600fps Slow Motion Hummingbird Feeding Closeup. Upscaled to 720pHD

[lyrical2k1]

So far three different hummingbirds come to my house, I've uploaded two videos so far

[Leemaya]

It's amazing that at 600fps the wings are still a blur. Gosh, I love nature. :)

[JcmdiStockFootage]

@Leemaya Thanks so much for visiting! =)

[chapstickspf]

How does the head NOT move!?!?!

[JcmdiStockFootage]

@chapstickspf Amazing, isn't it? I think they have built-in gyroscopes for extra stability! XD Thanks a bunch for visiting! :-)

[1234rinor1234]

If only i can move my hand as fast as his wings lol :D nice vid man.

[jcmegabyte]

@1234rinor1234  You could almost certainly get airborne if you could flap that fast! XD Thanks for stopping by =D

[carlosarturo]

forgot something

thanks to the whole humanity to get this hi tech

you made it posible for 2000s humans

each one of you in your own talent,id say this is one the main purposes of life

TO SERVE TO MY BROTHER,if you dont live to serve,you dont deserve to live

love you,from majico mejico

[carlosarturo]

lots of energy to keep flying

back and forth movement

the speed in its wings

fast on its direction changes,whos inside this amazing little choper,thanks

[jaavimusic]

2 people were hummingbirds

[atrejutipokmop]

woowww this is more beautifull

[JcmdiStockFootage]

@atrejutipokmop Thanks so much for watching! =]

[TheCheezePuffz]

Cant immagine how slow this is because you can hardly see a hummingbird's wings when they fly

[jcmegabyte]

@TheCheezePuffz At 600 frames per second, this footage is about 20 times slower than realtime speed  :-) They are indeed amazingly fast little birds!

[Echinopsis12]

Wunderschöne Zeitlupe! So konnte ich meinem 5jährigem Enkel viel über Kolibris erzählen und erklären.

[jcmegabyte]

@Echinopsis12 Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[SaramazinglyEnough]

His tongue is so CUTE!!!!

[jcmegabyte]

@SaramazinglyEnough Their tongues are amazing long too =) Thanks for checing it out!

[NewWorldAgriculture]

Creation and Designed by Jehovah God

[TheDario9111]

What a tiny tongue o.ò

[jcmegabyte]

@TheDario9111 They are really long, too! Thanks for stopping by! =)

[fearghal10]

@pacificrules I thought a while if it was worth getting into this, but I felt I had to bring it up: god's design? Really? Pray (get it, religion) why do you see this and think magic? And if you were right and god did design us then surely things like genetic disorders and other birth defects would prove this design was flawed, no?

[luigiperso]

wow....that was fascinating

[PeterFLOYDIAN]

2 votes 'don't like'????? HUH??????

Anyway... this is amazing, both the image capturing as the bird itself.

Wing beats that go from 15 to 80 per second!

That's an engine at good throttle. (4800 rpm)

[jcmegabyte]

@PeterFLOYDIAN Seems like whatever we humans come up with, nature's already done something better!  XD Thanks for checking it out =)

[odlaw18]

Beautiful

[HummingBirdChannel]

Thanks!  =)

[northbayintl]

amazing watching how he tries the flower first.. then step back and think and then realize that it was good and then feed himself properly....

[HummingBirdChannel]

There is definitely some taste-testing going on before the "real" feeding XD Thanks a bunch for watching and commenting! :-)

[TheMetalofilia]

I'm here just to watch a hummingbird feeding, I need a life

[roger88ge]

Q____Q hhoooo

[pacificrules]

Gods creation of flight in a humming bird particularly, is amazing. His design is flawless.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! =)

[1HarryH]

Awesome video ...incredibly wonderful flight

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for checking it out!  =)

[MrDarkTobi]

que ave tan bonita y alegre >w<

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! =)

[MrDarkTobi]

@jcmegabyte

no, thanks to you for show me this video. Great!!

[crazypete3]

What if the hummingbirds could see there world up to 400fps, it would make sense. They say when a human is close to death there fps goes from 30 to 60.

