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27. Pampas grass on windy afternoon

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26. Macaronopita

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25. "You've Gotta Want It" by Dolorata

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24. "Alibi" by HIJK

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23. Foster City flowers in paint

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22. San Mateo Creek bridge

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21. San Francisco Bay

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20. Natural beauty at the Palace of Fine Arts

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19. The bridge

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18. MacroPaint

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17. Macro Abstract

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16. At the beach in Monterey

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15. Drifters of the deep

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14. Glued onto the sea floor

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13. The old train

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12. LG KU990 Viewty

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11. Casinos of Reno

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10. 720p with the Kodak V1253

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9. Around my home

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8. Squaw Village in November

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7. Autumn Flowers

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6. Foster City

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5. Mt Hamilton astronomy observatories

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4. Stanford University Campus

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3. San Francisco Zoo

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2. Squaw Village in May

by Eugenia Loli

4 years ago

[Updated: March 08 2009]

The most amazing creatures nature has ever created, drifting in our oceans. From the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Download the video file on the right sidebar, and watch it via the PS3/XBoX360 on your HDTV.

Shot with a Canon HV20 in PF24/Cinemode. Pulldown removed with Cineform NeoHD. Edited with Vegas Pro 8, graded with Magic Bullet. Music and video are licensed separately under the Creative Commons "BY" 3.0 license.

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Lucasberg (Joey) 4 years ago

Pretty , did they allow a tripod in there?
Eugenia Loli 4 years ago

Nope...
Brad Mirman 4 years ago

Stunning Eugenia! Great colors. Would never know you didn't have a tripod. Great work.
Eugenia Loli 4 years ago

I had a stabilizing tool with me, just not a tripod. ;)
Tomasz Chrzanowski 3 years ago

What tool was it?
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

A monopod.
JamesW 4 years ago

Stunning. Did you use a monopod?
Ben 4 years ago

Awesome! Mesmerizing!
Digital Minds 4 years ago

Wow I love Science Fiction movies with special effects!
Prasad RL 4 years ago

Beautifullllllllllllllllllllll
pthurst 4 years ago

It's wonderful! what a lovely clip!
Abras 4 years ago

Amazing! I image how it would be to see it without compression.
Chodite 4 years ago

Your new Monterey videos look great on my HDTV.
Nice work!
Pietro Impagliazzo 4 years ago

Beautiful and scary things.

Great vid!
Jose Gibert 4 years ago

Amazing footage and editing.
w.pasman 4 years ago

Great, all these moving bright colored objects!

What did you use for stabilization?

I had to rename the .unk extension to m4v to play back the downloadable version.

The only problem I saw was that many images seem lightly out of focus. Why is that?
Eugenia Loli 4 years ago

No, it's not .m4v, it's .mp4. I mention this in the description. The .unk happens because of a bug on Vimeo (it's a new bug of theirs for a couple of weeks now).

Only one image is out of focus AFAIK, which one are you referring to? Besides, everything is shot behind a thick glass and not much light, so you can't expect HV20's full sharpness in these conditions.
Mark Jensen 4 years ago

WOW!!!!! and WOW!!!! this is amazing footage. your aquarium video beats mine "out of the water"... here's my HD video i did a long time ago at the Atlanta Georgia Aquarium. but again, not even close to yours....love the credits....
vimeo.com/424628
dolce Julietta 4 years ago

great! -and i really like jelly fishes.
SteveR 4 years ago

I watched this on my non-HD widescreen TV, and it still looked great.
TKU10.TV 4 years ago

Wow, really beautiful and the music too.
photographer 4 years ago

Beautiful work!
Eliza Schultz 4 years ago

Awesome video! I am curious too... what did you use for stabilization? I am in the market for a tool that can be used in such places.
Eugenia Loli 4 years ago

Ok, too many people ask I got to reply to this... it was a monopod, that was used after an agreement with the facility.
Bill B 3 years ago

One way that might work without permission is to tie a string to a 1/4" coarse thread bolt, and screw the bolt into the bottom of the camera. Let the string hang down to the floor and step on it. A small weight, like a washer, on the end of the string might help. Then pull up on the camera to tighten the string while shooting. It's kind of a reverse monopod that fits in a pocket.
danLinfield 4 years ago

really amazing Eguenia!
RogerB1 4 years ago

What a nice film! I loved it. I also loved your choice of music. Also well edited. Just great! :o)
Bill Newsinger 4 years ago

Just beautiful!
Linda McClure 4 years ago

Beautiful!
ishan 4 years ago

mesmerizing.
tifredic 4 years ago

splendid
thanks
HDR MAX 3 years ago

It is like seeing another world; one of innerspace. Those Jellyfish look like a dream with their slow graceful motion.
Tracey A 3 years ago

