Brusho paints

Wildlife nighttime video
The Badgers & the Cats
46sec​
https://youtube.com/shorts/V0lUMBtsi5s?si=6HcchdzDphQ5u98w

I have had some problems with YouTube recently. They appear to have been throttling (is that the right word) my views, and I was just getting 1 or 3 views for days on end instead of a few hundred for each video. So I went through all YouTube's explanations for this. And I was initially flummoxed. Seems that their AI/Bot/or whatever was thinking that I was infringing YouTube guidelines for posting.

But I was not infringing anything, so I watched each of my relevant videos with abysmal viewings. And I realised that the first clip on each of those with abysmal viewings was of the Fox coming in. This is Foxy Loxy. He comes in in exactly the same manner, exactly the same angle, and looks at the swing in exactly the same way, and then turns left into the bushes in exactly the same manner and the same way. I came to the conclusion that the AI or bot was assuming I was repeating my clips... and if YouTube thinks you are repeating stuff, they come down on you like a ton of bricks in one way or another.

Fortunately, I still had the originals of most of these videos. So I deleted all of those which just had 1, 2 or 3 viewings (apart from a couple which had some comments on them ) Then to my sadness, I had to take out Foxy Loxy from the beginning of pretty much most of them.

My foxes and badgers and cats are not paid actors, they do their own thing and I can't help it if they are creatures of habit and do exactly the same thing each time they come in my garden. AI seems to be interpreting that as I am repeating my clips.

Now, my viewings are back up to the hundreds again. And that was my answer... I shall have to have a word with the beasties to come in, in a different manner.... actually the answer is to put a few peanuts in a location for them to come in and smell and eat, and then they will go for the peanuts and then come back into the garden in a slightly different manner. I only need some subtle variations for YouTube AI/Bot to see it is a different clip of Foxy Loxy each time he comes in the garden...


Creative...Brusho powder pigments. On a blank postcard. Mixed some pigments into watercolour paints. Fine water spray, either before or after I apply the paint with brush or credit card. Drew the willow tree (using The Mustard Seed Garden for inspiration and instruction) when postcard dry with my black fountain pen (mislaid my multitude of Japanese brush pens for the moment). Then Brusho pigments. Sprayed the willow tree with water (I was fearful it might bleed, but my fountain pen ink appears to be waterproof) then picked up a few grains of pigment and sprinkled them. Repeat a few times for more leaves. Then leave to dry...

Have a good day.
Windy here with bright sun (which awoke in red clouds at dawn) and blue skies...