Slow Motion Hummingbirds 1 HD 720p

[hjones1]

You still have the most amazing, most mesmerizing videos around.

[jcmegabyte]

@hjones1 Thanks a bunch  =) I'm glad you're still enjoying them! (although this is an older one)

[11sponge]

lolol if you look close you can see its tounge

[jcmegabyte]

@11sponge Check out the later vids in this series - the extreme slow motion really shows their tongues - and they're super long =) Thanks for stoppoing by!

[floodedkyro117]

HOW ARE YOUR WINGS NOT TIRED?????????????

[Irelenefer1988]

Their wings move so fast that they almost look transparent. Anna's Hummingbirds are beautiful.

[HummingBirdChannel]

They are indeed just a blur... I have taken some photos using the flash in which the wings were so clear and ghost-like that they look nearly transparent like plastic wrap. =) Thanks for stopping by!

[Drgonznot]

What was this shot on?

[jcmegabyte]

I used a Canon HF100 HD camcorder to film all these shots. The slowdown is only 1/4 realtime and is done in software during editing. My later shows (SloMo HB 5 and later) use 300fps and faster for some real slow motion action :-)

[sexxymama71283]

well that was boring. I cant remember why i clicked on this i was watching vids from that ultraslo guy and this shit came up. sorry i wasted my time.

[EveryWhichWayButStew]

@sexxymama71283 yet you still decided to waste even more of your time with a bullshit pointless comment......

[Blaze2524]

lol u can see its tung at 1:20 :p

[jcmegabyte]

Their tongues are really long and amazing... and appear to be forked at the end (which you can see in SloMo HB 5) :-) Thanks for stopping by!

[MsPurpleMonkey333]

thats cool! :)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much! Do check out the later ones too, particularly SloMo HB 5 and 8 - I did much better with those :-) Cheers!

[DSTU1982]

It's like they are swimming in the air ! fuleing up lol

[jcmegabyte]

It's definitely in-flight re-fueling, nature style! XD Thanks for checking it out =)

[Broockle]

so they have their wings at opposite sides at all times?

their wings look like a fan blowing downwards lol

nice vid ^^

[jcmegabyte]

Actually that opposite wing motion is just an optical illusion caused by the HD camera's rolling shutter. There is some more info inthe vid details about that. The wings really do move in parallel like one would expect. :-)

[bristles1000]

@jcmegabyte actually, its just that their wings are on opposite sidesa at all times

[coluna09]

it looks like stop motion..wtf?

[jcmegabyte]

The weirdness with the wing movement is actually an artifact of the camera shutter... There's some details about it in the vid description. :-)

[SparksSparkey]

they look silly in slow motion but it also make them easier to see.

[jcmegabyte]

They are definitely odd-looking little birds - sort of like flying swordfish penguins (especially as seen in the last half of SloMo HB 5) XD Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[bigthunderboom]

FAKE!

[4everSago]

allah nasil yaratmiş yarabbim

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for visiting :-)

[andyszczubelek]

he's just flapping around in a circular motion, looks like a bird couldn't fly that way.

thumbs up! :D

[jcmegabyte]

Some of the stuff that happens in nature is truly amazing when you slow it down enough to see it... Thanks so much for watching and commenting! :-)

[TheMrBlinx]

Give 'em beer to drink.

[jcmegabyte]

Interestingly, the sugar-water used for hummingbird food can ferment to a kind of natural beer in the feeder if left there too long, but the birds won't drink it... Maybe they've had hangovers before, or perhaps there's an AA for hummingbirds! XD

[TheMrBlinx]

@jcmegabyte More like aa.  :-)

[TheKnolloz]

wow i cant see its wings even in slow motion!

[jcmegabyte]

This is only 1/4 speed slow motion so they're still kind of blurry... Try SloMo HB 5 (last half) through SloMo HB 8 for some much slower (1/10 - 1/20 speed) footage - it's much easier to see them :-)

[Pinkster40K]

i'm surprised that their arms haven't fallen off!

[Theperson1231000]

@Pinkster40K they dont have any arms. :/

[Pinkster40K]

@Theperson1231000 well wings whatever!

