what a beautiful video. You may want to take a look at my videos of a hummingbird landing on my nose and one landing on my lower lip. I am very careful not to hurt them. Thanks again for this beautiful video.
I'm glad you liked this one - thanks for watching :-) If you have these birds in your yard, you might consider putting a feeder up near a window where you can get a good look at them close-up! Cheers!
We're blessed. Your music really respects the majesty of nature, and this little bad ass in particular. Well syncopated. I can't help but gush... This is just one of your awesome works of priceless art! 1:07 through 1:14 are priceless! Wow, it's at 2:27 through 2:32 at the end too! Thanks for the encore modern dance performance! And the bow at 1:23 Thank you for what you do!
This camera (Canon HF100) really does some weird stuff with the high speed shutter, making the bird look almost animated when the frames are slowed down a lot. It's a trippy effect! Starting with SloMo HB 5 (half-way through the vid) I'm using a Casio EX-F1 for "true" slow motion, so the birds look a little more realistic and lifelike :-) Anyway, thanks for stopping by!
@MrTimbojim i didn't doubt that you knew it was real, bro. To me, the slow frame rate effect here looks comparable to stop motion animation. I noticed you have some cool stop motion animation on your channel, so I was just wondering if that is what you meant.
@MarSkai hey thanks! i didnt mean it looked like stop motion (although now that you mention it, it does look like it) i think it just looks straight up animated. it would be hard as heck to stop motion a humming bird. awesome nontheless
Strange effect, isn't it? It seems to be caused by the rolling shutter method used by the Canon HF100 HD camcorder. It's not so obvious until you use the high-speed shutter function, and slow down the footage to about 1/4 speed.
The first 4, and part of the 5th Slow Motion Hummingbird videos I did using the HF100 have this effect. Starting with SloMo HB 5, I used a Casio EX-F1 high speed camera for slow motion, and the wings look a lot more normal after that point. =)
You've really captured the irredescent qualities in the feathers that give humming birds their destint markings. That music is right in sync with the timing of the wing movements!How much footage did it take to have this beautiful end result?
Getting the camera and light angles just right is the real trick; the birds have to be facing directly into the sun to light-up the feathers. The sun was directly behind the camera for only 30 minutes or so right at sunrise, so I had to set up and ready for that male to show up during that short time. He visited only once, and stayed for about 10 seconds or so, during which time I shot all the footage used here, including one quick camera move/re-zoom.
@jcmegabyte That's so fascinating how birds are so responsive to sunrise. They're hungry and know where to get it, and that's why you're so smart and get this! They're paying you back for food by being your models!
Thanks for checking it out! I do allow free use of my footage for non-profit purposes... drop me a note and I'll send you the info (it's posted on my channels and website also)
Nice job! Awesome colors! if you get a chance check out the PhantomHD camera site samples.. they have a hummingbird clip on there that was shot at I believe 20,000 FPS.. its ridiculously jaw-dropping footage (as is the price of the camera too!) never knew till i saw that clip that a hummingbird actually flaps its wings in a figure-8 pattern.. amazing stuff!
thanks for this one too! I suppose you know the legend of the colibri , who wanted to put the out in the Rain Forest! I suppose the colibri is just another name for the humming bird. See 'appel aux 4000 colibris" by pierre Rabhi, on YT.
It kind-of does look animated... The (Canon) HF-100 camcorder does some interesting things with the image scan, which are much more apparent when you slow the frame rate down. The bent/curved wings and opposing wing strokes are just an illusion though - my Casio EX-F1 shows that they are mostly stiff and straight, and move in parallel to each other. I guess that just goes to show that you can't always trust photographic/video images! =)
It was tricky to time the movements with the music but I managed to get fairly close. I'm glad you noticed that! Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
It's very real... I gave some details in Slo Motion HB2, but basically it's shot with an Canon HF100 HD camcorder with a shutter speed of 1/2000th second, then the playback was slowed down by 4x, 8x, and 16x in Windows Movie Maker. No animations or any other tweaking was done. The birds (especially the males) have highly irridescent feathers which glow amazingly bright when the lights hits them just right. That's the real trick - getting them to look into the light just the right way. =)
What a marvellous film! I just love it. I really do not know whom to applaud here...you, the humming bird of Technician! I guess all of you contributed in a perfect way to make it look like ONE GREAT FILM! Thank you.
Thanks so much for the great comment! I can take credit for the photography, editing and music, but the birds... well they're just very cool, and it wouldn't have been much of a show without them!
