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August 5th, 2019, 04:18 AM | #1 |
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UWOL 52 - Garden of the Dragon Ballet Dancers
Hi all,
This was a last minute entry. Have been away most of the month whilst at the same time waiting for a new long lens for the camera.(having already sold my sigma sport 150-600mm) Received my new lens the Sony 200-600 a couple of weeks ago and after playing with it attached to the Sony FS5 realised I might just have enough footage to make up a short entry. Having just again reviewed the film have noticed I did not identify the stars. The mating pair are common darters and the dancing pair at the end are large red Damselflies that I filmed at the the start of the month using a Sony 70-200 on the FS5 All the footage, with the exception of a short clip of common darters egg dipping at 1.25 from my archive, was recorded on, in and by my pond. Please feel free to comment. Mick |
August 5th, 2019, 05:16 AM | #2 |
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Hi Mick,
I really enjoyed watching your entry. I learned a lot from the thoughtful narration and your macro footage was great. Presumably that new Sony lens has pretty good close focus capabilities? I was really surprised by the amount of wildlife supported by what is, as you say, a relatively small pond. It's definitely inspired me to get digging in my own little backyard! Henry
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Hi Henry,
Thanks for watching and commenting, pleased you enjoyed. To answer your question re the lens, its closest focus is 2.4 metres. As I was only filming in HD you can with the FS5 use what they centre scan that gives a 2x crop hence I was able to get what appear to be close up macro. Mick |
August 5th, 2019, 11:22 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for the info Mick. You got really good results with it!
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Mick, very well done. Good steady close ups. Your narration was perfect as was your story line. I really enjoyed this video because I also have a small pond in my yard. Also, as a former entomologist I have always enjoyed the dragonflies and damselflies.
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Hi Mick,
This was a nice film! Loved the close up of the dragonfly and the dancing sequence in the end. I have many times tried to film them, but it is really difficult, and here you made it look so easy. Very nice that you had a good story about the dragonflies. Thanks for sharing! Well done! |
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Hi Bob and Trond,
Thanks so much for watching and your feed back, very much appreciated. Mick |
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Nice! I very much enjoyed watching your video. Very informative too.
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August 13th, 2019, 06:22 PM | #9 |
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Well done Mick.
Id like to pick a shot as the best or most preferred but can't because the entire video is superior shots!! I am not fond of the stoppage of the background music as it broke my intense concentration and attraction to the footage. I thought ewhat happened instead of staying focuse like I was till then!!! It is an amazing piece of work and as good as any Ive watched on bbc, etc. Even better yet I learned some things about Dragon flies and damsel flies!! A deserving winner no matter how many people were involved. TOP SHELF STUFF.
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Absolutely amazing.
I learned something today. In just three minutes, to boot! Excellent job, Mick. Well done. |
August 14th, 2019, 02:06 AM | #11 |
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Hi Lee, Dale and Chris,
Thank you all so much for taking time and commenting, I very much appreciate it. |
August 19th, 2019, 10:52 PM | #12 |
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Wonderful film Mick.
Looks like you are enjoying the new lens and the results are good |
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