5D2 HD video of a Purple Heron in flight

[liquidstone]

I knew it's just a matter of time before I make crazy attempts at capturing HD videos of a flying bird using the 5D2's movie mode, with no benefit of AI servo. Here's sharing some clips I got the other day at Candaba wetlands, Philippines. :mrgreen:

http://www.vimeo.com/2847278



Romy

[Tony-S]

That's really nice. The way it processes the blowing grass is real testimony as to how the DigiC IV can encode at high bit rates. Nice work.

[liquidstone]

That's really nice. The way it processes the blowing grass is real testimony as to how the DigiC IV can encode at high bit rates. Nice work.

Thanks, Tony..... the original *.mov footage has unbelieveable detail indeed. Here's video grab from the footage:


Purple Heron
Scientific name - Ardea purpurea
Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands.

CANDABA WETLANDS, PHILIPPINES, 5D2 + 500 F4 L IS + Canon 2x TC, 1000 mm, f/16, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support, available light, full HD video frame (video grab), processed and resized to 1280x720

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/108205486/original.jpg

[joey1234]

THe video coming out of the mk2 is better than my HV20--

[Joony]

Nice frog frame grab!

[jonwhite]

Shallow DOF makes the grass look cool, good effort at tracking it whilst it was flying!

[alankey]

Amazing! looks very nice, great quality:)

[Nistelrooydude]

Very cool bird, very cool video. Nice job.

[liquidstone]

Thanks guys for viewing. :)

Romy

[waussie]

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by Romy Ocon

Thats great!

[Ghostfly]

loved it!

[shaker69]

Love the vid. Thanks for sharing.

Your truly harnessing the capability of the 5d2. Mabuhay.