I've got lots more Hummingbird projects in the works so it you like them, stay tuned! (Also, there is more on my "hummingbirdchannel"). :-)
Most of the shots were filmed from about 2 feet away, using a small amount of zoom to get even closer. The camera is on a tripod near the feeder and is adjusted by remote control (zoom, focus, exposure, etc.) The birds definitely know it's there but are quite brave and once they see it's not a threat they come on in and feed. =)
Thanks for the nice comments! Yes, I wrote this music about 23 years ago, using a Roland D-10 synth and Yamaha QX-21 sequencer, long before I had MIDI sequencing software for the PC. :-)
My family bought a hummingbird feeder for me last month for my birthday. I was hoping to entice them so I could film them. Unfortunately, it enticed a lot of ants! I finally got a nice 600fps shot of a hummingbird though. It went for some flowers BY my feeder and hovered around long enough to get 13 minutes of HS of him, (or 39 seconds in real time). Love the hummingbirds! I'd love to film some of the colorful ones like in your videos.
I haven't any trouble with ants/bees yet (fortunately) Hanging the feeder on a long wire from the house eve (where there aren't many ants) helps keep to them from finding it.
Great hummingbird footage you have in your latest vid! I definitely gotta get me one of those cameras :-)
I have my feeding hanging off a long stem of a palm tree, about 10' up, yet those ants found it in less than 24 hours. What I ended up doing to prevent them from getting to the feeder was to coat the stem with Vicks- they can't crawl through that!
Actually, they WILL land if there is perch right under the "flower". If you are REALLY patient, you can stand by the feeder with your finger under the flower and they will sit on your finger and drink, once they get used to you being there. There are several videos on YT showing people doing that.
That was at 1/2000th of a second shutter speed, too! I tihnk it would take a really fast strobe to freeze the wings in super detail, but that would certainly scare the birds away (and they would probably never come back!) :-) thanks for watching!
They sure do look fat, don't they? Surprisingly, these birds are incredibly light and most of their bulk is nearly weightless feathers. Under that mass of fluffy feathers is the scrawniest little bird body you've probably ever seen! :-)
It was all shot at 1080p, 30fps with several shutter speeds, mostly 1/2000, 1/1000, and 1/500 second. The playback frame rate was then slowed to 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 speed (depending on which scene you're viewing) in software for the final movie. More details int he description for my SloMo HB 2 vid...
I got a postcard of one of these in Texas, but my photos of the Ruby Throated HB are only of it in the tree. When it came down to the feeder,it was so small it disapeared behind it and all I got was the feeder! I am adding this to my Favourites,along with some of your other ones, I want to watch it again!
how fun! Of course, you can take your own snap shots by hitting the pause button and taking in the view. The colors change so fast - this is really neat stuff. Thanks.
I can feel your love for your videos. I enjoyed them so very much. Just beautiful. You may want to see mine of one feeding out of my mouth. Thanks again.
I definitely do enjoy filming many of nature's little jewels like this. :-) I saw several of your videos - very creative ideas and camera angles. You should be able to get all kinds of interesting shots with those techniques. =D
I keep watching it over & over, wanting to paint a picture from it. I wish that I had a photo from it... one that I could get devoloped and carry into my studio!
I'll bet you could watch it in full-screen HD, pause the video where you want it, then take a screen shot (using the screenshot capture keys: ALT-PrtSc in Windows) then paste it into MS paint and print it out! :-)
I need to get a new cam !! Love these hummers myself ,,though with each year their numbers have drasticaly fallen ,heavey chemtrails I suspect due to many other small wildlife declines I try to keep a good enviorment for living..tree frogs and small bat's that feed on my night blooming moonflowers as well as many mouths ..lizards and such are all good watchdogs to problems from contaminations ..I hope my hummers show this spring,,they went missing mid-summer 08 -they were very few in numbers..
It sounds like you are in a more northerly location where summer migratory species may not always reach each year. Hopefully that is the case rather than poisoning issues.
Resident and migratory species here in the desert are pretty consistent from year to year in both variety and numbers, in spite of the heavy trails we experience (especially in fall/winter/spring when the atmosphere is cool/humid). Anyway, I hope your birds return this year! :-)
This is very cool. I'm watching in standard def. The effect you used almost makes each frame look like it was hand drawn animation.
I wish I could get ahold of a high speed camera. What is the HF100? If that a hispeed film camera or have they come out with an HD camera capable of high speed shooting?
