Absolutely astounding video. While typing this listening for the 10th time. Watched the other 9. Video part is superb. The song, WOW!!! When I leave here I am checking into that. I have watched a lot of YT. This has to be some of the best audio I have heard. The Sennheisers just beat me up. Thanks JC for the great transcribe. The slow mo at the end is really cool.
@Booger6995 Thanks so much for the view and great comment! I'm glad youre enjoying my video and music too (I'm using Sennheiser 457's) =) Cheers and have a great weekend!
@jcmegabyte By the way. This video does wonders. Any time my grand daughter starts fussing I put this on my cell phone. She instantly is done with the crying and mesmerized for 3 minutes. Bet you didn't know it was a baby sitting video too huh. Hope you have a great New Year.
@RainshadowCoast I definitely will. =) Do check out Slo Mo HB 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as my "HummingBirdChannel" channel for lots more of these amazing little birds.... Thanks for stopping by!
I've heard it described as "treading water in the air" before, and it is basically thrust vectoring - like a helicopter but with reciprocating motion instead of rotary motion. Fascinating birds! Thanks for visiting =)
at 2:08 when they are flying over those trees it looks like they flying as fast as pidgeons wow all thanks to your slow motion what level of slow motion are you using 1/10 real time?
Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment =) Recording/slow-motion speeds in this vid vary quite a bit... The first half of the vid is shot @30fps in HD, then slowed-down 4x to 7.5fps. The rest is -10x to -40x; Video in the square frames (including the scene you referenced) was filmed at 300fps, yielding -10x when played back at 30fps as you guessed. The really wide-screen clips are 600fps, resulting in -20x @ 30fps, and -40x when played back at 15fps. Glad you enjoyed the show!
music goes along perfectly! usually you see good video but shitty music or copyrighted music that has to be removed but on all of your videos your soundtracks fit so nicely with the video being shown
Thanks so much for the kind words! :-) It's worked out pertty well writing my own music, not only for copyright reasons but also for tayloring and synchronizing the soundtrack to the visuals... I'm happy you're enjoying my work! Cheers!
Hummingbirds will investigate anything red in color, and love flower nectar. They are easily attracted to red-colored feeders, which are basically plastic bottles with sugar-water in them :-)
It does seem that there is independant wing motion with hummingbirds, to some degree, but do note that the HD camera I used for the first half of this video (and all of the previous 4) does some weird stuff with the high speed shutter. That very obvious alternating movement is actually an effect of the camera, not the bird. There is some more info in the video details, and this sort of thing goes to show us that we can't always believe what the camera records - especially UFO/Rod vids :-)
@jcmegabyte I have to admit when I first watched I thought it could be some kind of frequency quirk of the beats/frame speed... but then assumed it was his way of rotating or not.
The rods thing... I saw someone do a set up and use different speeds... and simple insects caused identical rippled lines flying. So I wasnt convinced rods existed after that.
Yea - that wing motion does look a bit strange and unlikely to me too, but it's an interesting effect! :-) I am planning to do a side-by-side high-speed & normal video camera demonstration of flying insects/Rods to really show how it works... Seems that some people are absolutely conviced they are real when all the data, physics and common sense makes it seem so obvious (to me anyway) that most of them are bigs, birds and other mundane objects :-) Should be fun and interesting!
@jcmegabyte That should be a brilliant test. I'll watch out for that one.
I dont know anything about video. I just point and shoot and hope it uploads all by its self hahaha.
One thing I realised was that very fast small incidents like lightning... or static sparks... can vanish once they are converted from the raw video in. So Im sure there is a vast amout of stuff to learn to use a video even partially successfully here.
it s amazing this is a true slow motion this bird is called "colibrí" in spanish, thanks to you i can watch it how it move wings i believe it s able to move them more than 60 times in a second precious
Thanks for the great comment! The best I can do is 300, 600, and 1200 fps with my current equipment (Casio EX-F1) which I used for the last half of this vid. The frame size/resolution isn't that great (1200fps is REALLY tiny) but it does slow them down pretty well. I do have some new footage, very close-up and at 600fps to show some interesting perspectives and muscle movement. This will come out in SloMo HB 9 as soon as I have enough footage. :-) Cheers!
