{"id":259,"date":"2011-07-13T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T05:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2011-07-13T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T05:44:30","slug":"a-whole-new-artform-to-play-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"A whole new artform to play with"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took my new camera to Daisy Hill at the weekend, to explore its capabilities while <a title=\"Burblechaz\" href=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\">Other People<\/a> took their mountain bike up and down trails (and had a puncture &#8212; but that&#8217;s another story). Anyway, new camera has HD Video recording capability, and I was lucky enough to run into a wild kangaroo in the picnic area. The kangaroo was only interested in picnic remains (of which there were none &#8212; by and large, Australians leave their picnic areas tidy) and, having determined that I wasn&#8217;t edible, proceeded to ignore me. So I shot my first-ever video. I think my camera work could do with improving but still, a wild kangaroo this close, how cool is that?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfAvxQSci0k?hl=en&amp;fs=1\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since this was so much fun, I repeated the experiment with a not-so-wild koala at the Daisy Hill Koala Centre. It was almost dusk and the koalas were waking up and starting to move around. In fact, this was the most active koala I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14AnKJWdV_E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I still prefer photographs but it&#8217;s fun to try a movie from time to time. Meanwhile, here are the best of the weekend&#8217;s pictures.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-259 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=260'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0357-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-260\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-260'>\n\t\t\t\tThis branch looks more interesting&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=261'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0334-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0334-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0334-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0334.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261'>\n\t\t\t\tAh, bliss!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=262'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0324-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-262\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-262'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m comfy here&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=263'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0317-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-263\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-263'>\n\t\t\t\tA creek along the Paperbark Trail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=264'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0309-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-264\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-264'>\n\t\t\t\tMy bark is like, well, paper&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=265'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0308-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-265\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-265'>\n\t\t\t\tLots of Paperbark Trees\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=266'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0307-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-266\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266'>\n\t\t\t\tThe boardwalk through the trees\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=267'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0302-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m choosing to share my environment with you&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=268'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0296-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-268\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-268'>\n\t\t\t\tNo chips? Oh well.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took my new camera to Daisy Hill at the weekend, to explore its capabilities while Other People took their mountain bike up and down trails (and had a puncture &#8212; but that&#8217;s another story). Anyway, new camera has HD Video recording capability, and I was lucky enough to run into a wild kangaroo in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=259\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A whole new artform to play with<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}