[jcmegabyte]

You're probably right - I suspect that smaller creatures have a much faster perception of their world, and we must move in extreme slow motion from their point of view XD

[markzilla6969]

amazing how still it's body stays while thee wings are moving soooo fast!

[HummingBirdChannel]

Yea - it's almost like the head has a built-in gyro, and the rest of the body/wings move independantly around it :-)

[barbyekat]

que bonito acercamiento realmente debemos cuidar bien a estos pequelos animales que nos ayudan a mucho

[HummingBirdChannel]

Thanks a bunch for visiting and the nice comment! =)

[barbyekat]

que bonito acercamiento realmente debemos cuidar bien a estos pequelos animales que nos ayudan a mucho

[barbyekat]

que bonita toma del collibri

relamente es de admirar como sobrevive

[danceswithcrayons]

Made my day, these birds always make me smile. Slow motion helps us see the magic even better. Can't thank you enough!

[HummingBirdChannel]

I'm happy you enjoyed this one - thanks a bunch for watching and the nice comment! :-)

[The8Animals8]

they are amazing.

[HummingBirdChannel]

Indeed they are - thanks for checking them out! =)

[CantHoldDownLeeFan13]

I like how the rest of its body is flapping but it's head doesnt move at all as it's flying :)

[jcmegabyte]

They are pretty amazing... even in slow motion. It's hard to imagine them doing this stuff at realtime speeds! Thanks for checking it out =)

[aisles23]

cool tongue!

[jcmegabyte]

Teir tongues really are amazing... and they're forked at the tip, too! :-)

[Roadzery]

how much RPM on wings?

[jcmegabyte]

For a bird this size, about 30 complete cycles per second is typical. Since each cycle consists of 2 wingstrokes; one from front to back and then a return stroke from back to front, the humming sound they make is actually about 60hz rather than 30hz, since each stroke contributes a sound pulse to the overall hum. :-)

[Roadzery]

@jcmegabyte so they are with a 2stroke runing on high RPM, i wonder whats the mile per galon :D

[jcmegabyte]

Yep! XD I think their MPH is pretty bad - they guzzle a TON of fuel! Cheers! =)

[Roadzery]

@jcmegabyte well they canchange that if they get a twinturbo runing at 4bars of pressure and Air/Fuel ratio of 13.50:1 on the fuel injectors :D

[spraymalathionjerry]

This is some great photographic work. Those little birds are beautiful.

[jcmegabyte]

Indeed they are - thanks so much for checking them out! =)

[LeLimeLine]

I just flew in from California and boy are my arms tired!

[jcmegabyte]

Interestingly, some hummingbird species (Ruby-Throats) fly across the Gulf of Mexico, non-stop (600+ miles) ... if that doesn't make one's "arms" tired, I don't know what would! XD

[StableD]

How awesome is that little tongue? It's like lip-smacking goodness, uh... beak-smacking goodness.

[jcmegabyte]

Yep - they really dig that sugar-water solution :-)  Thanks for stopping by!

[jcmegabyte]

I'm glad you like him (he's actually a her) :-) Thanks for stopping by!

[brluigi]

hermoso

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching!  =)

[abnormalmindset]

A truely beautiful animal! Thanks for the clip.

[jcmegabyte]

I'm glad you enjoyed the show - thanks for stopping by! =)

[horbergaren]

it must feel great to have that flying skill, i bet they only think where to go and it basically happens automatically, like we walk, basically no effort

[jcmegabyte]

I've often wondered if these birds can take these amazing abilities for granted or if they are capable of truly appreciating their ability to move about so freely in three dimensions, unlike us :-) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[DeLimasFreitas]

@jcmegabyte I think they appreciate it. Otherwise, they wouldn't use them!

On the other hand it's the same with humans, walking on 2 feet. Have you ever appreciated that?

[horbergaren]

@DeLimasFreitas i don't appreciate my ability to shit, but i have to use it

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for stopping by!  =)

[ShiroKage009]

Seeing how still it can be when it's wings are beating at something like 60-80 times a second makes me think: " "Human Ingenuity" has a long long way to go"

[jcmegabyte]

That's for sure! As advanced as we humans think we are sometimes, it seems like nature has already been there, done that in a lot of cases! XD Thanks for stopping by!

