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White-tailed Kites mating on top of their favorite perch.
This is an extracted frame from a 4k 120fps video.
I'm back in Boston - and back to decent internet speeds - so now I have to start posting stuff from my trip.
One thing I love to do when I visit California is watch the hummingbird feeders - and this time, I tried out my iPhone 6s slow mo video for the first time.
Listen to hear it chirping and look closely to see its little tongue going in and out!
We decided based on some bird books that this one is either an Allen's hummingbird or a Rufous hummingbird, which are apparently very difficult to tell apart.
This video was at 120fps and 1080p (I also took some at 240fps and 720p which I'll post later for comparison). I had to export this using iMovie on my iPhone to get it to upload to Flickr, not sure if that lost any resolution but I hope not.
Make sure you turn on the sound!
The iPhone 6s has two options for slow-mo video built in: 120 fps at 1080p, or 240 fps at 720p.
This one starts at normal speed and then slows down to 240fps and 720p, which I think is definitely the better speed for hummingbirds. Compare to the last one which was 120fps, and see how much more slowed down this one is - you can really see the detail as the hummingbird hovers there.
I think the reason it takes so long to go in for the flower is that I had probably just adjusted my iPhone and tripod setup, and it was suspicious of this large object right next to the feeder.
Make sure you turn on the sound!
The iPhone 6s has two options for slow-mo video built in: 120 fps at 1080p, or 240 fps at 720p.
I shot this video at 1080p and 120fps before realizing the other option was there. The resolution is nice, but the hummingbird is still moving pretty fast at this speed.
However, its still fun to see it calling / screaming even at this speed! They seem to spend half their time and energy trying to scare each other away from the feeders and absolutely refuse to share.
Art in Death - Peregrine Falcon creating an artistic carpet of death plucking a gull kill.
Species: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Location: California, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R3 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 4k @120fps, Handheld
Another sequence from last Wednesday's early morning trip to the fen. Could watch Barn Owls hunting all day long!
Filmed in Norfolk, 120fps Slo-Mo.
Canon EOS R5, EF 600mm F4 II + 1.4 Mk III extender. Manfrotto fluid head.
Hope Mark Knopfler doesn't mind the use of Wild Theme.
Short-billed Dowitcher preening in slow motion
If you are having difficulties with video playback here on Flickr, you can watch it also on YouTube: youtu.be/xQWbIkMQZm0
Video recorded with a Canon 1DX II + 600mm IS f/4 lens + 1.4x extender (840mm) at 120fps
If you are interested to see more of my bird photography, please visit my website: www.greggard.com/birds
Recent visit to Spain , mostly female Marsh Harriers dominating the smaller males but Goshawk which dominated and scattered everything visited also as did a Fox which stole all the food we put out ! Sony A1 +300mm f2.8 RAW 4k video 120fps slomo @30 fps
Continuing with day 1 in Cornwall photography adventure.
A wet, and uninspiring Portwrinkle (at first) with windy and non descript skies.
I struggled greatly looking for a composition here and something to photograph, wandering around aimlessly looking for something to photograph. At one point I even ended up prodding the bloated corpse of a porpoise washed up on the beach with my tripod leg (spike attached), which I quickly stopped doing after remembering how wales blow up... youtu.be/hkBscgjlCaQ?t=64
With my enthusiasm for being a marine biologist tempered I wandered back up to the carpark arguing with myself for a while, perhaps I should have filmed the explosion of the dead porpoise, could I even get it to explode, 30fps or 120fps slow mo, these thoughts entertained me for a while before I ditched the idea and got on with trying to shoot the environment instead
Geoff
Male Common Kingfisher preening. Filmed in 120fps slo-mo. Apologies in advance for the swaying reed in front of his head! I should say it was deliberate to show how well the focus stays locked on the eye. :-)
120fps slow motion
Kingfisher really making sure the jobs done, 4 min video so stick with it thanks - Norfolk
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4k 120FPS video slowed down to FHD 30FPS.
The avocets went out of the frame briefly before I could adjust my position. So, I removed a small part of the clip.
Well it had almost stopped raining but you can see a few specs. Rain, or, as it stops, sure seems to get them singing. I recorded this at 120fps so was able to slow it down to 1/4 speed in the '2nd half'. So first enjoy it full speed, then again super slow.
120fps slow motion - Norfolk
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A short clip at half speed. The Z8 on continuous focus stayed on subject quite well through the grass. 4K 120fps
Norfolk
First attempts at slow motion video 120fps will have to try some more
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Z9
Z-mount 100-400mm @ 400mm
Capture: 120 fps... 11MP JPG
Picture Control: Standard
Manual Exposure + Auto ISO (2000 ISO)
3D Focus Tracking w/animal detection
Handheld + Vibration Reduction
Delkin Black CFexpress (512gb)
The mourning doves came by for a quick visit. Several of my visitors were kind enough to stick around to help me make a few pictures.
Until I can get them to understand, "Hold that pose!" I think I'll have to rely on the 120 frames per second still image capture speed of the Z9.
I have been asked, "At 120 fps, why not just capture video and pull a frame from that?"
Good Question!
The 120 fps video capture in the Z9 is 'only' 4K. Or about 8 million pixels per frame.
The 120fps still capture mode of the Z9 is 11 million pixels per frame... about 60% more information than a 4K video frame grab.
...and then there is the shutter speed thing in video. Most videos captures will look most natural... most fluid... most 'normal to our eye' if the shutter speed is set near 2x the frame rate. Faster shutter speeds cause the video to have a choppy looking playback. As you can imagine, capturing the movement of the wings at 250th of a second would yield VERY different results than seen here.
Thanks to Juan Carlos of Neotropic Photo Tours for suggesting the 120 fps slow motion video. Shooting the video at 120 fps and then playing back allows us to see the hummingbird movements in more detail. Normally they would be just a blur. There is no sound when shooting 120fps.
The first hummingbird is a male Green Thorntail, the second is a male Green-Crowned Brilliant, and the third is a male Violet Sabrewing.
Photographed at Catarata Del Toro, if I remember correctly. They had a small garden with an amazing view of a huge waterfall.
Photographed on a tour led by Juan Carlos Vindas of Neotropic Photo Tours. January 2019
Thanks to Juan Carlos of Neotropic Photo Tours for suggesting the 120 fps slow motion video. Shooting the video at 120 fps and then playing back allows us to see the hummingbird movements in more detail. Normally they would be just a blur. There is no sound when shooting 120fps.
The first hummingbird is a Green Hermit female and the second that shows up is a Green-Crowned Brilliant male.
Photographed at Catarata Del Toro, if I remember correctly. They had a small garden with an amazing view of a huge waterfall.
Photographed on a tour led by Juan Carlos Vindas of Neotropic Photo Tours. January 2019
Not bad seeing. BAA Mars Mapper 2020 for feature identification.
2020-09-28 22:44UT
250mm f4.8 Newtonian
x3 TAL Barlow 3600mm effective focal length
ZWO ASI290MC
120fps 3 minute video, 3% frames
Seeing III
Captured in Firecapture
Processed in Autostakkert, Registax and PS
The male blue tit is presenting a potential new home to the female. The video was captured with 120fps, slowed down 4x - they are so amazingly fast! Fun fact: There was a great tit twenty minutes before and she didn't like it. :-)
Taken yesterday on a very windy day and using my gimbal rather than a video head. That's the excuses out of the way!
Shot in 120fps slo-mo and editing with Davinci Resolve - which is free and seems very good so far!
Also shows the dramatic variation you can get in the male plumage.
There is also a moment when one of the birds appears to try and deliberately empty his bowels over the other one - isn't nature wonderful!
Shot in Norfolk.
First go at filming using a Manfrotto fluid video head (502 AV) instead of the Wimberley gimbal - and I think the footage is a lot smoother. Had thought the head might struggle with the weight of the lens / camera - but it was fine.
The light male is returning again and again to the same spot and I think this is where he is building a nest to try and attract a mate.
Not sure what lens model I am referring to in the first frame but too late to edit after I discovered it! Used the free 18 beta version of Davinci Resolve from Blackmagic - and I am really impressed. Can't believe it is free - and if I can sort of get the hang of the basics - then anyone can - give it a go!
Hedgehog, magpies and squirrel: Animal interaction in slow motion (part I). It is much easier to notice the interaction between animals when watched in slow motion. This is possible because Sony FDR-X1000V records in 120fps HD. Hyvinkää, Finland. 19.7.2017
While doing multiflash with hummers I quickly changed my R5 to do 120fps video at the click of one button.
Slow motion video of a juvenile Piping Plover taking a bath.
I hope you like it :)
If this video doesn't play for you here on Flickr, feel free to watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/qZP5D-3l_sQ
This video was recorded with a Canon EOS 1DX II camera paired with a Canon 600mm f/4 IS II lens and 1.4x extender, at 120fps
more of my bird photography can be found at www.greggard.com/birds
Finally the sun is getting more and more active again. Time to get my Lunt-60 back into action :) This image was taken with the Lunt and an ASI174. Nice thing of this combination is that you can take the sun in a single frame. I use it with my macbook with a highspeed ssd attached and in this way I'm able to get 120fps full disk in 12-bit. Which is very nice in post-processing because you don't need to take separate limb imagery then for the solar flares. So this is the result of one single run of 60s :) Happy with this...
Red Squirrel - Boothbay Harbor Maine
Actually the Sony α7ʀ4 can do up to 10 FPS at full frame (for 60 or so captures before the buffer tops out)), but then I'd only have 2-3 captures in a 1/4 second, so I went with 120 fps video and saved each frame to jpg for the 1/4 second that this guy was in the frame.
Sony ILCE-7RM4
Canon 300 mm ƒ/4
@ ƒ/5.6 - ⅟₁₂₅₀ - ISO 400
XAVC S HD 1920x1080 @ 120fps
with manual focus on the branch
Next time I think I'll juice up the ISO to 1600 so I can shoot at ⅟₂₀₀₀ to ⅟₄₀₀₀ of a sec to get a crisper image, and use Adobe's new grain smoothing app to see if I can smooth out the grain a bit, though I'm liable to lose the whiskers if I do that.
FYI - If you click on the first frame in the comment section, you will then be able to step through the 30 frames of the 1/4 second video one frame at a time at full size
(i.e. one camera pixel = one screen pixel).
Male Kingfisher passing a Miller's thumb (Bullhead) to his little lady
Norfolk
120fps Slow motion
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Video shot from Samsung Galaxy S5 K zoom at 120fps, edited on phone in Cyberlink Powerdirector
Short, slow motion, clip of an adult male Peregrine Falcon landing on its favorite perch
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Video recorded with a Canon 1DX + 600mm II IS f/4 lens paired with a 1.4x extender, at 840mm
You can also see this video on YouTube: youtu.be/UI2BZ82OLvY
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Some Friday fun. One of the really cool features of the Nikon D850 is the ability to do slow motion videos. It records at 120fps and plays back at 30fps. This Woodhouse's Scrub-jay had a hard time deciding which peanut was the best, and rummaged through the pile before finally making its choice. I love that you can see hummingbirds flitting about in the background. The hummers are pretty much gone now, but it was a great summer for them.
Thanks so much for viewing and have a wonderful weekend!
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This is at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado. The currant bush is located on the main road, down below the park office.
It took me six-hours to get this shot, spread over the last week. Twice, earlier in the week, he teased me as I drove up, flashing me and then flying away not to return for the tow-hours I stayed. It's kind of like fishing. You need to where to go and then wait...
Volo, Early June. A frame from my newest short, shot on a Blackmagic Pocket 4K and a Wollensak 9mm f/2.3 D-mount lens. Click here to watch the video: youtu.be/Ql7oM9n2uwo
Happened upon this Blue Tit nest in a Lifebuoy housing at the edge of the lake. Hopefully nobody falls in during the next few months.
Decided to try out the Nikon pre-release capture. This shot was taken at 120FPS - you can select the pre and post release buffer time. Only shoots in JPEG in this mode - hopefully a firmware release at some point will add RAW (like the Canon R7 and R3!).