Hmm I can't be sure that theyve got forked tongues. I assume that, since the shutter speed is so fast, you had to use bright lights to make the whole thing visible, and the "forked tongue effect" could be the shadow that is cast by the tongue.
On the other hand, the shadow seems to be longer than the tongue, although that could be explained by the angle of the incoming light...
There are indeed multiple light sources used here (mostly mirrored sunlight), and the high speed shutter does introduce some weird effects which has been making me wonder about this for quite a while now. I finally decided to go do some research ans Googled "hummingbird forked tongue". Sure enough - I found lots of info about them having barbed, forked tongues! ...so I guess we're not seeing things here - they really do! :-)
The alternating and bending wing motion is somewhat of an illusion created by the camera's shutter and sensor scan... In the last half of the vid, the high speed camera shows the wing movement the way it really is (wingbeats in parallel like one would expect). There's more info int he vid details :-) Thanks so much for stopping by!
I agree - that's thing I really enjoy most about time lapse and slow motion is the ability to transcend time and see things we normally can't perceive in realtime :-) Thanks for watching and commenting!
I filmed these birds in my back yard :-) I keep a feeder right near my window where I can see them all day long, and I have other feeders around my yard where I set up automated cameras to film them as well :-)
WOW, just beautiful. what program did you use to slow them down? Iwant to put my T1I and Dad's T2I out on video this year! unfortunately, T1I only does 30 FPS, and T2I does 60, but it will get me started. wanna sloooow them down!
The first half was just 30fps video slowed-down to 1/4 speed (7.5fps playback) in Windows Movie Maker. If you film using a high speed shutter (1/1000sec - 1/2000sec) it freezes the wings fairly well but has rolling shutter effect (wing warping, etc). The past half is shot with a Casio EX-F1 at 300fps and 600fps for true slow motion :-)
That weird wing movement is actually an artifact of the camera... in the last half of the vid, a high speed camera was used which shows that the wings really do move in parallel like you might expect. Thanks for watching! =)
The bending thing is shutter weirdness from the HD camcorder. There's mroe info on that in the vid details. They are really amazing birds for sure... and seem to hover like they have built-in gyros! :-) Thanks for stopping by =)
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing. (And WHO on earth disliked this video?! Seriously?)
By the way, some of the backyard shots look exactly like my backyard. I mean, really! I have a similar hummingbird feeder, and the background in a lot of my shots of hummingbirds at the feeder look just like yours. (I'm in the beautiful San Gabriel Valley.)
Thanks so much for checking this one out :-) Yea, most of my yard is fairly generic, grass, Ivy, etc... I try to film against backgrounds that are free of man-made objects, but those birds tend to fly wherever they like and I just have to try and keep up with them! XD
@jcmegabyte I do the same when snapping photos, but sometimes the peacocks and hummingbirds have other ideas! So there's the occasional view of my lovely patio or the cement block wall at the back of my backyard. :)
Thanks for the great comment! The birds themselves are indeed amazing to watch, and being able to capture them close-up and in detail is quite a treat for me as well! :-) Cheers!
It's hard to tell what people will like and disllike... my guess is that many kids will probably find this sort of thing pretty boring and might thumb it down! XD However, I figure that if the majority of responses are good ones, then I'm probably doing a decent job of it =) Thanks for the view and kind words!
I agree - I would sure like to have 1000fps at 1080p! The first half of this vid is filmed only with a regular 30fps HD camcorder and slowed down 4x, which doesn't really show slow motion well (IMHO). However, the second half was filmed with a Casio EX-F1 high speed camera at 300fps and 600fps (10x and20x slower than life) so you might see slow motion more like you were expecting in the last half :-)
I was a little concerned about the birds welfare too, so after some research I chose plain sugar in water with no coloring or chemicals, which is what the experts recommend. Hummers generally prefer their natural diet of insects and flower nectar and use feeders as a secondary food source unless times are really tough, so it's usually a low percentage of their diet most of the time. Fortunately, studies haven't shown any negative effects on them, so it shouldn't be doing them any harm. :-)
The people that really study hummingbirds are true hardcore enthusiasts that watch/study them constantly, frequently tracking the same individuals for years on end. I'm not quite so dedicated, but I do recognise unique markings on my local birds, and see the same ones year after year as well. In summer, feeders get less attention because of all the natural nectar available, even though many more birds are here (migratory species plus locals). In winter they definitely rely on feeders more.
