Quick Wildflower Walk
By koopharper
@koopharper (7599)
Canada
July 13, 2016 7:58am CST
Thought I'd see how quickly I could create a slideshow from scratch this morning.
I have a late work shift today so I went for a walk to the river and back. Along the way I snapped fifteen photos of the wildflowers along the way. Most of them are very small and this camera doesn't do close ups very well. There are probably half a dozen varieties that are mixed in almost invisible in these pictures. Only goofed and got my shadow in one of them.
Loaded them up just now when I got back created the slideshow and published them. Probably all within an hour.
Not a world record but for the technically declined like me that's pretty good. My youngest son is going to help me in the future to make my own background music.
I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload)
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13 responses
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
13 Jul 16
My son has a free movie maker program he can install on my computer. He says I probably should get an external microphone to do what I want to do. I play harmonica and jaw harp, my wife plays flute and the mandolin and my daughter is learning guitar. I don't think any of us would have trouble putting together a background music loop.
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@LadyDuck (502177)
• Italy
13 Jul 16
@koopharper I am sure you are going to do a great work.
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@toniganzon (77082)
• Philippines
13 Jul 16
I can make slideshows using app in my phone. My computer can make a good video editing i was told but i just don't know how to use it at all. 
Maybe someday when I make my own youtube videos, I'd learn.
Maybe someday when I make my own youtube videos, I'd learn.2 people like this
@toniganzon (77082)
• Philippines
14 Jul 16
@koopharper my MacBook Pro comes with free video editing that I never got to use.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
14 Jul 16
@toniganzon My laptop is a cheap hand me down. So there are a lot of things it doesn't have besides a few things that don't work.
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
14 Jul 16
My son had a program that'll work. He just have to load it on to my laptop.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Jul 16
pretty cool. yes I was pretty proud of myself when I got coco on youtube. if you look up coconutgirl or coco, you might find it
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
17 Jul 16
I saw your comment but I didn't get to the link. Will go have a look from the link you put here.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Jul 16
@koopharper thats the one. i just did a post about it.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
17 Jul 16
Beautiful slideshow, I love wild flowers.
@bunnybon7 thanks for the suggestion
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
17 Jul 16
Glad you liked it. Should over time be able to put together a few more. Plenty of subject material here for it.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
13 Jul 16
We haven't been lacking in rain so when the sun is out the place is very green. The photos aren't even capturing it completely.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Jul 16
nice, going to go look now. I have to do this again sometime what fun. Just looked I love it.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
13 Jul 16
That is pretty neat and sounds like you were able to get the music going.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
14 Jul 16
Youtube allows you to pick from available music. It's easy but I want to take it a step further and make my own music loops with the family talent.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Jul 16
it is a lovely slideshow - subscribed to your Youtube page for these now
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
14 Jul 16
Thank you. Hope to make a few more like this. I am also intending to make a few how to instructional videos about wood working.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
17 Jul 16
I loved this and was fascinated by the wild flowers.
Thank you @bunnybon7 for suggesting this.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
17 Jul 16
Glad people liked it. I'm hoping to get my hands on my wife's tablet. The camera in that takes really good close ups while our regular camera does not. Thanks @bunnybon7 for the boost.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Jul 16
Very nice. Did your son end up helping you put music to this, or was that automatic with youtube?
I should take pictures of my weeds in my garden and then the progress I've made when I finally get some seeds into the ground after doing a major job weeding them. I've taken them before, the weeds, but I've never weeded the area totally so that I could plant something in their place. I hope to do that soon if the temps cool down some. If I do take pictures of my weed/flower garden, I could do something similar. Thanks for the idea.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jul 16
Nature isn't all weeds but beautiful wildflowers also.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
13 Jul 16
Most of these plants would be considered weeds. I think they have beautiful delicate flowers though. The evening primroses are very fragrant down by the river.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jul 16
@koopharper All wild plants are probably weeds but I always think of weeds as ugly with no flowers to redeems themselves.
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