Thanks for watching this one... The Canon HF100 is a consumer-level HD camcorder (goggle the model number for specs) that's VERY reasonably priced. I picked this one up at Tiger Direct for 499. It is not actually a high-speed HD camera (I wish it WAS!) but DOES have a very fast shutter speed (1/2000) of a second which will freeze fast motion (mostly) if the lighting is intense. I put some info at the end of Slo-Mo hummingbirds 2, also. :-)
Just watched this video with HD as my connection was fast enough today and it is Fantastic! The little birdy was looking at the camera too! Your love and photography of nature makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, it really is very aesthetically pleasing and the music is very nice too, thanks! Linda
Thanks so much for this great comment :-) I'm glad you had a chance to watch in HD - it really does make a huge difference. On days when your connection is too slow (the video keeps pausing to catch up), just press the pause button and let it download while you go do other stuff. Then, a little while later, go back and hit play and you'll get no interruption in playback. :-)
I had a 30 minute window of early morning sunlight at just the right angle to light the bird up like that. It took several days of testing and a LOT of patience! Thanks so much for noticing and checking it out :-)
It's recorded in realtime, but with a shutter speed of 1/2000th sec. Lighting is critical, and takes a lot of trial and error (more error than anything!) to get it just right. Then once I have the footage in realtime, I slow it down 2x to 16x to get the stop motion and slow frame rate effects. :-)
Slo-Mo hummingbirds 2 has a really cool sequence where the bird's wings are in near-perfect sync with the shutter (1st half of the video) and appear to stop while the birds floats and looks around!
Without the light shining on them at just the right angle, the feathers are a very dark brown-black shade. The feathers actually absorb all colors except red, which they only reflect in one very specific direction. :-)
Hummingbird feathers come in a variety of colors and are beautiful. As with all two-leggeds the male is most colorful to attract the females. Yes!! Hummingbirds have legs just like any other bird. They are held close to the body while in flight. I used to feed the hummingbirds for 5 years before I moved. They used to perch on my deck rail and I would walk right up to them. Hummingbirds are fascinationing to watch.
I've also noticed that the males use their bright colors to intimidate the competition. When they look/fly directly at you (or another bird), the head-dress feathers light up at their most brilliant, giving an approaching male a fierce appearance - and we know aggrssive these little birds can be! :-) Their aerial dive-bombing courtship displays are pretty impressive too, if you can keep your eye on them. =)
Yes they do. They're very small and the birds tuck them up under their feathers when they fly to reduce aerodynamic drag. In my HD hummingbirds 2 vid, at about 1:20, you can see the first bird's feet (especially if you watch in HD) sticking out from her belly feathers near her tail. Some species tuck them in better than others.
Some hummingbird feeders have perches built-in to them, so the birds can land and drink. I've even held my finger up under the feeder and had them land on it. =D
YouTube's compression/quality is definitely getting better, and of course it helps to have 1080p HD source material too! Thanks for watching and commenting! =)
Reminds me that i still want to move to a warmer climate...here we have sparrows feeding now but the hummers aren't due for another 2 months--great photography the complimentary irridescents showing...must have been a male, pleasant music too--creative nature loving guy!
Yup, that's a boy birdie alright! A lot like the Ruby-Throated, 'cept the Anna's males have a ruby crown as well. Tough to get him to look into the sunlight just right to light-up those feathers, but patience pays off! Thanks for nice note on the music too... That reminds me, I need to write some more :-)
BRILLIANT! Great music and perfect synchronization! It evoked the metallic quality of the way the light reflected on the breast feathers that looked almost like scales. Simply magnificent! Thanks! I could watch a million of these!
I'm hoping to get some good irridescent shots of male Black-Chinned, Allens, and whichever other species may happen into the area this summer, too. Those light angles and shots are really tricky to get! :-)
Hi Aileen! Thanks for stopping by :-) Yes, they definitely know the camera is there, and come over to check it out when I first put it out there. Curious and very brave little birds!
I like how the bird goes to the feeder, then looks at the camera to check it out, haha
daasvand 1 month ago
@daasvand They do that a lot - wary little birds =) Thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 1 month ago
what a beautiful video. You may want to take a look at my videos of a hummingbird landing on my nose and one landing on my lower lip. I am very careful not to hurt them. Thanks again for this beautiful video.
odlaw18 4 months ago
You do have some interesting vids :-) Thanks so much for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 4 months ago
Just wonderful!!!
58MR19 6 months ago
Thanks so much for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 6 months ago
love ur vids so amazing. how awesome r u and the hummers...very i say! =)
1wog4ever 6 months ago
I'm happy you're enjoying my work - thanks so muich for stopping by! =)
JCMDInature 6 months ago
Just BEAUTIFUL !
