We had a quiet Shabbat; I was surprised and pleased that we had 15 people at services on Zoom this morning.

This evening, I imported the photos and videos of the monarch butterflies that I’d taken with my big camera. Some of the still shots with the big camera were nice – being able to zoom in helps.

Many of the videos were unwatchable because of camera shake (I didn’t have a tripod). I am really impressed with how well the iPhone 13 Pro does image stabilization! I tried stabilizing one video with iMovie, and it helped, but it’s still a bit shaky.

It’s good to practice before going to Africa next year (I hope).

Lance Milbrand is one of the members of the Silver Tongued Cats Toastmasters Club. He’s also a very talented nature videographer; last week, he sent the club a short video he’d taken at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary. It was beautiful and inspired us go to there today.

Traffic was not kind; the trip took nearly two hours each way. But it was worth it to see the butterflies with our own eyes (and with binoculars, which I highly recommend), as well as to take some photos and video. My video isn’t as good as Lance’s, but here it is!