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- GutterMoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+132Misleading title. Stop motion is not this. Stop motion is when you piece together frames to make animation out of something, usually an inanimate object.
- deuceswilde, on 10/10/2007, -3/+32"Stop motion is not this"
Comment dugg for the use of Yoda syntax. - Erik1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26Aren't all photos technically "stop-motion"?
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Red Bull.
- pumacub, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20This isn't Stop Motion, there's no Motion, this is just Stop.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12plus when was photograpy not stop motion..
buried for inaccurate title and lame photograph. - GoalieStr1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Sorry, had to bury for "meh" too. The lens speed wasn't fast enough to truly capture the bird midflight without blur. It's a sweet picture but not sweet enough for front page in MY OPINION (had to emphasize that before I get dug down)
- monsterenergy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yeah, I agree with GutterMoo.
Correct title should read '[PIC] Freeze-frame Hummingbird Photo' - DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I think this is the kind of shot you were looking for, submitter (the 'in flight / no blur shot): http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/images/broad_tailed_hummingbird.jpg
- themonkeysaid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Anybody keeping count on the number of humming birds that have made front page on digg?
- appleacolyte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This picture is neither good nor stop motion.
- xtr3m, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"With the exception of insects, hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach as high as 1,260 beats per minute, a rate once measured in a Blue-throated Hummingbird [1]. They also typically consume more than their own weight in food each day, and to do so they must visit hundreds of flowers daily. At any given moment, they are only hours away from starving. However, they are capable of slowing down their metabolism at night, or any other time food is not readily available. They enter a hibernation-like state known as torpor. During torpor, the heart rate and rate of breathing are both slowed dramatically (the heart rate to roughly 50–180 beats per minute), reducing their need for food."
- MrSidnet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3[PIC] Stop-Hummingbird Photo
- carpespasm, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9not dugg for being "meh"
- dacheetah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2High-Speed Photograph is the correct term I believe. Very very short exposure time, with sensitive film, and usually either outdoors in direct sunlight, or with a nice bright flash. Although, given the blur in the wings, it's not all that high speed, probably about the best you can get with reasonable armature equipment. With the ridiculously expensive stuff you could have nice crisp clear wings even at that speed.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4No. Yoda syntax would be "Stop motion this is not." I dugg you up anyway for giving me a funny mental picture.
- yournamehere, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2it only hums because it doesn't know the words.
- wafflesomd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3How do they flap their wings so fast?
- Wildren, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What shutter speed was this picture was taken at?
- angusware, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12000000000000000000000000 FPS
- HappyScrappy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Low res pic, and it isn't even a fast enough shutter.
This just isn't that big a deal, go to flickr and you can find better. - StiGUP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yea stop motion is awesome though...althought this is just taken with a high FPS camera.....i believe and did you know hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards? I would like to see that
- JacNet, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6Down after 60 diggs, mirror: http://www.duggmirror.com/environment/PIC_Stop_Motion_Hummingbird_Photo/
Just the pic: http://duggmirror.com/environment/PIC_Stop_Motion_Hummingbird_Photo/86c96e2d0231ae6edd0db3169d6edd9f_baecbaabl.jpg - angusware, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2no. you are an idiot
- monsterenergy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1ok to clear up some *****, this photograph was probably taken with a 1/500 shutter..with 1/2000 the wings would be crisp, with 1/4000 the wings would be execptionally crisp. to do that youd need a lens with a very, very large aperature. a flash isnt an option for this shot, wildife shots are taken with telephoto lenses, and at a distance of that magnitude flash wouldnt be effective/safe for the bird...kthx
- artwork, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Most of the sugar (from the flowers) that the birds eat goes into generating energy for the muscles that flap their wings. And it helps that the birds are extremely light.
- Radan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, you need to give this guy some props, I mean it's not easy to manage set the camera to iso five billion and still get the picture blurry, especially as it's taken in fresh daylight. If you want to see a hummingbird, just google "hummingbird" and you will get tons of images which is far better than this one.
- Dotcommer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, even calling it a freeze-frame is innacurate. A freeze frame is a term in film where a piece of footage plays, freezes at a specific time, and then resumes playing.
this, is just a well timed picture. - supert0ad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1this is not stop motion, it is high speed photography. unfortunately it is not high speed enough to capture the motion of the wings
- fluffythekitten, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1up, down (repeat fast)
- jesuswuzanalien, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That ***** is totally CGI.
- f3l1x, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1...Almost dugg for how many visitors were viewing the site at the time.
http://i14.tinypic.com/52z7uaa.jpg - bkemper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Here's mine: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/203602676_cdb06e6f91_o.jpg
- theRIAA, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Its not even that frozen, I could take this with my camera.
- digger_twit, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1http://image.bayimg.com/baecbaabl.jpg
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2This has been on Digg before. If not this, something very, very similar. Buried duplicate.
- majorbta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0mirror (without ads) http://www.brandonadcock.com/stop-motion-hummingbird-photo-mirror/
- bouche, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2"stop-motion" = what an idiot.
- angusware, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1no. you are an idiot
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1"Stop-motion" is sort of the definition of a photograph, now isn't it?
- deaddude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Stop- Hammer time
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1looks like all the months of my world wildlife fund hummingbird calender.
- angusware, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1no. you are an idiot
- Xansas, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0If you look closely at his wings, you can see the words "Duplicate Story".
- fussbucket, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Hummingbirds are just feathered insects, that's how.
- theman8631, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1But will it blend?
- fuzed, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3Wow, that's really beautiful.
Now this is what we need - more diggs like this and less about anything related to politics, the iPhone, Ubuntu, Ron Paul, Faux-Celebrities, etc.
Keep em coming! - mrivorey, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Taking close up photos of hummingbirds is fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrivorey/118533278/in/set-72057594091534249/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5Superb photograph.
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