Incredible, I'm blown away - thank you!
Thinq Design 3 years ago

Beautiful work... I like your stuff.
ricspics 3 years ago

Amazing video.
Loren & TXM 3 years ago

Now I remember why I thought jellyfish were Gods when I was eight. Beautiful colors and camera work.
Josh Lowensohn 3 years ago

Just beautiful. Looking forward to watching it on my TV at home :D
Brian Boudreau 3 years ago

Looks amazing how do you shoot thru glass without getting glare or reflection? i have a 100 gallon african cichlid tank id like to film.. also the credits are sweet. is that hard to do? im just switching to vegas from pinnacle
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

The aquarium rooms are dark with the tanks lit from the bottom or top, so the glares are not easily visible. No, the credits are easy to do. Going to Vegas from Pinnacle is a good idea if you want more control.
tomapete34 3 years ago

very nice, it's funny in my Monterey Aquarium video i got the same jelly.. yours looks better though, i gotta admit
Rusty Rogers 3 years ago

Nicely done!

We took the kids to the M.B.A. when the jelly exhibit was new. Really mesmerizing... we were there in line when it opened and had to be thrown out at closing! I went home with the music CD from the exhibit called "Jelly Music" and it comes up on the home player occasionally. It takes me back every time... so does this video.

Thanks!
paul kellett 3 years ago

Eugenia,nice video.
How do i download it though, there's no download button. I've never downloaded a clip from Vimeo,i never seem to have a "download" button.

Thanks.
Paul.
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

It is on the right sidebar of the video page. It reads:

Downloads
1280x720, 185.64MB

You can download it there as long as you are logged in to Vimeo, and then rename the .unk file to .mp4 file.
paul kellett 3 years ago

Euginio.
All i have is "like", "share", "embed","HD is on" and "full".
I get this on all vimeo clips i watch. Even when i log in.
Oh well,not your fault,must be something with vimeo.

Thanks anyway,Paul.
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

Ah, I see what you are talking about. I am talking on the sidebar on the right of the page, not on the flash video itself.

BTW, always reply to a specific comment by clicking "Reply to this comment", not by using the input box below.
Oak Street Films 3 years ago

Nice;
btw: try to set expousure to -3 or -4 in dark scenes to remove grain/noise, it works
michael langridge 3 years ago

yeah I think you should mention that it's way way at the bottom right - not to the right of the vid itself...you have to scroll down to the bottom of the RHS column sidebar
Brohemian 3 years ago

Very Nice. I tried shooting at my local aquarium (they were fine with the tripod) but I had a bunch of problems with glare from the acrylic/glass. My cam also picked up scratches on the acrylic and spots the staff needed to clean. The colors were kind of washed out and the lighting not good... So I gave up. I'm just learning.
Stephen Lewis 3 years ago

Holy Guacamole that was awesome! I can't believe how good that little HV20 is! Did you use a preset in Magic Bullet?
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

Many different presets, depending on the scene.
j:boyd 3 years ago

Awesome Blossom! We just went to Epcot Center last weekend and saw a couple of these at their aquarium. They had nowhere near the variety of this one though.
anjoyplanet 3 years ago

Amazingly wunderfull ;-))))
& Thank you very much for your tutorials !!!
Tim Kelley 3 years ago

That was awesome! Very inspiring!
Garrett M. Smith 3 years ago

Mesmerizing and beautiful colors!
John Harding 3 years ago

Brilliant video with great sound.
moonflower0924 3 years ago

Beautiful.
Florian Robardet 3 years ago

Very impressive, beautiful video and the music perfectly fits there. It gives the feeling of a professional documentary. Congrats !
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 3 years ago

WOW! We have the same like for jellyfish, especially with the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Beautiful video! I did a video with the aquarium in it too! Take a look if you have time. Take care! ...

vimeo.com/1821732
EVANDRO MARIUCCI 3 years ago

Beautyful...simpluy beautyful
Kenneth 3 years ago

jellyfish scare me. but it looks very pretty :-)
MZDK 3 years ago

Going to an aquarium is cheating but I love the video!!!
kkfung 3 years ago

I have listened to many creative commons sound tracks in a futile attempt to find some good ones for my videos.

Eugenia, you have finally found one. Is it a matter of luck? Or have I looked in the wrong places.

Could you tell me exactly how or where you found this beautiful sound track? Perhaps naming the sound track, if you don't mind.
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

hv20.com/showthread.php?t=17919
kkfung 3 years ago

Very helpful, even though I thought I knew enough about CC.