RJM1011 6 months ago
Thanks so much for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 6 months ago
My favorite type of pink!
Breeannaaaaa 7 months ago
Those colors are just brilliant when the sun hits them right! :-) Thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
LINDO LINDO JÁ ESTÁ NOS MEUS VIDEOS FAVORITOS !
mariseluizi 9 months ago
Glad you liked it - thanks for the view and kind words! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 9 months ago
Lovely! I glimpse them in my yard, but never long enough to really enjoy their beauty! Thanks for this and the cool music to match!
MillicentStClaire 1 year ago
I'm glad you liked this one - thanks for watching :-) If you have these birds in your yard, you might consider putting a feeder up near a window where you can get a good look at them close-up! Cheers!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Awesome video! Lovely colors! Love it! ★★★★★
beth1704 1 year ago
Those males are definitely very showy! Thanks so much for watching and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Beautiful video, excelente, muy lindo trabajo!
GERMANETCHEVERRY 1 year ago
Thanks again for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
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GERMANETCHEVERRY 1 year ago
that is wicked, so well done! I agree with scheissaufGOOG2E more people should see these videos
XantinovaX 1 year ago
Thanks so much! I hope more people do get the chance to check out my stuff too :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
your vids should be more viewed.i mean who cares about bullets which are flying trough waterbottles?these birds are much prettier
scheissaufGOOG2E 1 year ago
Thanks so much for the kind words! Cheers =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
We're blessed. Your music really respects the majesty of nature, and this little bad ass in particular. Well syncopated. I can't help but gush... This is just one of your awesome works of priceless art! 1:07 through 1:14 are priceless! Wow, it's at 2:27 through 2:32 at the end too! Thanks for the encore modern dance performance! And the bow at 1:23 Thank you for what you do!
MarSkai 1 year ago
So glad you enjoyed this one - thanks for the visit and great comment! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
stunningly beautiful, ty
SUNSHINESBETER 1 year ago
Thanks so much for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
looks sooo fake. but thats so cool!
MrTimbojim 1 year ago
This camera (Canon HF100) really does some weird stuff with the high speed shutter, making the bird look almost animated when the frames are slowed down a lot. It's a trippy effect! Starting with SloMo HB 5 (half-way through the vid) I'm using a Casio EX-F1 for "true" slow motion, so the birds look a little more realistic and lifelike :-) Anyway, thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@MrTimbojim fake?
MarSkai 1 year ago
@MarSkai no. i said it LOOKS fake. but i am completely aware that it is real.
MrTimbojim 1 year ago
@MrTimbojim i didn't doubt that you knew it was real, bro. To me, the slow frame rate effect here looks comparable to stop motion animation. I noticed you have some cool stop motion animation on your channel, so I was just wondering if that is what you meant.
MarSkai 1 year ago
@MarSkai hey thanks! i didnt mean it looked like stop motion (although now that you mention it, it does look like it) i think it just looks straight up animated. it would be hard as heck to stop motion a humming bird. awesome nontheless
MrTimbojim 1 year ago
the camera shots make the bird look unreal... like animated. especially in 720p
xboxbenny 1 year ago
Strange effect, isn't it? It seems to be caused by the rolling shutter method used by the Canon HF100 HD camcorder. It's not so obvious until you use the high-speed shutter function, and slow down the footage to about 1/4 speed.
The first 4, and part of the 5th Slow Motion Hummingbird videos I did using the HF100 have this effect. Starting with SloMo HB 5, I used a Casio EX-F1 high speed camera for slow motion, and the wings look a lot more normal after that point. =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
You've really captured the irredescent qualities in the feathers that give humming birds their destint markings. That music is right in sync with the timing of the wing movements!How much footage did it take to have this beautiful end result?
hurricanejones1 1 year ago
Getting the camera and light angles just right is the real trick; the birds have to be facing directly into the sun to light-up the feathers. The sun was directly behind the camera for only 30 minutes or so right at sunrise, so I had to set up and ready for that male to show up during that short time. He visited only once, and stayed for about 10 seconds or so, during which time I shot all the footage used here, including one quick camera move/re-zoom.
