https://youtu.be/xZLXYlbT-jc

If you're one of the millions of people like me stuck at home in quarantine or practicing social distancing, than also like me you probably need something to take your mind off the pandemic and all the other problems that are facing us in these troubled times. Join me in making the best of a bad situation by participating in the #ThroughMyWindow video challenge.
The only hard and fast rule is that the video must be filmed of the outdoors from within your home. Be sure to use the hashtag #ThroughMyWindow when you upload it to Youtube.

A few tips:

Get creative with camera angles.
even if you only have one window and one view, if you have a telephoto lens you can break that view up into dozens or hundreds of different scenes. If you don't have a telephoto lens and you camera shoots 4k video you can crop into that footage and get digital telephotos withe 1080p or 720p resolution.

Play with time.
Filming a timelapse video can make the most boring scene exciting! Any camera can do it - you can take even just a minute long clip and speed it up into an exciting 5 second timelapse. Just be sure to keep your camera motionless while recording.

Watch for Wildlife.
Even if you live in the middle of the city, there still exists the opportunity to capture video of wildlife! Pigeons, sparrows, and even insects or spiders on the window glass make great subjects.

Flowers and foliage
A patch of daffodils waving in the breeze is great, but anything green and growing will do! Trees, bushes, even a grassy lawn could be used to add variety to your video.

Add Music.
Be sure and add music to your video! Pick something that matches the mood of the footage you've captured, or pick the music first and then film a video to match. When you're editing, listen to the music and edit to the flow of the song. Every song tells a story, and so music makes a good guide with which to structure the story of your video. Youtube has a free music library for creators that you can use, or you can use music from a site like https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Have fun and stay safe - I'm looking forward to seeing what people create!

I wasn't sure where to put this - if the mods could put this thread in its proper place please do so!

Great tips.  Don't forget you can practice macro photos too.

Great tips.

DAFlys Posted at 3-30 02:27
Great tips.  Don't forget you can practice macro photos too.

Good point! I spent hours photographing jumping spiders with a macro lens this past week.

The time lapse stuff is pretty rad

Illuminations Posted at 3-30 09:16
Good point! I spent hours photographing jumping spiders with a macro lens this past week.

Get any good shots?

Cool work!

bryancolvinfilm Posted at 3-30 23:19
The time lapse stuff is pretty rad

Thank you!

DAFlys Posted at 3-30 23:54
Get any good shots?

How about this? I'm also compiling video footage of jumping spiders for a future video.

Montfrooij Posted at 3-31 00:38
Cool work!

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 3-31 09:30
Thank you!

My pleasure!

Illuminations Posted at 3-31 09:29
How about this? I'm also compiling video footage of jumping spiders for a future video.[view_image]

Wow, that is beautiful!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-31 09:37
Wow, that is beautiful!

Thanks, it took all afternoon to shoot and edit - I used focus stacking to get the spider all in focus like that, so this image is a composite of 14 separate photos.

Illuminations Posted at 3-31 12:36
Thanks, it took all afternoon to shoot and edit - I used focus stacking to get the spider all in focus like that, so this image is a composite of 14 separate photos.

Wow. It surely paid off!

Illuminations Posted at 3-31 09:29
How about this? I'm also compiling video footage of jumping spiders for a future video.[view_image]

Thats fantastic.   Are they for want of a better term pets?

DAFlys Posted at 4-1 00:49
Thats fantastic.   Are they for want of a better term pets?

No, though there are a few that have claimed rooms in my house as their territory and scuttle around on the ceilings.

Illuminations Posted at 4-1 11:06
No, though there are a few that have claimed rooms in my house as their territory and scuttle around on the ceilings.

oooo,   Fly spray should kill them.

Thanks for share.