them !

the MUSIC ...man ...this need to expand ..its fantastic
gesture ...just wonderful spirited !

thanx alot for sharin !!!

Re:Drak video - Honey and Owls
Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 11:05 PM CDT

Don't care how well your video was put together and how convincing it appears to be, I'm not believing that honey really comes from bees, Drak! Maple doesn't just drip from trees and glue doesn't come from horses either! My mind won't do that! Amazing how pure and naturally sweet nature presents some of her finest products. And the whole deal looked to be like its a fairly straight forward process, too!

More edumacation... You are a born teacher, Sir! Always something interesting to learn when I run across your works! Great stuff!

Now, was Sarah in there anywhere? Not much longer and you'll have to put up w/ me in person! I'm still excited!

Thanks for sharing, Sir! Dion