Not to worry - I get lots of great conversations going in the comments sections of my vids sometimes! I can imagine how amazed our elders would have been to see things the way modern technology can show them now :-)
@Ducktapeification the weird wing movement in the humming bird Is likely due to the fact that they are the only bird that can fly with any out movement at all and fly backwards as well.
Got two small tips for you though! Have you tried filming the 'sword-billed hummingbird'? Its the bird with the longest beak in proportion to its body, it is truly beautifull. Only Downside is that they only live in south-america as far as i know.
It has been said before that the wings look funny.
Probely because the camera was not able to records this with high enough speed. This can be manually changed to lower resolution/high refresh on most cameras.
Thanks for checking this one out! Unfortunately we don't have sword-billed hummers here in southern CA, but I hope to get to Mexico and South America one day to film those tropical species!
Yes, the high speed shutter on the Canon HF100 does cause those weird effects at 30fps when slowed down to 1/4 speed. However, the 2nd half of the vid was shot with the Casio EX-F1 at 300 and 600fps and doesn't suffer from those artifacts... Cheers! :-)
Thanks so much for the view and nice comment! Yes, the strange wing movements in the first half of the video are an optical effect of the Canon HF100 camcorder's high-speed shutter. The wings really do move in parallel as we would expect :-)
Yea - it would have been nice to get a crisp image of the whole frame and wing instead of such strange bent and partial glimpses... The Casio footage in the last half of the vid portrays it much more accurately. :-)
hey!! did you see yet? some times the wings are not in the same direction, sometimes one wing is moving backward and the other is moving forward, at the same time! amazing!!!
Great work as usual ! :)
theeAlphaOne 1 month ago in playlist Slow Motion Hummingbirds
@theeAlphaOne Thanks so much =) Cheers!
JcmdiStockFootage 1 month ago
We humans ignore so much beauty in nature...
icriosphinx 1 month ago in playlist Slow Motion Hummingbirds
So Beautiful
lainynhacris 1 month ago
Excellent video! Fantastic slow motion, congratulations.
guitargeniusofficial 2 months ago
@guitargeniusofficial Thanks so much =] Cheers!
jcmegabyte 2 months ago
Fantastic slow motion! Congratulations.
guitargeniusofficial 2 months ago
Fantastic photography of one of my favourite birds, a real joy to watch these remarkable and beautiful little birds !
Top marks !!!
MrNzzo 2 months ago
@MrNzzo Glad you enjoyed the show - thanks so much for watching! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 2 months ago
Wunderbare Aufnahmen.
DPStockFootage 2 months ago
This video is sooo beautiful! excellent!
tommyvidds 2 months ago
Absolutely astounding video. While typing this listening for the 10th time. Watched the other 9. Video part is superb. The song, WOW!!! When I leave here I am checking into that. I have watched a lot of YT. This has to be some of the best audio I have heard. The Sennheisers just beat me up. Thanks JC for the great transcribe. The slow mo at the end is really cool.
Booger6995 2 months ago
@Booger6995 Thanks so much for the view and great comment! I'm glad youre enjoying my video and music too (I'm using Sennheiser 457's) =) Cheers and have a great weekend!
jcmegabyte 2 months ago
@jcmegabyte You too!! Thanks for all the great vids. L8R Ron
Booger6995 2 months ago
@jcmegabyte By the way. This video does wonders. Any time my grand daughter starts fussing I put this on my cell phone. She instantly is done with the crying and mesmerized for 3 minutes. Bet you didn't know it was a baby sitting video too huh. Hope you have a great New Year.
Booger6995 1 month ago
it was WIERD.
and cool.
johnabcs1 3 months ago
@johnabcs1 They are definitely odd and amazing little birds - even more so when slowed down to see them in detail :-) Thanks for checking it out!
jcmegabyte 3 months ago
That was awesome..