[thefamousartist7]

That was simply amazing. I feel like I'm being hypnotized by those unbelievably fast wings.... :) Thumbs up!

[jcmegabyte]

There is definitely something hypnotic about slow motion - the wings beating in particular.. SloMo HB 5 and 8 feature much slower motion. Thanks so much for watching :-)

[MrZackSack]

When is there going to be a time warp cock slap

[esrabasak]

Amazing! Thanks God for hummingbirds and thank you for sharing this beauty.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! =)

[skyfire1129]

WACKY FLAILING INFLATABLE TUBE MAN

[ekblomdesign]

00:01

[TheLamas408]

It is amazing how stationary they are. It is like they freeze and unfreeze

[JcmdiStockFootage]

Their hovering ability does remind my of some kind of gyroscopic stability! The wing motion is a little weird because of the way the camera's rollling shutter works. The later vids in this series are better for slow motion. Thanks for checking it out :-)

[theflarpus]

That was beautiful...

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for the view and kind words - I'm glad you enjoyed the show! :-)

[131marti131]

WoW ! the NoW <3 =)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching!  =)

[UliWW]

Woow, I see this with wide open eyes. That's so fantastic thanks for sharing.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks again for watching! :-)

[h0lodice]

this is crazyyyyyyy

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking it out!

[CHLUMIREK]

Super!!!! :-) ***** -krása !!!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment! :-)

[Tevujin]

I jerked off to this video 5 times

[futokshock]

is it just me or do the wings look out of sync?

[JcmdiStockFootage]

Weird, isn't it? That is an illusion created by the camera's "rolling" shutter - objects in diffferent parts of the frame get captured at slightly different times, resulting in weird bending and alternating motion effects. This is only apparent when video shot at high shutter speeds is slowed down, in this case to 1/4 speed. In reality, the wings really do move in parallel. See SloMo hummingbirds 5 (2nd half) through 8 for true high-speed SloMo footage :-)

[tatsuebo]

what a great video! very nice!

[jcmegabyte]

Thatnks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the show :-)

[judygalz]

So cool!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for stopping by! :-)

[mcca3470]

It's so weird that their wings don't even flap simultaneously. It's like their treading air. Bizarre.

[jcmegabyte]

That weird out-of-sync effect is actually an illusion caused by the camera's high speed shutter and CCD sensor scan rate... the wings really do move in parallel. If you watch SloMo HB 5 (starting at about half-way thourgh it) and the sequels, you can see the high speed footage that shows how it really is :-)

[mogiczar]

its so wild to be able to see their tongue!

[jcmegabyte]

They seem to do a lot of licking right before they eat too - definitely funny to watch :-)

[jcmegabyte]

That's the recipe I use too :-) Thanks for the visit and great info!

[hardgreenhorn]

i also Love this sentimental Music you put in here!!

thanks for sharing!! ^^

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much! That is track 1 from my "Random" CD - it seems to go well with this sort of footage.. :-) Cheers!

[scheissaufGOOG2E]

he is addicted to sugar

[jcmegabyte]

Yup!  Sugar junkie for sure XD

[touchsmart0]

lol the second one looks like it was just throwing its wings around in any direction it could think of

[jcmegabyte]

It's funny how that camera give them that effect...All the footage I shot with the Canon HF100 came out that way, but when filmed with the Casio high speed camera, they appear stiff and well synchronized with each other. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[goubibo1]

the hummingbird is the only bird can fly bachwards ,

[jcmegabyte]

Their unique hovering ability lets them do all kinds of interesting maneuvering indeed - thanks so much for watching!  :-)

[IngridBloo]

@goubibo1 LOOOL AND IM GAY AND SAD???? LOOK @ WT U WATCH P/S THIS IS STRICTLYCLASSICS

[shmc66]

Absolutely magical! Exceptional filming of such wonderful little birds.  Beautifully done.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for the view and kind words! Cheers! :-)

[jackp4298]

nooo too much smart people!!!

