High speed footage of a Robin hovering... (1 Viewer)

Zathras

Member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #1

Hi,

The Robin in our garden likes to hover like a hummingbird to eat from the suet block.

Thought you might appreciate some of the footage I've captured in here.
Hovering Robin in Slow Motion
Slow Motion Hovering Robin Close Up

 

GYRob

Well-known member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #2

well after 2 seconds i was giveing you 10 out of 10 amazing .
Rob.

 

Phil Carter

Well-known member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #3

That's excellent. What equipment are you using?

Phil

 

Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

Staff member

Supporter

• Jun 6, 2011

• #4

That is great.

 

Zathras

Member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #5

GYRob said:

well after 2 seconds i was giveing you 10 out of 10 amazing .

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Cheers! :t:

Phil Carter said:

That's excellent. What equipment are you using?

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A 3 year old Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1, its great for this kind of stuff and takes a pretty good photo too.

Tricky to get good high speed shots as you need lots of light to make up for the fast shutter speeds. Great fun though and very rewarding when you get it right.

Hopefully you will like the footage I've done recently of some geese too
Slow Motion Egyptian Gosling Flapping
Slow Motion Canadian Goose Stretching Wings

 

adri97

Active member

• Jun 15, 2011

• #6

Great video!

Is this digiscoped? Would you happen to know if your camera will be compatible on a digiscoping setup? Thanks in advance!

 

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eenymac

Well-known member

• Jun 27, 2011

• #7

That is some great footage, well done.
I've often thought about some high speed shooting for producing slo-mo effects like this but equipment has always been very limited / very expensive. I'll definitely have to look again this topic after such an inspiring video.

 

Hobbes2

Well-known member

• Jun 27, 2011

• #8

Zathras said:

Hi,

The Robin in our garden likes to hover like a hummingbird to eat from the suet block.

Thought you might appreciate some of the footage I've captured in here.
Hovering Robin in Slow Motion
Slow Motion Hovering Robin Close Up

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Welcomg to BirdForum! What wonderful footage. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it - thanks for posting your links.
Hobbes

 

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ggwildlife

Member

• Jan 25, 2013

• #9

just seen this and its quite remarkable

 

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Garden

New member

• Jan 17, 2020

• #10

Zathras said:

Hi,

The Robin in our garden likes to hover like a hummingbird to eat from the suet block.

Thought you might appreciate some of the footage I've captured in here.
Hovering Robin in Slow Motion
Slow Motion Hovering Robin Close Up

Click to expand...

Wow! My robin in my garden was hovering over suet balls! At first I thought it was a humming bird, but on closer inspection it was a robin!

 

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Pete Terry

New member

• Apr 1, 2024

• #11

I didn't know that Robins could hover in mid air until today. I was gobsmacked. 'Twas flapping it's wings so fast they were a blur. I wish I'd had my camera with, but as usual, I missed the moment.