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@jcmegabyte That's so fascinating how birds are so responsive to sunrise. They're hungry and know where to get it, and that's why you're so smart and get this! They're paying you back for food by being your models!
hurricanejones1 1 year ago
Fantastic!!! Just amazing :)
Drummline4life 1 year ago
So glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching and the nice comment! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Great job! Any chance we could use it for a brief projection for small organic label that also fights for awareness of threatened species?
denmarcone 1 year ago
Thanks for checking it out! I do allow free use of my footage for non-profit purposes... drop me a note and I'll send you the info (it's posted on my channels and website also)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Awesome video! I love it! Thank you!
rickysgirl330 1 year ago 2
So glad you enjoyed - thanks for the kind words :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Nice job! Awesome colors! if you get a chance check out the PhantomHD camera site samples.. they have a hummingbird clip on there that was shot at I believe 20,000 FPS.. its ridiculously jaw-dropping footage (as is the price of the camera too!) never knew till i saw that clip that a hummingbird actually flaps its wings in a figure-8 pattern.. amazing stuff!
TruckerTim76 1 year ago
Thanks for the great comment! :-) Yea, that Phantom's been on my wish list for some time now... Just gotta win the lottery to get one! XD Cheers!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
thanks for this one too! I suppose you know the legend of the colibri , who wanted to put the out in the Rain Forest! I suppose the colibri is just another name for the humming bird. See 'appel aux 4000 colibris" by pierre Rabhi, on YT.
violetparme 1 year ago
I will have a look at that - thanks! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
::))) Sweet absolutely beautiful ....wonderful job jcmegabyte n I love it :)) 5*/5* thanks so much.
~Star*
khmerstar08 1 year ago 2
Thanks so much! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Truly spectacular! Catching the colors in flight was brilliant!
greyhoundfriend123 1 year ago
That's the really hard part - getting them at just the right angle to light up the irridescent colors. Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
♥♥♥♥
PC4TW 2 years ago
Thanks for watching! :-D
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
mesmerizing ... !
Virginssaintsangels 2 years ago
Amazing little birds, aren't they? :-) Thanks for watching!
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
It looks like cgi.
Selsiuss2 2 years ago
It kind-of does look animated... The (Canon) HF-100 camcorder does some interesting things with the image scan, which are much more apparent when you slow the frame rate down. The bent/curved wings and opposing wing strokes are just an illusion though - my Casio EX-F1 shows that they are mostly stiff and straight, and move in parallel to each other. I guess that just goes to show that you can't always trust photographic/video images! =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Always amazing to see the Hummers - and in slo-mo - especially wonderful! Thank you for this special vid! *****
cjthemusicman 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching and the ncie comment! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
EXCELLENT!!!
THANKS to tahaki1 for the share :]
slickerflicker 2 years ago
Thanks for visiting - have a great holiday season! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
All videos are Fabulous. Thanks!!!
5 stars x 2 x 3 x 4 x .....
:)
tahaki1 2 years ago 2
An Anna Hummingbird vid sent by Ana! :)
Thank you, my friend!
cjthemusicman 2 years ago
Thanks so much for the view, nice comment and share! =) Happy holidays!
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Magnificent video, and your use of the music really added to the images; the beat was so close to the movements!
roseflr 2 years ago
It was tricky to time the movements with the music but I managed to get fairly close. I'm glad you noticed that! Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Wow...these hummingbird videos are fantastic!!~~Thank you so much for sharing! :)
missgriffin77 2 years ago
Ottimo lavoro il Colibrì è un bellissimo uccello !!!
Grzazie. Ciao ciao
oburbero 2 years ago
just beautiful ...
Quixpeed 2 years ago
Thanks for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Ahhh beautiful:)
NamaSika 2 years ago
Those males are particularly colorful little birds. Thanks for visiting! =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Awesome :)
TACYELLA11 2 years ago
Thanks so much for stopping by! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
This is actually real? Because it looks really strange, if it is 100% authentic then fair play to you, if not you're a bit of a douche
SheepJumpFish 2 years ago
It's very real... I gave some details in Slo Motion HB2, but basically it's shot with an Canon HF100 HD camcorder with a shutter speed of 1/2000th second, then the playback was slowed down by 4x, 8x, and 16x in Windows Movie Maker. No animations or any other tweaking was done. The birds (especially the males) have highly irridescent feathers which glow amazingly bright when the lights hits them just right. That's the real trick - getting them to look into the light just the right way. =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
What a marvellous film! I just love it. I really do not know whom to applaud here...you, the humming bird of Technician! I guess all of you contributed in a perfect way to make it look like ONE GREAT FILM! Thank you.
Tara
NamaSika 2 years ago
Thanks so much for the great comment! I can take credit for the photography, editing and music, but the birds... well they're just very cool, and it wouldn't have been much of a show without them!
I've got lots more Hummingbird projects in the works so it you like them, stay tuned! (Also, there is more on my "hummingbirdchannel"). :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
You deserve all the credits..for I am addicted to this film. I just love watching this bird.