[popeye4th]

its good how they can keep there head so still

[jcmegabyte]

They must have built-in gyroscopes in their head to keep them so stable! Amazing little birds :-)

[SogniAzzurri]

Really wonderful and the video is so professional ! I only see chaffinches, tits and robins at my feeder but what a pleasure to have their visits :-)

[jcmegabyte]

Just about any wildlife can be a real pleasure to have around :-) I'm happy I could increase your experiences with our native species as well! Cheers!

[kakisback]

on the youtube side you are defenetley right, but thats just because putting the video on 720p doesnt necessarely mean its 720p every time, its more about the data rate... if they had an option for "original" like on some 4k videos (who has that big of a screen??) for low res videos too that would be nice...

[jcmegabyte]

I agree - the data rate is most important where compression is involved. A 4k screen and camera (and the hardware to handle it!) would sure be cool... Maybe some day... For now I'd be pretty happy with 1080p at 1000fps! :-) Cheers!

[Ishag69]

This is biological engineering at its best. I mean even in slow motion there are no faults. perfectly still.

[jcmegabyte]

Pretty impressive little birds, no doubt! Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[kakisback]

this is a really nice footage, but why do ppl keep thinking they can put this low res video in their HD project and magiacally invent new pixels? THIS IS NOT 720P! DONT BE STUPID! (sorry for the rage but its still really dumb)

[HummingBirdChannel]

The titles should say "upscaled to 720pHD" to avoid misleading viewers, so I've updated them. Upscaling with software Interpolation actually creates unique pixels to fill gaps between the original ones, rather than just enlarging them. Of course that's not original image data, but upscaled versions survive all 5+ YouTube resolution conversion processes better than LowRes/original footage. Since highest quality of final playback is the ultimate goal, upscaling may not be so stupid. Cheers! =)

[kakisback]

@HummingBirdChannel

oh so you think you can use the word interpolation and get away with it?

of course its upscaled, and do you even know what that means? an upscale process also happends when you push that little FullScreen button, your flash player takes the low res (720p) image and upscales it to fit our big ass FullHD screens, that process did not magically create a better image, it just enlarges the pixels. what you call "fill gaps" is just enlarging pixels so there wont be any dark space

[TheInternetSecurity]

You're wrong about that, and your condescending attitude makes you look even worse. Please go look up the definition of INTERPOLATION. When applied during upscaling, it DOES NOT just enlarge original pixels, it fills the empty space between the original pixels with NEW CALCULATED pixels, based on the surrounding data. Also, uploading an upscaled/interpolated video better preserves the original video quality after youtube's processing. It's pretty simple and NOT so stupid as you put it.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for explaining that - I think most people don't really understand the process very well. You're absolutely right about upscaling with interpolation for better quality YouTube results... I did a bunch of experiments to see what worked best, and found that the upscaled and interpolated footage produced a MUCH better quality youtube video compared to just uploading the native low-res footage alone. Anyway, thanks again for the positive response! Cheers! =)

[kakisback]

@TheInternetSecurity ok so your upscaling program is magical and assumes that between a green pixel and a white one theres a LIGHT GREEN ONE! thats just awesome. im impressed.

actually is better to preserve the footage with its original res:

every time you up/down scale an image, its like runnging it through a net, the first net is your cameras sensor, the second is the program. if the program is set to the same res (net size) the image will come out fine, if its not, ure gonna loose info.

[kakisback]

@TheInternetSecurity continuing here...

if the net is exactly *2, youre image will be upscaled perfectly, surrounding your green pixel with other green ones.

the interpolation takes a color witch is kinda in the middle of 2 pixels and puts it there, creating a JPEG effect, that is not pretty. so if you wanna continue intepolating go ahead. it doesnt make this video HD, it makes it a scrubbed LD (low def?). the image will look much sharper using the original resolution.

