Shooting info – filmed in natural habitat at Elev. 1526 m ASL, Baguio
City, Northern Philippines on January 20, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV +
Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 600 mm (equiv.), various Av,
ISO 100, 1/60 sec, manual exposure in available light, Steadyshot off,
4K/29.97p capture processed to 1920 x 800/23.976p (cinematic 2.4:1
aspect ratio).
A short close up footage of a tiny butterfly (wing diameter is less than
1 inch at its widest) filmed at the banks of Bued River, Northern
Philippines.
Shooting info – filmed in natural habitat on January 17, 2018, Sony RX10
Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 600 mm (equiv.), f/8,
ISO 100, 1/60 sec, manual exposure in available light, Steadyshot off,
4K/29.97p capture processed to 1920 x 800/23.976p (cinematic 2.4:1
aspect ratio).
Music – “Starry” by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (royalty-free).
I
wonder what nature was up to when it evolved this wasp with a very elongated
connector between the thorax and abdomen. Perhaps the purpose is to improve
balance in flight? The wasp is about 3/4" long from head to abdomen,
excluding the antennae.
Shooting
info – filmed in natural habitat at Bued River, La Union, Philippines, on
January 18, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod,
600 mm (equiv.), f/5.6, ISO 100, 1/60 sec, manual exposure in available light,
Steadyshot off, 4K/29.97p capture processed to 1920 x 800/23.976p (cinematic
2.4:1 aspect ratio).
Music
– “Sneaky Snitch” by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (royalty-free).
I experimented with a new capture technique in this video - I set the
lens to 24 mm, manuallly focused to just beyond MFD, enabled Steadyshot,
dialed in an Av of f/5.6 - f/8 for a deeper DOF, and chased the insects
with the hand held camera. The 10x slomo + Steadyshot smoothened out
any hand holding shake.
Shooting info – filmed in natural habitat at Bued River, Northern
Philippines, on January 14, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV, various exposure
settings and focal lengths, manual exposure in available light, shot in
240 fps HFR, processed to 1920 x 800/23.976p (cinematic 2.4:1 aspect
ratio)
Music – “Sunshine Ver. 2” by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
(royalty-free).
A short piece on a dragonfly in flight combining slomo from 480 fps
captures, and close up from a 4K clip.
Shooting info – filmed in natural habitat at Bued River, Northern
Philippines, on January 13, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 +
Manfrotto 455B tripod, various exposure settings and focal lengths,
manual exposure in available light, Steadyshot off, shot in 4K/29.97p
and HFR 480 fps, processed to 720/23.976p.
Music – “Pennsylvania Rose” by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
(royalty-free).
The whites are on the hot side - I was at the lowest ISO possible, the
smallest Av without killing the AF system and I stuck to a 180-degree
shutter. How I wish I had a built in ND filter!
Great Egret (Egretta alba)
Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Sto. Tomas, La Union, Philippines
on January 9, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV, manual exposure in available
light, hand held, 220 mm (600 mm equivalent), shot in 1080/119.88p and
1080/59.94p, processed to 720/23.976p.
Some close up footage of dragonflies (approximate total length from head
to tip of tail is around 2 inches) filmed at the banks of Bued River,
Northern Philippines.
Shooting info – filmed in natural habitat on January 10, 2018, Sony RX10
Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 600 mm (equiv.),
various Av, ISO 100, 1/60 sec, manual exposure in available light,
Steadyshot off, 4K/29.97p capture processed to 1920 x 800/23.976p
(cinematic 2.4:1 aspect ratio).
Music – “Rumination” by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (royalty-free).
This is a simple footage of a
perched dragonfly, filmed at 24 mm to 600 mm (equivalent), then zoomed to 1,200
mm (equivalent) by cropping the 3840 x 2160 footage to 1920 x 1080 during post
process.
The camera was fully zoomed to
600 mm, manually focused, then zoomed back to 24 mm before recording. The
subject was just past the minimum focus distance of 0.72 m.
IMHO, shooting in 4K and doing
the digital zoom in post process is more advantageous than just shooting FHD
and using the in-camera digital zoom. Aside from superior FHD quality, cropping
during PP allows flexibility in composition, framing and simulated panning. If
the output is HD (720p) only, the total reach becomes 1,800 mm equivalent!
Shooting info – filmed in habitat
at Bued River, La Union, Philippines, January 8, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV +
Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 24 – 600 mm (equiv.), f/8, ISO 100,
1/60 sec, manual exposure in available light, MF, Steadyshot off, 4K/29.97p
capture processed to 1080/23.976p.
Music – “Aretes” by Kevin
MacLeod, incompetech.com (royalty-free).
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Sto. Tomas, La Union, Philippines
on January 5, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV, manual exposure in available
light, hand held, 220 mm (600 mm equivalent), shot in 1080/59.94p and
1080/119.88p, processed to 1920x800/23.976p (cinematic 2.4:1 aspect
ratio).
Music - "Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (RF)
(On closer inspection, the prey was actually a shrimp, not a tiny fish
as indicated in the footage)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta, migrant)
Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Sto. Tomas, La Union, Philippines
on January 5, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV, manual exposure in available
light, hand held, 220 mm (600 mm equivalent), 1080/59.94p capture
processed to 720/23.976p (40% slomo).
Music - "Angel Share" by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (RF)