NamaSika 2 years ago
amazing look at how he can keep his head still, compared to its body.
Twixlex 2 years ago
It's almost like they have a gyroscope built-in to keep their heads in position while their bodies do all the moving. Amazing little birds! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
he's so pretty
Myaucat 2 years ago
Indeed - the males are just amazing - especially when the light hits them just right :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
thats crazy nice video your good at making videos :)
LAKAiLimetedFootwear 2 years ago 2
Great comment! Thanks for watching, too! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Amazing! And beautiful, how far away was it being filmed? because, it looks like it knows its being watched, great stuff
WizzDogg 2 years ago
Most of the shots were filmed from about 2 feet away, using a small amount of zoom to get even closer. The camera is on a tripod near the feeder and is adjusted by remote control (zoom, focus, exposure, etc.) The birds definitely know it's there but are quite brave and once they see it's not a threat they come on in and feed. =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing! Just beautiful! Thanks again!
Cindy
TheDesertlady 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
it laggs
BerSerKer2k8 2 years ago
WOW, this is like.....amazing!
idro2k 2 years ago
Glad you liked it - thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Once again, just beautiful. Thanks for your great video.
odlaw18 2 years ago
My pleasure - glad you enjoyed! =D
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
The iridescence of the birds in these shots is incredible. As if the colors are meant for the eye of the beholder. : ))
Nice work!
pbar1000 2 years ago
Oh, I meant to ask....
Are you using midi sequencing in the music? Very melodic and well structured.
pbar1000 2 years ago
Thanks for the nice comments! Yes, I wrote this music about 23 years ago, using a Roland D-10 synth and Yamaha QX-21 sequencer, long before I had MIDI sequencing software for the PC. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
My family bought a hummingbird feeder for me last month for my birthday. I was hoping to entice them so I could film them. Unfortunately, it enticed a lot of ants! I finally got a nice 600fps shot of a hummingbird though. It went for some flowers BY my feeder and hovered around long enough to get 13 minutes of HS of him, (or 39 seconds in real time). Love the hummingbirds! I'd love to film some of the colorful ones like in your videos.
taofledermaus 2 years ago
I haven't any trouble with ants/bees yet (fortunately) Hanging the feeder on a long wire from the house eve (where there aren't many ants) helps keep to them from finding it.
Great hummingbird footage you have in your latest vid! I definitely gotta get me one of those cameras :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
I have my feeding hanging off a long stem of a palm tree, about 10' up, yet those ants found it in less than 24 hours. What I ended up doing to prevent them from getting to the feeder was to coat the stem with Vicks- they can't crawl through that!
taofledermaus 2 years ago
Hahahaha THAT'll teach 'em! XD
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
so cool ! I was just in Wisconsin, and there was a hummingbird that kept coming to a feeder right at the window we were sitting by ! soooo cool !
NewOrleansWoman 2 years ago
It cool when you get to watch them right up close - like 12" away. Glad yer havin' fun on your trip! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Amazing how these birds stay in flight whilst they drink. You think they'd just land, lol.
lucyth2 2 years ago
Actually, they WILL land if there is perch right under the "flower". If you are REALLY patient, you can stand by the feeder with your finger under the flower and they will sit on your finger and drink, once they get used to you being there. There are several videos on YT showing people doing that.
Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
wow awesome video :D
even in slow motion the feathers move too fast to see
BlueTobi25 2 years ago
That was at 1/2000th of a second shutter speed, too! I tihnk it would take a really fast strobe to freeze the wings in super detail, but that would certainly scare the birds away (and they would probably never come back!) :-) thanks for watching!
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
wow...
these birds are from krypton or something lol
BlueTobi25 2 years ago
lovely video.
mammawandpappaw 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
it's hard to believe those tiny little wings keep that fat little body in the air!
Amazing work, well done :)
kitewing 2 years ago
They sure do look fat, don't they? Surprisingly, these birds are incredibly light and most of their bulk is nearly weightless feathers. Under that mass of fluffy feathers is the scrawniest little bird body you've probably ever seen! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
amazing, cute little buggers :)
kitewing 2 years ago
Great video! I'm trying something like this my self. I was wondering how many FPS this was shot at and what was the shutter speed?
Thanks
njbibbos 2 years ago
It was all shot at 1080p, 30fps with several shutter speeds, mostly 1/2000, 1/1000, and 1/500 second. The playback frame rate was then slowed to 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 speed (depending on which scene you're viewing) in software for the final movie. More details int he description for my SloMo HB 2 vid...
