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by Mirko Faienza

1 year ago

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by Mirko Faienza

2 years ago

Discovering a whole tiny world in my father's small garden.
there is a small pond with small falls, some stones, some plants, and plenty of life!
shot on Panasonic HPX 500- Fujinon 17x7.6 HD lens

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~Ica
1 day ago
Mike Fredlund
2 days ago
home of the beauties
2 days ago
Kate Bradshaw
3 days ago
Juergen Vanscheidt
3 days ago
Klaus Balzano
4 days ago
Mats P
4 days ago
Özgür Kızıldağ
5 days ago
Cathleen Bowne
6 days ago
DANIEL SZPERLING
6 days ago

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Mark Williams 1 year ago

Mirko, that was outstanding.
Michael Herrmann 1 year ago

I've discovered a new world of images, thank you so much. this is the really good!!!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Mark
Fu Std. 1 year ago

great job! it's better than national geographic wild :)
Alex Yorke 1 year ago

I agree with you there
james coyle 1 year ago

yes, it was had perhaps the best focus and resolution, color and artistic presentation that I have ever seen on the internet or TV for that matter, including National Geographic Wild or just about anything with wildlife. Very appealing and with just about the most extraordinary colors. If you had narration and a little longer it could have been on any of the major networks. Very nice work.
Paxson Woelber 1 year ago

I totally agree that it looked spectacular, but many of the shots looked as if they'd had some visible color correction or tinting applied to them, which is awesome artistically, but maybe conflicts with the more naturalistic philosophy of something like National Geographic.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

The only thing i did in color correction was adding a vignette and adding some whites or blacks where i wanted more contrast.
Josh M 1 year ago

Awsome Footage
Stefan 1 year ago

Agreed. Better than tv.
calease 1 year ago

agreed, Mirko
superb
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Frederic Vercammen 1 year ago

splendid !!!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

thanks Frederic
ivan vania 1 year ago

spettacolo!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Grazie mille Ivan!
Andrew H. Petersen 1 year ago

That's some hell of a garden. Looks great!
Manuel Benito de Valle 1 year ago

BRAVO! Outstanding. As magical as flawless.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot to you all
aleksander ødegård 1 year ago

Every shot is beautiful.
Great editing and lovely video
Alex Nakone Films 1 year ago

Mirko... just stunning! What country is this garden in ?
It has inspired me...I would now love to film my garden in Australia...as a comparison....things are a lot drier!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Well this is the small garden my father takes care of and it is located in front of his house. somewhere near Bologna-Italy. i am sure you can find a lot of beautiful and different life in your Australian Garden. if all these small animals are living in my father's garden, how many can you find in Australia??? I think a lot......so have fun!!!!
vitart 1 year ago

Wow!
databhi 1 year ago

bellissimo
StudioAira 1 year ago

I'm crying... Thanks !!!
Paul Frederick 1 year ago

AWESOME! Stunning videography and the editing is spot on. Did you do a lot of post color grading? The colors are very rich and saturated. Beautiful piece!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

In grading we added the vignette and gave it a bit of contrast. We satured only few shots, mostly the dragonflyes at the end, we brought out the blue light on theyr wings. The vignette by itself was adding a nice contrast to the shot. Thanks a lot for your compliments
Nick Layton 1 year ago

Amazing work and I hope you don't mind but I have a couple of observations. I wonder if it would have helped to have a wide shot of your Father's garden as I just wanted to see the location. In places for me, the music was too 'cutesey'. But hey, please understand these are really minor. This is truly beautifully shot, edited and graded. I loved it.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

You can find a couple of pics of the garden at this link
web.mac.com/faio79/Faienza_Mirko/Video.html
Paxson Woelber 1 year ago

I'd agree with this comment and I almost said the same thing. The music is great and matches the shots well, but I couldn't help thinking that this could have been an opportunity to do something really interesting artistically. As it is, the music definitely works, but it's just playing it pretty safe.
Charles Son 1 year ago

This is a beautiful piece, and it's as artistic as it gets with a nature video. What more do you want exactly? You can't really delve into the psychology of an insect....
Nick Layton 1 year ago

I don't really want this to turn into one of those moronic debates that youtube seems to excel at, but can you explain how a change of music has anything whatsoever to do with insect psychology? I think it is amazing. I just don't like the music (in places). Does that clear it up for you?
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks for your observations Nick.
My first intentions were to reveal the garden at the end of the film, to show how much life you can find in such a small ecosystem. At the end I felt the wide shots were kind of "out" the filming language I had used before, so i just put them apart and didn't care to show total views of the garden.
I spent a lot of time searching for musics, The only track I was sure about was the one were all the insect are flying away,the Tyler Bates track. I like the other tracks but probably, in matter of taste, they are discussable. Thank you very much for your feedbacks and compliments mate
Studio 26 & Ryan Bodie Films 1 year ago

beautiful...
manoo 1 year ago

Small garden, nice detail. Good job Mirko
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks Manoo
Deborah Szajngarten 1 year ago

That is some spectacular macro work! It's really beautiful!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Deborah
Rick Nash 1 year ago

Wonderful Mirko, lovely work.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot guys
Spero Floro 1 year ago

Great work, made me think of summer and relaxing in the yard and watching all the wildlife.
Thanks
ArnuShawn 1 year ago

Wow! Super super well done! Especially the right music matching the action. You probably spend a lot time try to capture those perfect moment.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Ye lots of time and patience, because some of those insect were moving too too fast, some of them too too damm slow!!! Thank you very much
The Film Artist 1 year ago

