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5. The "Sphere Arm" tripod arm for filming Insects (DIY)

by Edwin bont

3 years ago

4. Just a simple test

by Edwin bont

3 years ago

3. Birth of a Damselfly

by Edwin bont

3 years ago

2. Macro test part 2

by Edwin bont

3 years ago

1. First Macro test video (Panasonic HDC-SD5)

by Edwin bont

3 years ago

I found this damselfly crawling around in my pond and I knew it would climb out to transform, just had that feeling.
So I followed him/her for one hour.
It was difficult to shoot sometimes because of the uncomfortable position.
I am now making a new arm/boom/jib like thing specially for macro filming.

Made with a Panasonic SD5 edited in Premiere cs3.
I am making a new edit now in Vegas Pro because Premiere gave me lots of problems.

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Lucasberg (Joey) 3 years ago

That was pretty spectacular.
celibacyclub 3 years ago

very nice edwin. such wonderful colors and detail.
Brian Boudreau 3 years ago

that was sweet. right place,right time. what macro lens did you use?
Edwin bont 3 years ago

I have made my own lens by using the front lens of a broken 35mm lens. ("cheap" telezoom lens).
I literally sawed it off and glued a stepdown ring on it so i can screw it on my camera.
Brian Boudreau 3 years ago

very inovative..great job man it came out awesome
Brandon Bloch 3 years ago

Wow. All that happened in the span of an hour? Nature never ceases to amaze.
4Moorhens2 3 years ago

Your photography is superb, getting up to an hour of footage edited down to 2 min 40 sec must have been really tough but the shots that you have used are perfectly cut together, the soundtrack works beautifully also - truely an example of video art at its finest.
Edwin bont 3 years ago

Wow, thanks, this is just my first video.
I love to learn new skills and video is a lot different than photography.
I still make a lot of mistakes like an almost full memorycard and just one almost empty battery.
So i missed the shot were the Damselfly "broke out of its skin".
He was hanging just a few inches from the water and i had to lay down my tripod en hang my camera over the water, not very steady.
Thanks for your comment.
Viperos 3 years ago

This is outstanding, what kind of lenses do You use?
MattyJatz 3 years ago

Nice work man. Love the macros.
Byron 3 years ago

THAT WAS SOOO BEAUTIFUL.. amazing when the damselfly emerged from its pupal case, and the closeups of its head as it cleaned its face.. music synced perfectly too.. unbelievable.. keep it up!! don't fall in the water with your camera though, LOL
Paul Klinger 3 years ago

That was quite a transformation! Thanks for posting :)
Scott Duchardt 3 years ago

Wow! Beautiful work... Loved the crazy eyeballs...
Loren Lewis 3 years ago

Fantastic macro! If I saw that thing in the water, I never would have realized it was a damselfly ready to emerge so soon.
Pierre 3 years ago

That was a nice piece of work. Worth the patience and difficulties to get it right. Work of an alien I should say :)
Love it.
winston venga 3 years ago

congratulations, amazing job.
Robert Carpenter 3 years ago

Edwin ... 20 or so years ago, I glued two stepdown rings together so I could reverse a 35mm lens for macro work. CAUTION ... Don't use super glue (cyanoacrylate) A couple of hours later when I attached it to the camera, the stuff was still vaporizing, and it percipitated on my lens. I lost all the front lens coatings when I cleaned it off!!!
Captain Beef Eater 3 years ago

Magnificent footage!
→Zac Boyet← 3 years ago

WOW! Just astounding macro work!!!
moriza 3 years ago

Beautiful work! Beautiful creature!
You have an amazing skills and talent.
nullo 3 years ago

Wow, amazing video.
SteveR 3 years ago

I just don't think I'd have the patience to do this.
Bill Newsinger 3 years ago

Stunning. Beautiful colours.
Lyall Fvrphy 3 years ago

This is why I love Vimeo.
tj hanton 3 years ago

That was simply amazing. Excellent capture!
monso 3 years ago

is fantastic....
scon 3 years ago

WoW...
jim Sitton 3 years ago

Can you show us a pic of your diy lens?
Great work!
Goldenboi24k 3 years ago

Thats some freaky shit !!!!!
Chris Myers 11 months ago

Very cool video man!
Joe Merritt 6 months ago

That is always amazing to watch.............