But it still does not solve the problem of looking for a needle in the haystack.
Eugenia Loli 3 years ago

Yes, it will take time. You go through these 320 albums and you read what music category they are and then you listen to the category you want. I usually find music i want within 15 minutes.
Colleen Furlotte 3 years ago

Wow - breathtaking. It's like another world. The colors are fabulous and the clarity is stunning. Beautiful video Eugenia.
Blaine Ludy 3 years ago

Oh, wow, how beautiful.
What are zoos and aquariums' rules about filming? I would love to visit the local zoo and film.
SevenDog 3 years ago

Very relaxing. Like a back rub for the brain!
Jeters 3 years ago

I've seen these exhibits in person, but I think they actually look more spectacular on your clip. Great job.
Joan 3 years ago

Awesome vid
Cobgrats !

Joan
Wolfgang Gaebler aka gogo6969 3 years ago

Nature is wonderful!
Martin Kulig 3 years ago

Wow, looks like you were diving with a u-boat in deep sea.
wideEyedPupil 3 years ago

wow it's cool aquarium that has all these species of jellyfish. no sharks in that tank, I guess.

Nice grade.
Alex Hagen 2 years ago

I need to invest in an HV20.
Dan Valentine 2 years ago

Beautiful work Eugenia. Jellyfish are a great subject indeed.
Casey Parks 2 years ago

Do you have a good suggestion for something like Magic Bullet to use with Final Cut Express?
Rodrigo Sapag 2 years ago

Really amazing creatures but really amazing video too.

( thanks for your tutorials)
ZHIC 2 years ago

Such magnificence yet dangerous. I Love nature
Olivio Sarikas 2 years ago

Absolutely Amazing
Aristeidis Sarras 2 years ago

a poem, of nature's wisdom
JR THIBAULT 2 years ago

I visited the Montery Aquarium a few years ago and your sublimous video remains me the magic of jellies.

Bravo!
Raffaella Traniello 2 years ago

By synchronizing your video with that music you created a new derivative work.
Why do you state "Music and video are licensed *separately*"?
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

What you state is correct. This resulted video, is one entity, under the CC-BY. But I prefer for people who want to reuse the video, to think more if they want to also reuse the music or not. Even if the music is under the CC-BY, I just don't want to take responsibility if they use the whole thing (music + video) for a project that the musician might not like. So basically, the word "separately" while it doesn't have a legal meaning, I use it in the context of "think twice rather than once".
Raffaella Traniello 2 years ago

It's always good to make people think, but in this case I can't see how you can be considered responsible for the use of a CC-BY work by third parties. I guess they used CC-BY on purpose. Artists that don't want to risk use a CC-BY-ND license.
To me (not an English native speaker) the word *separately* only adds dangerous confusion to the concept of derivative works.
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

I know what you are saying, but I *already* had a case of someone using a part of my video as a derivative work, and he "forgot" to give attribution. I wouldn't want to be in the middle of such a dispute between a musician and another user, by way of my video. While I don't really care if someone really gives attribution to me, I am more concerned about the musician's wishes. I just don't want a video of mine to be the instigator for bad usage of other people's work. I think this is a legitimate concern. The word "separately" might not show what I have in my mind exactly, but I think it does make people think a bit more of how they should use the works. I haven't found another way to express this in a two line sentence. I am all ears if you have other wording suggestions.
Raffaella Traniello 2 years ago

I'm having the case of CC videos sent to a Film Festival: the majority of them don't give proper attribution and licensing as if the synching of an unmodified music piece were not creating a derivative work.
The sentence I use to describe the CC-BY license can be translated into something like:
"If you use this work to create another one you must credit the video *and* the music."

Ah, nice vid on Jellyfish BTW! :-)
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

My problem with this definition is that most people will get confused that they will have to use both the video and the music for a derivative work, and not just one of the two -- if only they need one of the two. I wouldn't want people to think that they will have to use both when they might not need to.

It's all very tricky, isn't it? :)
Raffaella Traniello 2 years ago

It is!!
My last suggestion is "If you use this work or part of it..." PLUS a link to creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/.
I now stop flooding your page.

Thanks for making CC videos.
Pat Ozols 2 years ago

The ones at 1:06 are breathtaking!
Sharon Sutley 2 years ago

I don't understand the copywrite...is it OK to put on my blog so all can see this great video?
Smiles,
Sharon
~The Baby Boomer Queen~
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

Yes, you can embed it freely.
Firar Güney Kayran 2 years ago

Wow. Beatifull colors.
S2RProductions 2 years ago

absolutely beautiful
John Wilkinson 2 years ago

Great stuff.
Could you give some tips when shhoting this kind of subject through glass.
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

Everything I know can be found in my blog. I have various tutorials there.
M.Dmitriy 2 years ago

Очень красиво! Спасибо!!
Pascal Schaffner 2 years ago

This is great, I think I have to work hard to get that kind of quality!
Alberto Rosales 2 years ago

Is beautiful, Great work, Congrats.
Vinod Tonangi 2 years ago

Can you tell me what Monopod you used?
Eugenia Loli 2 years ago

No, because I don't know. Any monopod will do.