I love beauty and purity.
Speaking of good things,check out ronpaul2012. c- om
Infoman665 3 months ago
Outstanding! hope you do more.
RainshadowCoast 3 months ago
@RainshadowCoast I definitely will. =) Do check out Slo Mo HB 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as my "HummingBirdChannel" channel for lots more of these amazing little birds.... Thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 3 months ago
Amazing!! Incredibly fast wings they have. Even in slow motion they're quick-fast!
Xella101 3 months ago 2
@Xella101 They are indeed amazingly fast little birds :-) Thanks so much for visiting!
jcmegabyte 3 months ago
Aww, I wish I were a hummingbird <33
PatriciaNicole2394 4 months ago
Me too! =) Thanks a bunch for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 4 months ago
@jcmegabyte Amazing video, I've showed this to everyone who'll sit still long enough ;))
PatriciaNicole2394 4 months ago
Amazing!!!! Really amazing!
TheRendyvideos 5 months ago
Thanks so much for checking it out! :-)
jcmegabyte 5 months ago
Their flying technique almost looks faked. It's strange how they manage to stay flying by flapping their wings horizontally.
weeryan2008 6 months ago
I've heard it described as "treading water in the air" before, and it is basically thrust vectoring - like a helicopter but with reciprocating motion instead of rotary motion. Fascinating birds! Thanks for visiting =)
jcmegabyte 6 months ago
@jcmegabyte Your welcome. Great video.
weeryan2008 6 months ago
Superb photography, nothing short of genius I think.
AMAZING!
YCSMusic 6 months ago
I'm happy you're enjoying my work! Thanks so much for the visit and kind words =)
jcmegabyte 6 months ago
at 2:08 when they are flying over those trees it looks like they flying as fast as pidgeons wow all thanks to your slow motion what level of slow motion are you using 1/10 real time?
Nixupiz3 6 months ago
Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment =) Recording/slow-motion speeds in this vid vary quite a bit... The first half of the vid is shot @30fps in HD, then slowed-down 4x to 7.5fps. The rest is -10x to -40x; Video in the square frames (including the scene you referenced) was filmed at 300fps, yielding -10x when played back at 30fps as you guessed. The really wide-screen clips are 600fps, resulting in -20x @ 30fps, and -40x when played back at 15fps. Glad you enjoyed the show!
HummingBirdChannel 6 months ago
music goes along perfectly! usually you see good video but shitty music or copyrighted music that has to be removed but on all of your videos your soundtracks fit so nicely with the video being shown
harshLesson 7 months ago
Thanks so much for the kind words! :-) It's worked out pertty well writing my own music, not only for copyright reasons but also for tayloring and synchronizing the soundtrack to the visuals... I'm happy you're enjoying my work! Cheers!
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
@jcmegabyte np
harshLesson 7 months ago
wow how did u get the bird to come it looks amazing im so favoriting this!
mdaction 7 months ago
Hummingbirds will investigate anything red in color, and love flower nectar. They are easily attracted to red-colored feeders, which are basically plastic bottles with sugar-water in them :-)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
beautiful!
mintismile 7 months ago
Thanks for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
Thanks for sharing it. Wonderful!
58MR19 7 months ago
I'm happy you liked it - thanks a bunch for the view and nice comment! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
It look like they are dancing
spparkie1 8 months ago
I've also heard that they look like they're swimming in mid-air :-)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
Stunning!!! I love it !!
velvetony 8 months ago
Thanks so much for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
That is just beautiful! Where did you recorded this?
TheLinneaful 8 months ago
All this footage was filmed in and around my yard in Santa Clarita, California :-) Thanks so much for watching!
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
Is it asynchronous?? Beautiful!!
gransoporo 8 months ago
The weird wing effects are actually caused by the camera... there's some more info in the video details :-) Thanks for watching!
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
@jcmegabyte thanks for the answer! good job!
gransoporo 8 months ago
Thank you! :)
rfarrell1976 8 months ago
My pleasure - glad you liked it! =)
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
Excellent work! A masterpiece!
cherubijn100 9 months ago
Thanks again - glad you enjoyed! :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Those alternating wing beats..independently thrusting.. makes it possible to see how they actually rotate... slow motion reaveals so much..
