Uploaded October 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A montage of HD and high speed footage showing these fascinating little birds from 1/4 to 1/40 actual (realtime) speed. Cameras placed in a number of different angles give some new perspectives, and a top-down angle shows the bird lapping-up the nectar with what appears to be a forked tongue! Who knew? :-)
Some great chases and flying scenes round out this video. HD semi-slow-motion (1/4 realtime) video shot with a Canon HF100, Slow motion (1/10 - 1/40 realtime) lower res footage shot with a Casio EX-F1.
As it turns out, the first half of this video, which was shot with a Canon HF100 HD camcorder and high-speed shutter, makes it LOOK like the wings are sometimes bending and beating alternately, but that is in fact an effect of the CMOS scan and shutter. The last half of this video (from 1:33 on) was filmed with a Casio EX-F1 high speed/slow motion camera, and shows the wing movement more accurately - they do indeed beat in parallel rather than alternately. :-)
Be sure and see the rest of the Slow Motion Hummingbirds series:
5: youtube.com/watch?v=y0ebGWce4FY
6: youtube.com/watch?v=ek6FzjS7WGk
7: youtube.com/watch?v=E6n92WeWDtE
8: youtube.com/watch?v=qzLXYLXPkoE
9: youtube.com/watch?v=Cly6Y69WOYk
The soundtrack is "TimeWarp" from the "StarSpin EP" CD by Technician (yours truly), MP3 album and single track available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/starspin/id969654776 and CDBaby: store.cdbaby.com/cd/technician110 Full artist discography and CDs available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com
Note: The audio and video material contained herein is copyright 2019 JCM Digital Imaging and can be licensed for commercial/monetized use at our website, HTTP://JCMDI.COM. You may also download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos, school projects, etc. The full free usage policy and YouTube copyright notice/ad info can be found here (please read before using JCMDI material): jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner
A montage of HD and high speed footage showing these fascinating little birds from 1/4 to 1/40 actual (realtime) speed. Cameras placed in a number of different angles give some new perspectives, and a top-down angle shows the bird lapping-up the nectar with what appears to be a forked tongue! Who knew? :-)
Some great chases and flying scenes round out this video. HD semi-slow-motion (1/4 realtime) video shot with a Canon HF100, Slow motion (1/10 - 1/40 realtime) lower res footage shot with a Casio EX-F1.
As it turns out, the first half of this video, which was shot with a Canon HF100 HD camcorder and high-speed shutter, makes it LOOK like the wings are sometimes bending and beating alternately, but that is in fact an effect of the CMOS scan and shutter. The last half of this video (from 1:33 on) was filmed with a Casio EX-F1 high speed/slow motion camera, and shows the wing movement more accurately - they do indeed beat in parallel rather than alternately. :-)
Be sure and see the rest of the Slow Motion Hummingbirds series:
5: youtube.com/watch?v=y0ebGWce4FY
6: youtube.com/watch?v=ek6FzjS7WGk
7: youtube.com/watch?v=E6n92WeWDtE
8: youtube.com/watch?v=qzLXYLXPkoE
9: youtube.com/watch?v=Cly6Y69WOYk
The soundtrack is "TimeWarp" from the "StarSpin EP" CD by Technician (yours truly), MP3 album and single track available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/starspin/id969654776 and CDBaby: store.cdbaby.com/cd/technician110 Full artist discography and CDs available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com
Note: The audio and video material contained herein is copyright 2019 JCM Digital Imaging and can be licensed for commercial/monetized use at our website, HTTP://JCMDI.COM. You may also download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos, school projects, etc. The full free usage policy and YouTube copyright notice/ad info can be found here (please read before using JCMDI material): jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner
