Slow Motion Hummingbirds 4 (HD 720p)

In this installment we see several colorful summer species, including a male Allen's and a male Black-Chinned, showing off his difficult-to-video purple neckband. These birds migrate into the area (Santa Clarita, California) in April/May where they nest and breed over the summer. As temperatures rise, natural nectar sources become mroe scarce and the hummingbird feeders become eagerly sought-after resources.

Oddly, many feeders sit idle most of the time as these aggressive little birds vigorously hoard the feeder and spend more time chasing away other birds than feeding! "Why can't we all just... get along?" (Jack Nicholson, Mars Attacks) :-)

The soundtrack is "Oberion" from the Silicon Landscape CD by Technician, available at JCMDI.COM.

The odd bending and alternating wing movements are just an illusion caused by the camera's high speed shutter... something to do with the CMOS sensor scan rate in conjunction with the shutter movement itself. This strange effect only seems to appear when the shutter speed is cranked way up to 1/1000thsec and 1/2000sec. In reality, the wings really do move in parallel, and are fairly stiff so no detectable bending occurs. Better high speed footage can be seen in the later sequels to this show: Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5 (last half), 6, 7 and 8 (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

Happy birding! :-)

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[DuckODuckProductions]

You need a higher framerate camera to get a better effect. Nevertheless, a good video!

[jcmegabyte]

@DuckODuckProductions Indeed - the camera used for the first 4-1/2 SloMo Hummingbird vids was only able to slow the action down by about 1/4 realtime. About half-way through SloMo HB5 I started using a Casio EX-F1 (300/600fps) for some mouch better SloMo action. :-) Thanks for checking it out!

[snowflake8439]

Excellent & beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[jcmegabyte]

I'm happy you enjoyed the show - thanks for watching!

[mh605]

Amazing and beautiful. "Blessed are you, O God, who have such things in your world."

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting! =)

[bellduckfilm]

This is just a video shot with a standard HD camera and then slowed down...

[DamienZshadow]

Reminds me of Squawk from Donkey Kong Country...but in all seriousness, this was absolutely amazing to watch. I can't believe the grace it has at flapping those wings 50 beats per second and in the way it curls its tips every flap. Unbelievable.

[w0000dpecker]

NOT SLOW ENOUGH; VOTED OFF THE ISLAND

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! You might like SloMo HB 5 and 6 too - are the ones where I started using the "real" slow motion camera. Thanks for watcing!

[khmerstar08]

~*~ Dat is so awesome....amazing....wonderfu­l as always jcme.... love it so much 5*/5* ~*~

~ Star*

[jcmegabyte]

Yep. A Canon HF100, specifically. If you use the high speed shutter (at 1/2000th sec) and play the 30fps footage back at 7.5 fps you can get some slow motion interesting effects, although it's not *very* slow motion.

Starting with SloMo Hummingbirds 5, I've been shooting with the Casio EX-F1, at 300 and 600 fps, for some much slower slow motion, albeit lower resolution. Still, interesting footage though.