Slow Motion Hummingbirds 2 HD 720p

Here is some spectacular HD footage of a female Allen's Hummingbird feeding... At times the wing beats are in perfect sync with the high-speed shutter, giving the illusion that the wings are stopped! A female Anna's Hummingbird also makes an appearence...

Details:
Filmed on 3-6-2009, just as Spring begins and the seasonal/migratory species begin their return to the area. This footage was filmed with a Canon HF100 HD camcorder, with 1/2000 sec. shutter speed, 1080p, 30fps. The footage was then slowed-down to 1/4 speed, giving an effective frame rate of 7.5fps.

The first bird shown is a female Allen's Hummingbird, and has a faster wingbeat than the Anna's hummingbird (2nd bird show). At times the wingbeats were a perfect multiple of 30, so the camera's shutter froze the wings in roughly the same prosition in the wingstroke cycle for several frames in a row - giving the illusion that the wings had actually stopped moving for short periods of time. Notice the bird is swallowing and looking around while she seems to hang there otherwise motionless. Really cool effect!

Also note that the weird wing bending and alternating wingstrokes "swimming" flight is an illusion created by the rolling shutter and CCD scan rate used by this camcorder model. In reality, the wings really do flap in parallel as one would expect, which can be seen in the last half of Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5 and later (6, 7, 8, etc.), where a Casio EX-F1 high speed camera is used... (links below)
5: http://www.youtube.com/profile?annotation_id=annotation_576046&user=jcmeg...
6: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=jcmegabyte&annotation_id=annotation_5...
7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6n92WeWDtE
8: http://www.youtube.com/user/jcmegabyte#p/c/DF1D8557B15407C1/1/qzLXYLXPkoE

Enjoy the show! :-)

Note: This is copyrighted material, however, you may download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos. The full free usage policy, partner ads and copyright notice/claim info can be found here:
http://jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage and
http://jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner
(please read both sections before using JCMDI material - thanks!)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hummingbird
• anna's
• allen's
• stop
• slow
• motion
• high
• speed
• wings
• sync
• hummer
• humming
• bird
• watching
• science
• study
• female
• technician
• jcmdi
• ornithology
• irridescent
• feathers
• plumage
• feeding
• flying
• hover
• hovering
• beating
• flapping
• oasis
• music
• original
• santa
• clarita
• california
• local
• film
• movie
• photo
• video
• documentary
• time
• lapse
• green
• rufus
• brown
• 720p
• hd
• hi-def
• definition
• jcmdi.com
• JCMDI

[pennnyxlane]

this is cool

[jcmegabyte]

@pennnyxlane Thanks so much for watching! =)

[PurpleHeadedSoldier]

shame your camera could not keep up with the humming birds but worth a go.

[jcmegabyte]

@PurpleHeadedSoldier Indeed - the best I could do with the Canon HF100 was about 1/4 realtime speed, which got some nice detail in the head and body, but didn't do much for the wings. The later episodes (from the last half of SloMo HB 5 onward) were filmed mostly with a Casio EX-F1 and I was able to capture much better slow motion (300fps and 600fps), although not the nice 1080p detail. Still, it's some decent footage though... Cheers! =)

[ScienceVsEvolution]

So cute, Masha' Allah. Thank you..

[xtian2900]

soooo nice and beautiful... what do you feed them?? they seem to like!

[JCMDInature]

@thieformoney Yes indeed they like little feathered bullets! XD Thanks so much for visiting!  =)

[thieformoney]

Hummingbirds seem quite fast even on slow motion

[PurpleHeadedSoldier]

@jcmegabyte lol.....just think of it as an investment eh. Still very good video though, hummingbirds are amazing, they even migrate thousands of miles on those tiny wings.

I will subscribe as long as you promise to save up for that camera.

[Playpatte]

how about filming a woman beachvolleyballteam^^

[Urxiel]

look at the abs on that humming bird

[TEIVOS1]

once i got near a hummingbird. i grabbed that thing and broke its neck. 1 less hummingbird in my area

[jcmegabyte]

@PurpleHeadedSoldier I keep eyeing that Phantom 1080p 1000fps camera, but that $100,000+ pricetag is just a bit out of reach! :-)