Interesting shots again.
Leo
leobluesy 9 months ago
It does seem that there is independant wing motion with hummingbirds, to some degree, but do note that the HD camera I used for the first half of this video (and all of the previous 4) does some weird stuff with the high speed shutter. That very obvious alternating movement is actually an effect of the camera, not the bird. There is some more info in the video details, and this sort of thing goes to show us that we can't always believe what the camera records - especially UFO/Rod vids :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte I have to admit when I first watched I thought it could be some kind of frequency quirk of the beats/frame speed... but then assumed it was his way of rotating or not.
The rods thing... I saw someone do a set up and use different speeds... and simple insects caused identical rippled lines flying. So I wasnt convinced rods existed after that.
Always interesting here though.
leobluesy 9 months ago
Yea - that wing motion does look a bit strange and unlikely to me too, but it's an interesting effect! :-) I am planning to do a side-by-side high-speed & normal video camera demonstration of flying insects/Rods to really show how it works... Seems that some people are absolutely conviced they are real when all the data, physics and common sense makes it seem so obvious (to me anyway) that most of them are bigs, birds and other mundane objects :-) Should be fun and interesting!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte That should be a brilliant test. I'll watch out for that one.
I dont know anything about video. I just point and shoot and hope it uploads all by its self hahaha.
One thing I realised was that very fast small incidents like lightning... or static sparks... can vanish once they are converted from the raw video in. So Im sure there is a vast amout of stuff to learn to use a video even partially successfully here.
leobluesy 9 months ago
Fantastic work, beautiful images. Hugs
jmzitro 9 months ago
Thanks for the nice comment :-) I'm happy you enjoyed the show!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
I love birds, dude ^__^
MrDude200001 9 months ago
Glad you enjoyed - thanks for checking it out! =D
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
So very impressive!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video clip.
bagslifeim 9 months ago
Glad you liked it - thanks so much for watching! :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
it s amazing this is a true slow motion this bird is called "colibrí" in spanish, thanks to you i can watch it how it move wings i believe it s able to move them more than 60 times in a second precious
TubeFBB 9 months ago 2
I'm happy you liked it :-) Thanks so much for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte the pleasure is mine :)
TubeFBB 9 months ago
thank you for posting, beautiful! thumbs up!
bennylava90660 9 months ago
I'm happy you liked it - thanks so much for visiting! =D
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
i really love this one, thumbs up!
pokemon90660 9 months ago
Thanks a bunch - glad you enjoyed the show :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Loved it, thumbs up!
wakawaka90660 9 months ago
My pleasure - thanks for the view and kind words! =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Great video! thumbs up!
wonderland90660 9 months ago
I'm glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Yo.. Sup.. Awesome video, thumbs up!
tallteeth90660 9 months ago
Thanks for the view and nice comment! Cheers! :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Amazing as always, thumbs up!
RONJERAMIE 9 months ago
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the show =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Awesome! Thumbs up!
vloggerdudesupport 9 months ago
Thanks for checking it out! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 9 months ago
Epic! Thumbs up!
goldenboy0712support 9 months ago
Glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching! =D
JcmdiStockFootage 9 months ago
amazing as always, thumbs up!
BrianKrissKross 9 months ago
Thanks a byunch! :-) Cheers!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
awesome footage... I enjoyed the music too... it went really well with the images...
tearsinraine 9 months ago
I'm glad you liked the video and my music :-) Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Amazing as always, thumbs up!
Bkk9S2 9 months ago
Thanks for the view and kind words :-) Glad you enjoyed the show!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
good 1, thumbs up!
SteveTalksSlow 9 months ago
Glad you liked it - thanks for watchign! =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Wow, that was really cool. What an amazing little creature.