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
I got a postcard of one of these in Texas, but my photos of the Ruby Throated HB are only of it in the tree. When it came down to the feeder,it was so small it disapeared behind it and all I got was the feeder! I am adding this to my Favourites,along with some of your other ones, I want to watch it again!
suir52 2 years ago
So glad you enjoyed - thanks a bunch for watching and the great comment. =D
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
how fun! Of course, you can take your own snap shots by hitting the pause button and taking in the view. The colors change so fast - this is really neat stuff. Thanks.
kansasisaband 2 years ago 2
It was tricking getting the colors to light up just right - thanks for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
I can feel your love for your videos. I enjoyed them so very much. Just beautiful. You may want to see mine of one feeding out of my mouth. Thanks again.
odlaw18 2 years ago 2
I definitely do enjoy filming many of nature's little jewels like this. :-) I saw several of your videos - very creative ideas and camera angles. You should be able to get all kinds of interesting shots with those techniques. =D
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Very Nice!
MarcusFerg21 2 years ago 2
Thanks so much for watching :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Back again, I love this one
~Anna~
UhookerU 2 years ago
Good to see you - thanks for visiting :-) I'll come check you out shortly - see if I've missed anything...
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Wow... that is just breathtaking!!! I'll be back just to enjoy this!!! Thank you for sharing it!!!
rahmoore 2 years ago
I enjoyed making it - thanks so much for watching and commenting! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
I keep watching it over & over, wanting to paint a picture from it. I wish that I had a photo from it... one that I could get devoloped and carry into my studio!
rahmoore 2 years ago
I'll bet you could watch it in full-screen HD, pause the video where you want it, then take a screen shot (using the screenshot capture keys: ALT-PrtSc in Windows) then paste it into MS paint and print it out! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Yes.... it will work that way! (My teenage daughter had to show me how to do it....ha!) Thank you for your help! : )
rahmoore 2 years ago
Glad to be of service! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Looks like the bird is dancing. Lol.
Nice bird.
ElectofGod13 2 years ago
It does look that way! I tried to time the video speed with the music - thanks for noticing! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
I need to get a new cam !! Love these hummers myself ,,though with each year their numbers have drasticaly fallen ,heavey chemtrails I suspect due to many other small wildlife declines I try to keep a good enviorment for living..tree frogs and small bat's that feed on my night blooming moonflowers as well as many mouths ..lizards and such are all good watchdogs to problems from contaminations ..I hope my hummers show this spring,,they went missing mid-summer 08 -they were very few in numbers..
wizardangel 2 years ago
It sounds like you are in a more northerly location where summer migratory species may not always reach each year. Hopefully that is the case rather than poisoning issues.
Resident and migratory species here in the desert are pretty consistent from year to year in both variety and numbers, in spite of the heavy trails we experience (especially in fall/winter/spring when the atmosphere is cool/humid). Anyway, I hope your birds return this year! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
This is very cool. I'm watching in standard def. The effect you used almost makes each frame look like it was hand drawn animation.
I wish I could get ahold of a high speed camera. What is the HF100? If that a hispeed film camera or have they come out with an HD camera capable of high speed shooting?
Robert08010 2 years ago
Thanks for watching this one... The Canon HF100 is a consumer-level HD camcorder (goggle the model number for specs) that's VERY reasonably priced. I picked this one up at Tiger Direct for 499. It is not actually a high-speed HD camera (I wish it WAS!) but DOES have a very fast shutter speed (1/2000) of a second which will freeze fast motion (mostly) if the lighting is intense. I put some info at the end of Slo-Mo hummingbirds 2, also. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Just watched this video with HD as my connection was fast enough today and it is Fantastic! The little birdy was looking at the camera too! Your love and photography of nature makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, it really is very aesthetically pleasing and the music is very nice too, thanks! Linda
Futurist54 2 years ago
Thanks so much for this great comment :-) I'm glad you had a chance to watch in HD - it really does make a huge difference. On days when your connection is too slow (the video keeps pausing to catch up), just press the pause button and let it download while you go do other stuff. Then, a little while later, go back and hit play and you'll get no interruption in playback. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
the angle on the cam was perfect the lighting is top notch
peace
27288 2 years ago
I had a 30 minute window of early morning sunlight at just the right angle to light the bird up like that. It took several days of testing and a LOT of patience! Thanks so much for noticing and checking it out :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Another great video ! Do you record in slo-mo or convert it ?
totalrecall63 2 years ago
It's recorded in realtime, but with a shutter speed of 1/2000th sec. Lighting is critical, and takes a lot of trial and error (more error than anything!) to get it just right. Then once I have the footage in realtime, I slow it down 2x to 16x to get the stop motion and slow frame rate effects. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Una palabra, excelente.
