Horticulture

Simply defined, Aquaponics is a small ecosystem where plants and fish can thrive together in a symbiotic relationship. Breaking the word down we have “Aqua” and “Ponics”. ”Aqua” is representative of aquaculture, where aquatic animals are farmed or raised. ”Ponics” is representative of hydroculture which when plants are cultivated using nutrient rich water. Independently, both of these systems have a significant amount of water and nutrient waste. Aquaponics is a beautiful combination of these two farming technologies. Beautiful, because when they are done together, there is no waste and their is a high yield of both plants and fish. Aquaponics systems can be built in many shapes and sizes and can well adapt to almost any climate with only minor modifications to the system.

• published: 06 May 2012
• views: 642

This is kind of the sequel to "light rain" with footage from around the Grevillea gardens after the rain cleared and the sun came out. I guess I was looking at a few different things with this footage - apart from the beauty of rain drops on flowers. I was also trying to shoot as still an image as possible - without actually shooting stills - as this is the feel I like with macro footage. So I was trying different techniques for shooting in both rain and wind with macro up to 5 x life-size. The other aspects I am always trying to build into these short collections of footage are the wider 'On the Verge' and 'Conservation by Cultivation' projects. These kind of intertwine in my life as I explore the issue of endangered Western Australian plants and the opportunities for (and challenges to) cultivating this amazing biodiversity on the more humid East Coast and thus helping ensure their ongoing existense. Many of the species shot in this footage are endangered - so I have noted some of these at the end. For me any increased awareness and appreciation of these beautiful but vulnerable plants is a good thing ... and the basic reason I go out and find, grow and/or photograph them. See also : light rain : http://vimeo.com/20422978 On the Verge: http://vimeo.com/15766936 Technical stuff: all footage shot on a Canon 5D2 with 65mm MP-E or 200mm Micro Nikkor mounted on a Really Right Stuff Ground Pod and macro rails rig' Edit in Adobe CS5.5. As with "light rain" most of the grading was actually done in Adobe Camera Raw via After Affects.

• published: 26 May 2011
• views: 781

Simply defined, Aquaponics is a small ecosystem where plants and fish can thrive together in a symbiotic relationship. Breaking the word down we have “Aqua” and “Ponics”. ”Aqua” is representative of aquaculture, where aquatic animals are farmed or raised. ”Ponics” is representative of hydroculture which when plants are cultivated using nutrient rich water. Independently, both of these systems have a significant amount of water and nutrient waste. Aquaponics is a beautiful combination of these two farming technologies. Beautiful, because when they are done together, there is no waste and their is a high yield of both plants and fish. Aquaponics systems can be built in many shapes and sizes and can well adapt to almost any climate with only minor modifications to the system.

• published: 06 May 2012
• views: 642

This is kind of the sequel to "light rain" with footage from around the Grevillea gardens after the rain cleared and the sun came out. I guess I was looking at a few different things with this footage - apart from the beauty of rain drops on flowers. I was also trying to shoot as still an image as possible - without actually shooting stills - as this is the feel I like with macro footage. So I was trying different techniques for shooting in both rain and wind with macro up to 5 x life-size. The other aspects I am always trying to build into these short collections of footage are the wider 'On the Verge' and 'Conservation by Cultivation' projects. These kind of intertwine in my life as I explore the issue of endangered Western Australian plants and the opportunities for (and challenges to) cultivating this amazing biodiversity on the more humid East Coast and thus helping ensure their ongoing existense. Many of the species shot in this footage are endangered - so I have noted some of these at the end. For me any increased awareness and appreciation of these beautiful but vulnerable plants is a good thing ... and the basic reason I go out and find, grow and/or photograph them. See also : light rain : http://vimeo.com/20422978 On the Verge: http://vimeo.com/15766936 Technical stuff: all footage shot on a Canon 5D2 with 65mm MP-E or 200mm Micro Nikkor mounted on a Really Right Stuff Ground Pod and macro rails rig' Edit in Adobe CS5.5. As with "light rain" most of the grading was actually done in Adobe Camera Raw via After Affects.

• published: 26 May 2011
• views: 781