[TheInternetSecurity]

Some good info there! In it's simplest form, interpolation does just what you said. However, many interpolation algorythms reach out beyond adjacent pixels to "estimate" color and pattern trends. Some do a remarkable job of "simulating" sharpness/clarity, although you're right, nothing beats the original image, and most ANY re-processing results in video info loss. Even so, upscaled videos seem to survive youtube's heavy compression better than the smaller original video, so far as I've seen.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for the info and interesting conversation...

It should also be noted that I wasn't trying to make a "true" HD video out of LowDef footage (which would be impossible) - I was only trying to get my footage through all the processes with the best end-result. I test-uploaded the native footage as well, but upscaling to 720p produced much better quality YouTube playback - especially when using the 720p button without expanding it to full screen. (but it helped with full screen too)

[iSOBigD]

@kakisback You have to keep in mind that even super expensive high speed cameras (costing as much as several cars) still shoot at low resolutions if you want thousands of FPS or more, so you can't expect a $1000 camera to shoot this in HD.

[pdboone]

wow, super epic... nice

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for stopping by! :-)

[volkovmodel1]

its a trip when ur high! lol

[AvengeSasuke2008]

wow hummingbirds have tongues? :D

[jcmegabyte]

Yep - really long ones, too, and they may even be forked at the end, as it appears at one point in my "Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5" vid :-)

[UphyXx]

awesome...I wish humans could do that :D

[jcmegabyte]

Me too! What a cool way to get around :-)

[TheDJVAQ]

Its still moving pretty fast

[jcmegabyte]

That's for sure! Thanks for watching! :-)

[KingKKevinKev]

amazing!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much! :-)

[Ebob101]

COOL

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking it out! :-)

[RoNaLD0sLaSh]

beautiful !

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[08wambo]

wow

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching! =)

[sevenender]

wow awesome!!!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for checking it out! Cheers!  =)

[ccj1221]

Fantastic video,thanks for sharimg.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for the ncie comment! Glad you liked it  :-)

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed - thanks so much for watching! :-)

[hurricanejones1]

Is this a male or female?

[jcmegabyte]

This is a female Allen's Hummingbird... she is looking a bit raggedy here because she's in the middle of molting for summer. After a couple of weeks she'll be all bright and shiny with new plumage. These are one of our most common species, and right now there are 3 of them in the trees and patio right outside my window, fighting over the feeder I hang there for filming! :-)

[hurricanejones1]

@jcmegabyte She's a bit more colorful than some. I've tried to get them at my house with specific plants and a feeder, but there's probably too many other birds to scare them off...so the feeder just evaporates...sad

[jcmegabyte]

It's unlikely that other birds would scare them - they don't take any crap from anyone! Lack of hummers could be due to winters which are too cold for residency, and migratory species may pass through or go around your area due to geography. If any are around, it takes them a few days to find a feeder, but even migrating birds will remember its location, and stop by every year. Sugarwater also goes bad quickly in warm weather and needs to be changed. Do you ever see hummers there at all?

[hurricanejones1]

@jcmegabyte I saw one once in my garden and she looked very plain brown.That was late spring and I then got a feeder and haven't seen one since. The yellow jackets sure like it, and my bird baths...

[jcmegabyte]

Bees and other insects can be a problem. Some feeders have screens to keep them off but nearly all feeder drip, which attracts bees, ants and other critters. There are of course solutions to those issues as well... Most female hummers have creamy-white bellies and green backs. Of you saw a most brown/tan one, it was probably a male Rufous migrating through. They are VERY beautiful close up. I'll send you a picture :-)

[Ann80909]

beautiful! - thank you so much for sharing - I'll be checking out your other videos for sure!

[jcmegabyte]

So glad you enjoyed this one - thanks for the nice comment :-) I hope you enjoy the rest as well!

[spraymalathionjerry]

Great video of a hummingbird.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much!  Cheers! =)

[brad10474]

@spraymalathionjerry its a colibri you fuck

[depra18]

esta es una excelente imagen ver en camara lenta el movimiento de las alas de un colibri

[jcmegabyte]

The Casio EX-F1 is really a great camera for filming things like this. Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)

[Diego18tv]

he dont move his head at all!