Angel.
apgcovilili 2 years ago
Thanks so much for checking it out! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Very Beautiful!
JCVdude 2 years ago
Thanks for checking it out :-)
Slo-Mo hummingbirds 2 has a really cool sequence where the bird's wings are in near-perfect sync with the shutter (1st half of the video) and appear to stop while the birds floats and looks around!
watch?v=RJf-AQhDTz4
Might be worth a view. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
omg. i saw this on mary's blog and it's mesmerizing. so it's just the light that makes all their little head look red. amazing.
blackbettyfan 2 years ago
Without the light shining on them at just the right angle, the feathers are a very dark brown-black shade. The feathers actually absorb all colors except red, which they only reflect in one very specific direction. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Amazing as always.
kclama 2 years ago
Thanks a bunch for checking it out! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Great work - Really. And it's going to take me awhile to go through it.
newmediaformat 2 years ago
Thanks for stopping by and checking it out :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
WOW!!! I really like this, "EXCELLENT"!!!!!!!
slickerflicker 2 years ago
So glad you enjoyed this one - It took me a weeks-worth of shooting to get this little guy to look into the light just right only a few times! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Hummingbird feathers come in a variety of colors and are beautiful. As with all two-leggeds the male is most colorful to attract the females. Yes!! Hummingbirds have legs just like any other bird. They are held close to the body while in flight. I used to feed the hummingbirds for 5 years before I moved. They used to perch on my deck rail and I would walk right up to them. Hummingbirds are fascinationing to watch.
Owlwoman47 2 years ago
I've also noticed that the males use their bright colors to intimidate the competition. When they look/fly directly at you (or another bird), the head-dress feathers light up at their most brilliant, giving an approaching male a fierce appearance - and we know aggrssive these little birds can be! :-) Their aerial dive-bombing courtship displays are pretty impressive too, if you can keep your eye on them. =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
nicee worrkkk.
keep it uppp
nancy1189 2 years ago
Thanks! ...will do :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
hay dude can you plz answer my question? Do those birds have legs?
hell858 2 years ago
Yes they do. They're very small and the birds tuck them up under their feathers when they fly to reduce aerodynamic drag. In my HD hummingbirds 2 vid, at about 1:20, you can see the first bird's feet (especially if you watch in HD) sticking out from her belly feathers near her tail. Some species tuck them in better than others.
Some hummingbird feeders have perches built-in to them, so the birds can land and drink. I've even held my finger up under the feeder and had them land on it. =D
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
This is awesome work. It even looks good without HD.:)
raykia2000 2 years ago
YouTube's compression/quality is definitely getting better, and of course it helps to have 1080p HD source material too! Thanks for watching and commenting! =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Beautiful ;)
BrainlessAnimal 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Reminds me that i still want to move to a warmer climate...here we have sparrows feeding now but the hummers aren't due for another 2 months--great photography the complimentary irridescents showing...must have been a male, pleasant music too--creative nature loving guy!
Futurist54 2 years ago
Yup, that's a boy birdie alright! A lot like the Ruby-Throated, 'cept the Anna's males have a ruby crown as well. Tough to get him to look into the sunlight just right to light-up those feathers, but patience pays off! Thanks for nice note on the music too... That reminds me, I need to write some more :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
BRILLIANT! Great music and perfect synchronization! It evoked the metallic quality of the way the light reflected on the breast feathers that looked almost like scales. Simply magnificent! Thanks! I could watch a million of these!
waywardmuse 2 years ago
I'm hoping to get some good irridescent shots of male Black-Chinned, Allens, and whichever other species may happen into the area this summer, too. Those light angles and shots are really tricky to get! :-)
Thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Nice details of the bird!! Its head looks beautiful!
k238studios 2 years ago
Yea - that reflective red is what I was trying to get... Not so easy most of the time! Thanks for checking it out :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
jcmegabyte thanks, excellent work
a warm greeting
Raul ...
conejolua 2 years ago
Thanks for watching :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Great video.
Thanks!
Roberto
vidmaker56 2 years ago
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed =)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
hiya JC! my favorite parts are when she looks at us like, "i know you're watching me!" :) awesome job once again!
avalvira 2 years ago
Hi Aileen! Thanks for stopping by :-) Yes, they definitely know the camera is there, and come over to check it out when I first put it out there. Curious and very brave little birds!
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
wonderfull!!!!
marysissy1 2 years ago