[flipboitj]

a hummingbird flew by my head once. i totally thought it was a bee and i freaked out

[jcmegabyte]

They do look and sound a lot like large bees when they're zipping past or buzzing around and you can't see them clearly! Thanks for stopping by =)

[hurricanejones1]

This is so beautiful for an earlier work and your current work is astoundingly beautiful. A crown jewel of youtube!!When the sun hits just right the irredisent colors really show up.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! :-) I was still learning to use that camera at that point. Some shots were interesting so I put the first vid together and went from there.

The sun and camera angle are critical to get the feathers to light up. They're angled so that the complete head-dress glows brightest when the bird is flying directly at you, probably giving the bird a fierce-looking, "I'm gonna gitcha!" appearance to whatever it is approaching or attacking,. and they DO attack each other quite a bit! :-)

[hurricanejones1]

@jcmegabyte Your learning process is better than most seasoned veterans

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! You know how I feel about learning :-)

[acanthus211]

Beautiful on many levels--thanks !!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching - glad you enjoyed! Cheers! =)

[AMDKSA83]

who catch that fast turn around on 00:50

[jcmegabyte]

They are indeed amazingly agile! Thanks for watching :-)

[hurricanejones1]

This one is really nice and the soft music reflects the beauty of the hummingbird

[jcmegabyte]

This was my first HD set of shots. These are Anna's Hummingbirds. Up until I started really keeping track of them, I thought this was our only year-round resident species. Now I know that Allen's Hummingbirds are resident year-round too, although perhaps not is as large of numbers.

[hurricanejones1]

@jcmegabyte It doesn't have to high tech to make sense and be valuable art

[jcmegabyte]

'tis true - and even the weird wing-warping effect produced by the camera was somewhat artistic as well... an interesting side effect of technology!

[hurricanejones1]

@jcmegabyte AAAHH, the sting of technology is an itch that demands a scratch

[TheAelfymade]

Beautiful ! Thanks for this great work. And I really enjoy this music.

[jcmegabyte]

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying my music as well - thanks for the view and kind words! :-)

[thedudecalledpj]

Wow!

Even in slo mo theyre still fast!

[jcmegabyte]

That's for sure - I could use an even higher speed camera to film these guys! XD Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[SAGEthewisedragon]

what's the name of the music you use? nice vid btw :3

[jcmegabyte]

That song is "Ortni" byt Technician (yours truly).

You can find a complete discography of all my music on my website (link on my channel page), with links to download some tracks free.

Enjoy! :-)

[hoosierhiver]

mesemerizing

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[Alexbeatlejuice]

we just found out there's a nest of this beautiful birds right in our backyard! the babies are sooooo damn tiny

[jcmegabyte]

You're lucky to find that nest! In all the years I've been feeding and filming the many birds in my yard, I have yet to spot of of their nests. Thanks for stopping by and commenting :-)

[amainh]

Absolutely amazing! you must live in a great place to be able to film such amazing things.

[jcmegabyte]

It helps to have some natural areas nearby but even in the more densely populated places there are usually some cool things to be found, just sometimes it takes a LOT of effort and patience to find them! Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)

[iAMr3VOLution1]

check out dudes little tongue @ 1:28 . . lol crazy

[jcmegabyte]

Their tongues are amazingly long - you can see them a lot better in SloMo HB 5, 6 and 7 where I filmed them at 300 and 600 fps for some REALLY slow motion :-) Thanks for watching!

[harryjames556]

Amazing! Lovely Video But My Internet Speed Is Very Slow (0.5KB A Second) So It Took Adges To Load But Its Worth The Wait! (I Have TalkTalk Broadband If You Were Wondering) But So Stunning. Looks Just Off A HD Advert. Forgot Name Of It Though Lol :D

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed the show - thanks for sitting through the long download! :-)

[brandontwb]

Their brains must be clocked really fast, we must seem like we're moving in slow motion to them. Btw you call this slow motion? lol

[jcmegabyte]

It does appear that smaller creatures perceive time at a faster rate than we do, just based on their reaction speeds. It would be interesting to "get inside their heads" somehow to see it the way they do.