DavidWCourtney 9 months ago
They're definitely fascinating to watch and film :-) Thanks for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
That was amazing
here is a little challenge for you can you make it on ultra slow motion and zoom at its wings
PIXARTV97 10 months ago
Thanks for the great comment! The best I can do is 300, 600, and 1200 fps with my current equipment (Casio EX-F1) which I used for the last half of this vid. The frame size/resolution isn't that great (1200fps is REALLY tiny) but it does slow them down pretty well. I do have some new footage, very close-up and at 600fps to show some interesting perspectives and muscle movement. This will come out in SloMo HB 9 as soon as I have enough footage. :-) Cheers!
jcmegabyte 10 months ago
Thanks so much for watching! =)
JcmdiStockFootage 10 months ago
Lovely creature.
Draugoul 10 months ago
Glad you enjoyed - thanks a bunch for watching! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 10 months ago
This made my arms tired just looking at it:P cool vid though
McJaews 11 months ago
Indeed - just imagine if we could flap as quickly... flight would be no problem! XD
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
@jcmegabyte
One of the best videos on youtube. Thanks for sharing it.
EnergySupply2008 10 months ago
Hmm I can't be sure that theyve got forked tongues. I assume that, since the shutter speed is so fast, you had to use bright lights to make the whole thing visible, and the "forked tongue effect" could be the shadow that is cast by the tongue.
On the other hand, the shadow seems to be longer than the tongue, although that could be explained by the angle of the incoming light...
Ganglerii 11 months ago
There are indeed multiple light sources used here (mostly mirrored sunlight), and the high speed shutter does introduce some weird effects which has been making me wonder about this for quite a while now. I finally decided to go do some research ans Googled "hummingbird forked tongue". Sure enough - I found lots of info about them having barbed, forked tongues! ...so I guess we're not seeing things here - they really do! :-)
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
Magnificent work ... You should be proud. Earth Loves you. Cheers!
TheSystemRevolution 11 months ago
Thanks so much for the view and kind words! Glad you enjoyed the show :-)
HummingBirdChannel 11 months ago
They truly are amazing birds!
landtoseasandiego 11 months ago 2
Indeed! Thanks for checking them out :-)
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
@jcmegabyte Sure
landtoseasandiego 11 months ago
Wow! This is so amazing! I never could have seen the way a hummingbird flaps one wing at a time! Or the tongue! This is fascinating!
amax7895 11 months ago 5
The alternating and bending wing motion is somewhat of an illusion created by the camera's shutter and sensor scan... In the last half of the vid, the high speed camera shows the wing movement the way it really is (wingbeats in parallel like one would expect). There's more info int he vid details :-) Thanks so much for stopping by!
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
@jcmegabyte Thanks for explaining! I really see it now :) Amazing anyways!
amax7895 11 months ago
This is an art and a thing of beauty showing the less visible parts of NATURE!!!XXX!!!~X~!!!~O~!!!HA
hailabg 1 year ago
I agree - that's thing I really enjoy most about time lapse and slow motion is the ability to transcend time and see things we normally can't perceive in realtime :-) Thanks for watching and commenting!
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
Nice video !
Well done !
I like it very much !
5 stars ! * * * * *
God bless you !
Anastasia =)
Freedom330 1 year ago
I'm happy you liked this one! Thanks for stopping by =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
lovely video!!!!!
Sofiadaila 1 year ago
Thanks again for stopping by! Cheers! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
omg, I really didn't know that hummingbirds use their tongue to the flower,
anovanov 1 year ago
Those tongues are really amazing - and apparently it helps them reach the nectar deep in the flower :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
vraiment une superbe vidéo et une magnifique musique
chansonpopulaire 1 year ago
I'm so happy you're enjoying my work - thanks for all the attention and kind words! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
i really love birds,i like parot and crows the best.
jakaloverlord 1 year ago
Thanks so much for stopping by! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
ils sont en libertés ? ou dans une réserve...c'est vraiment beau..;
stoplataupe 1 year ago
I filmed these birds in my back yard :-) I keep a feeder right near my window where I can see them all day long, and I have other feeders around my yard where I set up automated cameras to film them as well :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 1 year ago
@stoplataupe OK SUPERBE ENDROIT;;; ON S'EN LASSE PAS;;
stoplataupe 1 year ago
wow, look at those little guys :)) so cute. I really didn't know about the tongue.