This is one of the best wildlife films I have every seen!!!
Such respect for life and appreciation for Mother Nature you gain from this film. The colour, story and macro shots are superb. The insects amongst other things are the stars of the film. Mirko I'm just going to plug our new World, Travel & People HD
vimeo.com/groups/worldhd
which featured your film earlier on and our new channel
vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
Thank you for your support. I am definitely looking forward to your new films and shall also be checking to see what we have in our back garden. Fantastic!!!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you very very much, i am happy you liked it, I am waiting for spring to come!! thanks for the groups and go check your garden, have fun!
Paulo Menelau 1 year ago

Espetacular!! Parabéns.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

muito obrigado Paulo
roger 1 year ago

Good colour, quality. It's amazingly.=)
But I didn't like this font style... This is not readable.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Ye I agree, maybe I should have paid more attention to the titles. Thank you Roger
Isaac James 1 year ago

Also, I noticed the edges of the title layer when it was blurring. Good stuff otherwise.
Thaddeus Hunt 1 year ago

Wow... just, wow... loved every second! Thanks for sharing! Spring is almost here where I'm located so, it was perfect timing! Job very well done!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

thanks a lot Tad
J.R. Hudson 1 year ago

There's nothing I can say that has not already been said. Beautiful work.
Danijela Todorovic 1 year ago

Amazing :)
Richard Hayner 1 year ago

Dragonflies are on top of my list of favorite creatures. Beautiful video.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

I like them a lot as well. thanks
Mark Eskey 1 year ago

Incredible! Beautiful video.
Visionary FX 1 year ago

very cool

how long take you to shoot all these scenes ?
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

The filming took from may 2009 to november 2009. Of course i was not full time in the garden. Mostly it took patince!!
Greeneyezz 1 year ago

Wow! I am very new to Vimeo and happened to come across your video when signing in.
It's beautiful! I've always had an affinity for Macro photography so to see your video done similarly and set to such beautiful music is incredible.

~ZZ
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you Greeneyezz
Myles Lewando 1 year ago

Amazing shots and editing. Very Fantasia-esque in places in terms of matching the action with the music. Some shots I felt didn't work as well as the rest, but you certainly have an eye for macro. Great work.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you Myles
David Seitz Jr 1 year ago

The most amazing nature piece I've ever viewed. Were you paid to make this video? Pure talent!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

No it was not a commissioned job, I filmed it for myself.
thank you very much
clemento 1 year ago

a masterpiece!!
thx for sharing
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

I love your toy cityes. thank you
Suresh 1 year ago

terrific filming and terrific blending of music. Sabbash!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks Suresh
matthew skow 1 year ago

An amazing lens..
Walter Fischer 1 year ago

For me the best footage, I ever seen ! Perfect harmony between scene and music. A masterpiece.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

I would not say the best footage..... but thank you a lot for support
Cristi Olariu 1 year ago

It's a masterpiece!
J_Girona 1 year ago

SPECTACULAR !!!
A study which demonstrates your strong interest and knowledge about the world of insects.
It is a pleasure to see these images.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Isect"s world is very interesting isn't it?? And at the same time they live where you live, it's fun to observe them.
Thank you very much
emmagination 1 year ago

Wow, what a surprise! I had my headphones on and noticed the sounds going from my left to right. Especially the parts with those wasps. Got my skin crawling like they were really buzzing around me. I can tell you put tons of effort into the sound too (which I didn't see any comments on). Great work!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you, I guessed playing with pans would add a lot in showing the great traffic in the garden.
thanks a lot
isoleditoscana - elbavideo.com 1 year ago

Semplicemente meraviglioso !!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

grazie mille
Jose Bayón 1 year ago

Excellent, fabulous Mirko. A great macro and above all a great composition. It is also brilliantly choreographed. Congratulations
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Joseba
Andrey Zaprudnov 1 year ago

Wow!
Renato Sina 1 year ago

Fantastico, mille Grazie
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

grazie a te!
Chris Light 1 year ago

this was beautiful. the music/sound/editing told a wonderful story. colors/macro are just breathtaking Mirko. You are an amazing talent, surrounded by amazing talent. well done.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you very very much Chris, I am glad you mentioned the word story, that is what I was trying to tell, a story. thank you very much
Chris Light 1 year ago

you're welcome....as it turns out, your story is quite popular....enjoy....
Chris Light 1 year ago

Holy Shit. I looked up the lens based on your desciption. a $15,000 lens??? USD of course.
Daniela Weiland 1 year ago

I have never seen nature like that! Congratulations to your wonderfull film. Good idea, excellent shots, perfect editing - and even a dramatic story!
I never knew insects had faces like that!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

thanks a lot Daniela
Arcturus Productions 1 year ago

Nicely done Mirko. Some of the most difficult subjects to film, butterfly's and dragonfly's. Hope to see more. Keep up the good work.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

ye i know, i did not manage to film a butterfly landing. At some point I thought they were playing tricks on me and my patience ran away. Thanks a lot Michael
watdaconheo 1 year ago

So good. Love it!
allucanbeat 1 year ago

I watch a lot of nature dokumentaries. And this one is outstanding. Beautiful views!!!! And a very niicee editing! Looking forward seeing more out of your families garden!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thanks a lot!!
Sindre Annweiler 1 year ago

beautiful!
Alexander Tripolski 1 year ago

Thank you! Super Videograf! Super Film!
Tomek Narewski 1 year ago

Bradzo piękne ujęcia i montaż z muzyką.
der gaertner 1 year ago

wow!!!! amazing!!! coukd watch this for hours!
fantastic edit too!

cheers
tom
Martin Rolland 1 year ago

Amazing :) tiny world & great point of view !!
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

Thank you Martin