Lewisia rediviva

[McDonough]

David:  SUPERB video, and with the music selection, BRILLIANT!!!

On a side note, what software do you use to create such Youtube multimedia presentations?

[David Sellars]

Thanks Mark for your kind comments.

I am a long time Mac user so just use the software that comes with Mac. 

iMovie integrates well with iPhoto and iTunes so it is quite easy to put it all together.  I like the version of iMovie known as iMovieHD which dates from about 2006.  Subsequent editions of iMovie lost important functionality so I stuck with the old version.  I understand the very latest iMovie has restored the functions I need but I have not tried it yet as I am used to the old version.

Once you have completed the editing and added the sound track you convert the movie to Quicktime which can then be uploaded to YouTube. I fail to understand how YouTube can provide all that storage space for free.

[Booker]

David,
May I congratulate you on your beautiful videos which, I'm ashamed to admit, I have only just discovered.
Your hikes and flower portraits are stunning and deserve a much wider audience.
I was particularly taken with the Skyline Divide/Chowder Ridge hike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUVQ1yOAAs&feature=related)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUVQ1yOAAs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUVQ1yOAAs</a>

... what month was this hike completed please?
There has been some discussion on the AGS site recently about the need for video/television exploration to be made in the florally rich mountains of the world (in much the same way that the world's fauna has been rigorously explored) and these lovely examples simply emphasise this desire.

[David Sellars]

Cliff:

Timing for the Skyline Divide Hike is very much dependent on the snow conditions. We usually go every year around mid-August - it is something of a pilgrimage for us. However this year there is still quite a bit of snow on the ridge according to reports from the Mt Baker National Forest. The info is near the bottom of this table:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72DTUE8TAwgAykeaxRtBeY4WBv4eHmF-YT4GMHn8usNB9uHXDzYBB3A00PfzyM9N1S_IjTDIMnFUBADW0rdA/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjJNMDAwMDAwMDA!/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&cid=stelprdb5150431&navid=091000000000000&pnavid=null&ss=110605&position=Not%20Yet%20Determined.Html&ttype=detail&pname=Mt.%20Baker-Snoqualmie%20National%20Forest-%20Home

We may go up there this year in September!

[David Sellars]

There has been some discussion on the AGS site recently about the need for video/television exploration to be made in the florally rich mountains of the world (in much the same way that the world's fauna has been rigorously explored) and these lovely examples simply emphasise this desire.

Cliff:
I agree with you.  It always bugs me when there is a TV program on the natural history of wherever and the entire program is only on the fauna.  If there is any flora covered it is nothing more than a backdrop with no information on plant names or plant habitat.

[Spiegel]

David, you mentioned Mt. Baker National Forest.  One of my favorite hikes is there, I think - Corral Pass.  A lovely steep scree with huge mats of Penstemon rupicola and Collomia debilis v larsenii for starters.  Just a spectacular spot - have you been there?

[deesen]

Cracking video David, and I liked the music too.

I suppose it's too much to ask if anyone has any pictures of Lewisia magurei in the wild. I suppose also it's too much too ask if anyone has seed to spare!!

[David Sellars]

David, you mentioned Mt. Baker National Forest.  One of my favorite hikes is there, I think - Corral Pass.  A lovely steep scree with huge mats of Penstemon rupicola and Collomia debilis v larsenii for starters.  Just a spectacular spot - have you been there?

Anne:  We have not been to Corral Pass.  It is in the Snoqualmie Forest area south of Stevens Pass so it is more than a day trip from here.  Thanks for the tip.  We will check it out.