StatisticalCookie 1 year ago
That forked tongue was a surprise to me as well! Thanks for stopping by =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Beautiful. If you like hummingbirds check out Saving the Baby Hummingbird.
ahj 1 year ago
WOW, just beautiful. what program did you use to slow them down? Iwant to put my T1I and Dad's T2I out on video this year! unfortunately, T1I only does 30 FPS, and T2I does 60, but it will get me started. wanna sloooow them down!
TheSeramaMan 1 year ago
The first half was just 30fps video slowed-down to 1/4 speed (7.5fps playback) in Windows Movie Maker. If you film using a high speed shutter (1/1000sec - 1/2000sec) it freezes the wings fairly well but has rolling shutter effect (wing warping, etc). The past half is shot with a Casio EX-F1 at 300fps and 600fps for true slow motion :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
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TheSeramaMan 1 year ago
Wow. I love the way thier wings alternate.
inspiredclips 1 year ago
That weird wing movement is actually an artifact of the camera... in the last half of the vid, a high speed camera was used which shows that the wings really do move in parallel like you might expect. Thanks for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
its weird how their wings bend all funny like that. explains how they can hover in place. cool capture
captaincadavor 1 year ago
The bending thing is shutter weirdness from the HD camcorder. There's mroe info on that in the vid details. They are really amazing birds for sure... and seem to hover like they have built-in gyros! :-) Thanks for stopping by =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing. (And WHO on earth disliked this video?! Seriously?)
By the way, some of the backyard shots look exactly like my backyard. I mean, really! I have a similar hummingbird feeder, and the background in a lot of my shots of hummingbirds at the feeder look just like yours. (I'm in the beautiful San Gabriel Valley.)
CalifDreamsPhoto 1 year ago 7
Thanks so much for checking this one out :-) Yea, most of my yard is fairly generic, grass, Ivy, etc... I try to film against backgrounds that are free of man-made objects, but those birds tend to fly wherever they like and I just have to try and keep up with them! XD
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@jcmegabyte I do the same when snapping photos, but sometimes the peacocks and hummingbirds have other ideas! So there's the occasional view of my lovely patio or the cement block wall at the back of my backyard. :)
CalifDreamsPhoto 1 year ago
If those wings were strong, you'd be dead already for starling the bird!
L3G3nD0001 1 year ago
You've caught something so beautiful and done it extraordinarily well! This was amazing to watch - thank you, great vid!
mikwid 1 year ago
Thanks for the great comment! The birds themselves are indeed amazing to watch, and being able to capture them close-up and in detail is quite a treat for me as well! :-) Cheers!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Okay, why four dislikes? Have you tried to even get just a nice shot of a hummingbird? It's not easy! Nicely done!
littleweloosmom 1 year ago
It's hard to tell what people will like and disllike... my guess is that many kids will probably find this sort of thing pretty boring and might thumb it down! XD However, I figure that if the majority of responses are good ones, then I'm probably doing a decent job of it =) Thanks for the view and kind words!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Apparently we need to improve high speed footage as this isn't fast enough. These little birds really flap like nothing else. Nice video.
Zvikes84 1 year ago
I agree - I would sure like to have 1000fps at 1080p! The first half of this vid is filmed only with a regular 30fps HD camcorder and slowed down 4x, which doesn't really show slow motion well (IMHO). However, the second half was filmed with a Casio EX-F1 high speed camera at 300fps and 600fps (10x and20x slower than life) so you might see slow motion more like you were expecting in the last half :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Hehe they look funny.
charmykat49 1 year ago 4
I heard someone mention that they look a lot like Penguins out of water - which they sort-of do! XD Thanks for stopping by =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Hey, fantastic video, so peaceful … I love birds!
Congratulations
Daniel Haddad.
cavalcdh 1 year ago
Thanks so much for checking it out - glad you enjoyed the show! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Fantastic video of Heaven ...Thanks to You...Peace...
plancher567 1 year ago
Thanks for the view and kind words! Cheers! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Very nice. But I don't think it's healthy for the birds to drink that synthetic stuff in these plastic flowers.
john3427 1 year ago
I was a little concerned about the birds welfare too, so after some research I chose plain sugar in water with no coloring or chemicals, which is what the experts recommend. Hummers generally prefer their natural diet of insects and flower nectar and use feeders as a secondary food source unless times are really tough, so it's usually a low percentage of their diet most of the time. Fortunately, studies haven't shown any negative effects on them, so it shouldn't be doing them any harm. :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 1 year ago
@JcmdiStockFootage Cool. But I think you shuldn't leave them around all the time. And how long do these studies go? One week?