Granted, 1/4 speed isn't terribly slow as slow motion goes, but technically anything less than realtime qualifies. In the middle of SloMo hummingbirds 5, I got a Casio EX-F1 so most of my footage from that point onward is much slower (10x - 40x), although not in HD.

[DramaDon83]

My God!...How can it keep its body so still while its wings are moving so fast?..and backup and move foward at will?...I am amazed at this beautiful little creature..

[jcmegabyte]

Amazing little birds - aren't they? Thanks for watching! :-)

[mrsalmon1984]

So much beauty in this. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of the world :-)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for checking it - glad you enjoyed! :-)

[rickysgirl330]

Beautiful job on all your hummingbird videos! Thank you for sharing them!

Cheers,

Monica

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks again for all the attention and nice comments! =D

[Poodleinacan]

I like hummingbirds.

[jcmegabyte]

They're definitely cool little birds - thinks for watching! :-)

[animes25]

dude, I got some videos with 480 fps and 240 fps from humming birds and you can see their wings, so I bet your videos are as much at 120 fps, and you used a timewarp software like after effects to make the video slower but the camera is not capturing the wings so thats why the bending

[jcmegabyte]

Actually, my SloMo HB series was only shot with a 30fps HD camcorder and then slowed down 4x to 7.5 fps, so the slow motion is more freze-frame than high speed/slow motion. Starting from the middle of SloMo HB 5 I began using a Casio EX-F1, so the frame rate and fluidity is much better, although the resolution isn't as good as I'm sure you already know. I'll check out your stuff... thanks for stopping by! :-)

[sherrillwallace]

Awsome. Nothing matches the beauty of nature. Sherrill

[jcmegabyte]

Indeed =) Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[DaSchmidteh]

metrix with the wings much? lol it looks so awesome

[jcmegabyte]

The weirdness with the wings is an odd illusion created by the high speed shutter. I added some info inthe video details... =)

[TheJediCharles]

Strange, I don't know if it's an illusionary effect of the camera or true, but it appears that sometimes the wings don't even beat in unison. One wing is down when the other is up. Very odd. That doesn't even seem feasible to flight.

[jcmegabyte]

You're right - it's definitely an illusion. Freaked me out at first, too! I added some info to the vid details describing it a bit. :-)

[TheJediCharles]

@jcmegabyte

Oh, sorry. I see it now. While I did read your thorough and clear information on your cloud video, I missed this one.

I suspected it was the camera. That's a new curiosity we're going to have to get aquatinted with these days relative to old film camera technology. A single instant of image isn't necessarily of a single instant of reality. The top portion could be a different millisecond from the bottom as the image is scooped up in a rolling scan instead of a flash of entirety.

[jcmegabyte]

Actually, you didn't miss it - I added that bit after you commented. Seemed more appropriate to put the info there for others to read later. :-)

Yep - I think the CMOS scan progression vs. the shutter (which I've also heard called a "rolling" shutter) are the culprits in this case. Indeed we should be wary of photo and video accuracy, especaily when the images defy common sense or known physics. Cheers!

[josephraul1]

I like the videos you have here, but I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. You say you're using the HF100 up until HB5. I've tried a standard HD camera myself but the results aren't nearly as smooth when slowed down. What settings are you using on the camera and do you do any other processing other than slowing down the video? Thanks.

[jcmegabyte]

Yes, from HB-1 until the middle of HB-5, the HF100 was the only camera I used. It shoots at 30fps, 1080p (important: avoid 1080i). Shutter speeds range from 1/500sec to 1/2000sec. The footage is then slowed down 4x in Windows Movie Maker by using the "slow down by half" effect, twice, resulting in a 7.5fps final frame rate. No other effects or processes. Hope this helps! :-)

[swisscakeroll123]

ive seen one beforre in my backyard, i think it was a

female ruby throated humming bird

[jcmegabyte]

If you saw one, chances are good there are lots more! If you put a feeder out in spring or summer, you'd probably have them visiting in two or three days, which is about all the time it takes for them to find it and start setting-up territories around it. :-)

[swisscakeroll123]

@jcmegabyte oh well that was like 5 monthes ago

[Ashtonian54]

Absolutely wonderful!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for the gretat comment and visit! Cheers! :-)

[ACEGR1]

thats some hovering

[jcmegabyte]

They're very cool birds... Thanks for stopping by! :-)

[proximxr]

Dont hummingbirds' wings flap at like 260 times a second...or something like that?

