I’ve decided to jump on the YouTube bandwagon, inspired by Steph and the videos she made of her cat. Having decided to make videos, I was faced with the dilemma of what to video, and what to use. My digital camera produces ridiculously large (ie tens of Mb for not much time) videos, and my PDA produces good-sized ones but the size of the picture itself is tiny, and the video quality isn’t very good.
Since my PDA was closest at hand, I decided to give it a try, and was then on the hunt for subject material. Well, everyone knows that when you’re trying to use up film in your camera (in the days when you still used film) you take photos of your pets, so Jack was the perfect guinea pig. So I made a video of him playing with his shoelace - click here for the result. Right at the beginning of the video he scratched me - ow! I have several scratches from playing with the shoelace with him. If you view it in its original size, the quality is passable, but it’s so tiny you have to squint to see it. The default size is quite fuzzy but oh well.
So, since that video wasn’t too great, I thought I’d video the goats near my house when I went on my walk, but this time using my digital camera. When I got there, there were two goats at the fence, and the rest were sitting over the other side of the enclosure. Surprisingly they didn’t come over while I was doing the first video: Feeding the goats Part I
Right after I stopped videoing, they started fighting - typical. I caught the last fraction of a second of it in the next one: Feeding the goats Part II
I wanted to feed the smaller one, but he kept running away! The other goat seems to have taken over from the Big Bully Goat, but only because BBG was still over the other side. Feeding the goats Part III
Finally the Big Bully Goat had had enough of being a wallflower and came to join the action: Feeding the goats Part IV
The videos are quite blocky, which they aren’t on my computer, so I don’t know whether it lost quality when it was uploaded. I didn’t know how big they were going to be (and didn’t know what the size limits for YouTube are), so I did it on a lower setting, but I’ll try the higher quality setting next time, to see how much of a difference it makes.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:11 am | [ Quote ]
Awww … cats are so cute when they play with those things. And the goats … OMG! is it just me or those goats look like dogs. I was never a fan of goats … ever! My boss has two (Frik and Frak, no lie :)) and she always tells me all about them.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:58 am | [ Quote ]
He tries to pull the end off the shoelace, and he gets a really psychotic look on his face while shaking his head from side to side to try to pull it off. Unfortunately I didn’t get that on video!
I never used to be a fan of goats, but some kids were born recently and they’re so cute!
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:27 am | [ Quote ]
Okay, just watched all your videos, and they were good quality, for me at least.
Okay now you’ve inspired me to take a look at this YouTube thing. Our cat thinks she’s a dog and gets the post each morning. I just HAVE to video that lol
Mandy
May 3rd, 2006 at 9:38 am | [ Quote ]
Cool videos!! We finally get to hear your voice.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:49 pm | [ Quote ]
lol, cats always look intense when they are playing. I think it’s hard for them to make the distinction between playing with string and hunting for prey, hence the scratches.
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:56 pm | [ Quote ]
Mandy: That’s good - maybe it was just my connection or something. A mail-fetching cat is definitely something you should be sharing with the world!
Yaya: Yep, as you can probably tell I’m actually only 7 years old
Fash: Maybe. I tell myself it’s nothing personal anyway!
May 4th, 2006 at 7:07 am | [ Quote ]
the videos are a little fuzzy, but you can still figure out what’s going on. Love the cat video–you kno wme and cat videos. Let’s start the Cat Video Club!
May 4th, 2006 at 7:32 pm | [ Quote ]
Steph: Yeah, I know. I’ll try the better setting next time and see how it goes. You’re on for the Cat Video Club!