My Favorite Place On Earth

Allow me to introduce you to my favorite place on the planet, Flat Rocks. Everyone in our family, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters and kids, have been taking hikes to for more than a half century.

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Video Quality Comparison

I shot some video of our hike to Flat Rocks today.

I've been wanting to show a good comparison of video services and this seemed as good a time as any. I love the quickness of compression once you've uploaded a video to YouTube, but not the end result. The compression is weak.

I'm a big fan of Brightcove, which we use for all of our How To Videos at RealEstateShows.com. But this comparison is between Veoh and YouTube. Veoh delivers a great end result, but the compression usually takes hours. So, if you're wanting to get a video up and post it quickly, it can be a bit frustrating. But if you're not in a hurry... Veoh is great.

Here is the Veoh version:


Here is the YouTube version:

Turner Creek Panoramas

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Flat Rocks Panoramics - The First Ever

This is an uncropped panoramic shot taken while standing on "Flat Rocks." I wanted to leave this one uncropped so you get a better feel for depth. Here is a cropped version.

Here is a look back at Flat Rocks.

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269 Photos

I just took 269 photos in our creek. Panoramas to come. :)