Nature Notes

October 27, 2011

Red-tailed Hawk demolishes a vole

Filed under: Processing Tips,Video — Tags: , , — Harold Stiver @ 6:00 am

This was taken in a high wind from my car, and the original has a lot of movement, almost nausea inducing. I downloaded a trial copy of Adobe After Effects and used a function called stabilize motion, and was very happy with the result.

This involved picking a point in the frame with high contrast that would be stationary throughout. The program then tried to shift subsequent frames to that same point.

You can see the original, all jitters included, below.



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6 Comments »

  1. Yummy~Super video
    The second video was ok..not jittery compared to my videos.
    .My hubby gets nauseous all the time. hee hee..
    I do see the difference in the videos, though.

    Comment by Dawn Fine — October 27, 2011 @ 9:30 am

  2. Very interesting video. Really really like the fact that you showed the original and the final result…it really shows how it works well! Have a great Day ;)

    Comment by Dominic Gendron — October 31, 2011 @ 9:48 pm

  3. It’s interesting the way the hawk removes the entrails before eating.

    Comment by CGJ — November 1, 2011 @ 1:51 pm

  4. Yes, they always seem to do that. They are very adept at it too.

    Comment by Harold — November 2, 2011 @ 9:05 pm

  5. Thanks Dominic!!

    Comment by Harold — November 2, 2011 @ 9:06 pm

  6. Thanks Dawn!!

    Comment by Harold — November 2, 2011 @ 9:06 pm

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