Best wishes to all:
Background images found as public domain animated GIFs on the web;
Sound Track: Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovych arranged by William Wallace and produced using the app iSequence on the iPad. That was only my second attempt at creating music with iSequence.
Animated GIFs needed to be converted to AVI files. For this I found a very useful free open source utility VirtualDub which can be found HERE. Animated GIFs make very short AVI files so they need to be added many times to the time line in video editing software to build up a reasonable sequence length.
The site mp3skull has access to many different performances of Carol of the Bells.
This is one of my favourites (to listen click the play button)
01 - Carol Of The Bells
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Earlier in the week a Cock Pheasant made one of its occasional early morning visits to my garden. In the second clip you can see how large a Pheasant is when a male Chaffinch can be seen feeding in the same area.
Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around you.
A superb animation. Merry Christmas to you.
ReplyDeleteThe pheasant should be safe in your garden.
We like the xmas animation!! Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteSheer brilliance John.
ReplyDeleteA trio of excellence; really enjoyed all those, especially the Pheasant. I'd feel honoured to have one visit my garden; although extremely unlikely here.
All the best to you and Bobby for Christmas.
Merry Christmas John.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful animated card, John. And the music fit perfectly. It is easy to see when watching the pheasant video why they are so hard to capture with still photos; they just don't stay still! Same with the turkeys I have tried to capture. He sure was decked out in Christmas colors.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and Bobby,
Wilma
Merry Christmas! And thanks for the videos.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Christmas video John and a beautiful festive season and new year to you and Bobby! I've enjoyed visiting your blog over the past year, even though I haven't left many comments, your blogs is one of the first I open when I go to Google Reader! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThank you Adrian. Merry Christmas to you and the Terrible Twins. At least it has escaped the Christmas shoots so far.
ReplyDeletePleased you liked it W.R. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Keith. He seems to have become a daily regular for now.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to you and Jim.
Roy: Merry Christmas to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wilma. I had lots of photos of him with a blurred head.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment C. A.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you Maree. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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