[jcmegabyte]

Amazing isn't it? It's almost like they have a built-in gyroscope for stabilization :-)

[animelover3083]

wow coool did any on e see his tougth :)

[jcmegabyte]

It's interesting what the slow motion can show :-) Thanks for checking it out!

[mousitsoula]

aaaaw he likes it! nom nom nom, moreee!! :)

[jcmegabyte]

It's amazing how much these birds eat... it only takes a few of them to drain my feeders every few days :-O

[arizonaphoto]

The super slo-mo is really cool!

[jcmegabyte]

I'm pretty happy with this camera - You get to see so much more cool stuff when you really slow it down... Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[AuGael]

Simply beautiful! Thank you.

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed - 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 the view and kind words! Cheers! =)

[JDvorak2009]

Ok i will use that program and see what I can do. Never tried any software from the computer to slow things down before! Good tip!

[JDvorak2009]

Is there a way to make a slo mo video of a hummingbird using a Kodak DX5340 camera? Or is my ship sunk? I really like the way your video t urned out. it's awesome!

[jcmegabyte]

I'm not familiar with your camera, but slow motion video needs to be shot as fast as possible. A Casio EX-F1 was used here, shooting 600 frames per second(fps), played back at "normal" speed of 30fps results in a 20x slow down. Most video cams only shoot at 30fps, and you CAN slow it down in software (like Windows Movie Maker) but it will look choppy the slower you go. Experiment and see what happens :-)

[eduardorimoli]

This is your best slow-motion (that I've seen)! Very good focus and smooth movements! I don't know if this is too much of a work, but you should stick with this setup and camera... what is the effective fps? 30?

[jcmegabyte]

This one did turn out pretty decent. Since I shot this one, I've done a ton more (some better, some worse) and I always get interesting results when I experiment with different lighting and techniques. My JCMDIStockFootage channel has a lot of recent clips. In this clip, the playback frame rate is 30fps, giving a 20x reduction in speed from realtime 600fps shooting rate. :-)

[AEvision]

Great vid, I've got the same camera and it's loads of fun with all its great features. I was reading your video description and I was wondering what you meant by "upscaling" to 720HD; what is it and how is it done?

Thanks :)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking this out :-) Upscaling is much simpler than it sounds... just load the footage into Windows Movie Maker (or whatever editor/production program you use to make your videos) and then render (save) the video in 1280x720p format. WMM automatically scales-up and fits the video into the requested output frame size. Although the original clip from the F1 is much smaller, it can look surprisingly good when upscaled if it the lighting and focus was good when it was shot. :-)

[AEvision]

Thanks for the prompt reply, I will give it a try :)

[pandamanda91]

What a beautiful video. I love these birds so much-I tattooed one on my ankle. I love to watch them eat out of my feeder.. Thanks!

[jcmegabyte]

Even after so many years of watching and photographing them, they are still fascinating to watch right outside my window. Glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching and commenting =)

[MusicVideo1159]

Why are you acting like you own the video o.o

[jcmegabyte]

This is one of my 7 main channels. I have so many videos that I try to "channelize" them by theme so it's easier for viewers to find the stuff they are most interested in. :-)

[GiffordMusic]

Maybe he does and he has another youtube account?

[guidosguitarlounge]

very cool. bravo.

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much for watching :-)

[jcmegabyte]

I sure wish *I* had a pair of wings like that, too! :-)

[GMPNY]

Fantastic, thanks so very much I ♥ Hummingbirds ☺

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching! I will have lots more coming :-)

[odlaw18]

Love it. Thanks so much.

[jcmegabyte]

My pleasure - more to come! :-)

[mooseling1]

600fps and it still has some blur on the wings!!

[jcmegabyte]

Crazy, isn't it? :-O I will have to try and crank the shutter speed up to feeze the wings a bit better during each frame, but the light level becomes a problem if it goes too high. Much more to come as I learn to use this new camera!

[Qdude10]

is that white thing sticking out of its beak is it's tongue?

[jcmegabyte]

Yes - and it's quite long , too, when they stick it all the way out!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! :-)