On the other hand more hummingbirds might be able to survive with these artificial feeders because of lack of flowers. Who knows?
Cheers.
john3427 1 year ago
The people that really study hummingbirds are true hardcore enthusiasts that watch/study them constantly, frequently tracking the same individuals for years on end. I'm not quite so dedicated, but I do recognise unique markings on my local birds, and see the same ones year after year as well. In summer, feeders get less attention because of all the natural nectar available, even though many more birds are here (migratory species plus locals). In winter they definitely rely on feeders more.
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Das sind ja super schöne Aufnahmen von einem Kolibri ich danke dir dafür !
Und auch ein dankeschön für deine Einladung ..... ganz liebe Grüße wolle
wolle022 1 year ago
Thanks a bunch for watching and the nice comment! Cheers! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Not trying to play comment-tag here, but my grandfather loved hummingbirds and he would've gotten a kick out of this. Thanks.
Jadistk 1 year ago
Not to worry - I get lots of great conversations going in the comments sections of my vids sometimes! I can imagine how amazed our elders would have been to see things the way modern technology can show them now :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Beautiful, peaceful
Thanks !
LaurentziuRo2010 1 year ago
I'm happy you liked it - thanks for stopping by! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Weird wing movement :o
Ducktapeification 1 year ago
The footage in the first half does look weird due to the high speed shutter (more info in the vid details). The rest look more :normal though :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@Ducktapeification the weird wing movement in the humming bird Is likely due to the fact that they are the only bird that can fly with any out movement at all and fly backwards as well.
fleetwd1 1 year ago
@fleetwd1 yeah, i know but still, it's weird xp
Ducktapeification 1 year ago
This is soooo major cool!
Thanks!
UnoRaza 1 year ago
Thanks so much for watching - I'm glad you enjoyed it! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Enjoyed watching this beautiful video of these facinating birds ;-)) Love the music also ;-)) Best wishes
Looby75MagicFly 1 year ago
I'm happy you enjoyed my video and music - thanks so much for visiting! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
H8 m8 very nice vid :)
Got two small tips for you though! Have you tried filming the 'sword-billed hummingbird'? Its the bird with the longest beak in proportion to its body, it is truly beautifull. Only Downside is that they only live in south-america as far as i know.
It has been said before that the wings look funny.
Probely because the camera was not able to records this with high enough speed. This can be manually changed to lower resolution/high refresh on most cameras.
Good Work!!
SilveradoNL 1 year ago
Thanks for checking this one out! Unfortunately we don't have sword-billed hummers here in southern CA, but I hope to get to Mexico and South America one day to film those tropical species!
Yes, the high speed shutter on the Canon HF100 does cause those weird effects at 30fps when slowed down to 1/4 speed. However, the 2nd half of the vid was shot with the Casio EX-F1 at 300 and 600fps and doesn't suffer from those artifacts... Cheers! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 1 year ago
Very good work, congratulations.
In one sequency seem the wings isn´t sincronicy.
Is an eye effect. Isn´t it?
Tienes buenos videos. Enhorabuena, y gracias por compartirlos.
davidggmr 1 year ago
Thanks so much for the view and nice comment! Yes, the strange wing movements in the first half of the video are an optical effect of the Canon HF100 camcorder's high-speed shutter. The wings really do move in parallel as we would expect :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
I agree with everyone, This was a really wonderful video! Absolutely lovely!!
psspearlie 1 year ago
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
Interesting, but too bad that particular type of video shutter distorts the way the wings are actually moving.
thmechanic1952 1 year ago
Yea - it would have been nice to get a crisp image of the whole frame and wing instead of such strange bent and partial glimpses... The Casio footage in the last half of the vid portrays it much more accurately. :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
hey!! did you see yet? some times the wings are not in the same direction, sometimes one wing is moving backward and the other is moving forward, at the same time! amazing!!!