[jcmegabyte]

I've read that their wingbeats range from 20 to nearly 100 cycles per second - the smaller the birds, the faster they flap. I had never actually done the measurement myself so I extracted all the frames from one of my vids this morning and did the calculations; At 300fps, it takes 6 frames (.02 seconds) for a typical female Allen's Hummingbird to complete one cycle (from front-to-back-to-front), which works out to 50Hz. :-)

[InfiniteLives95]

this WOULD be awesome if u were better at slow mo, madd choppy, MAKE A SMOOTH SLOW MO, this is wayy too fucking choppy

[jcmegabyte]

This was the best this equipment could do - shooting at only 30fps and slowed down 4x to 7.5fps, hence the choppy frame rate. Starting with the second half of SloMo HB 5, I got a Casio EX-F1 and started shooting at 300 and 600fps. The results are much smoother, although not in 1080p like the HF100 footage.

[tallynb]

i put this on and my cat just got mesmorized watching it

[jcmegabyte]

It has that effect on me too - maybe I'm part feline! XD Thanks for checking it out, and thank your cat too! :-)

[readyeddy101]

Wow!! awesome. You are one talented person to be able to put these types of videos together. Hummingbirds up so close and in such detail. They are marvelous creatures. Thanks for sharing this. Easy 5 stars

[jcmegabyte]

So glad you are enjoying my creations - thanks for the visit and great comment! :-D

[samirdabke]

incredible very very good , congratulations jc

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed - thanks so much for stopping by! :-)

[jenjonespeters]

Absolutely beautiful! I just love it...I've gotten into watching slow-mo videos since seeing the Pedigree commercial....have you seen it? I'll send you the link...it, too, is gorgeous!

[jcmegabyte]

I haven't seen that one (yet) but I'm always interested in seeing cool time lapse and slow motion sequences so please do send the link if you get a chance. Thanks for stopping by, too! :-)

[marek0123456789]

woow! u make soooo amazing videos!!!

you'r cool ^^

5/5 *****

-Markus

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for the great comment! Cheers! =)

[mwizard11]

What camera?

[jcmegabyte]

HF100 on this one too :-)

[Miracle67]

so cute!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[streetcamdvd]

the power of nature

great video

[jcmegabyte]

Indeed - nature provides us with some amazing sights! Thanks for visiting =)

[WwfHerosAndVillains]

awesome

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching these!  Cheers! =)

[horizont20001]

_*5æ^^A*M*A*Z*İ*N*G^^æ5*_

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for checking it out!

[Tadek59]

Awesome !

Great job !

5*****

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much!  :-)

[SandburgSpartans]

software?

[jcmegabyte]

Shot with a Canon HF100 HD camcorder at 1/2000 sec shutter speed, then slowed down 4x in Windows Movie Maker... that's it! :-)

[patzilla2000]

I miss having these around my old home. GREAT videos in this list as well some of your other lists. 5 star quality!

[jcmegabyte]

It really is nice having such cool critters come right to one's window. At least you you can come here to watch them any time you like! :-)

[jul1anx]

penis

[SandburgSpartans]

OMG, that's so true!!!

[mlkshabang]

im very proud of your video u have my blessing

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment! =)

[nodlon20]

Wow! This is spectacular! I love hummers! Thanks so much!  -------Marlene

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching and the nice comment :-)

[gunsopely]

so beautiful, I love how you can see the males wings in alternate motion moving in an "s" shaped pattern. so beautiful!

[jcmegabyte]

That camera does make some interesting effects in the wing motion. Not sure why - probably the CMOS scan rate or something. The latest vid (SloMo HB 5) uses a Casio EX-F! high speed camera for some of the shots, and show the wings mostly stiff, more like real life. Thanks for watching! :-)

[kazefin]

Infinity...

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for stopping by =)