Home Reef Videos..?

[steve68]

Here iis my tank

 

[fishman805]

Time lapse movie showing what my open brain is up to at night.

http://wrongcrowd.com/albums/nanocube/openbrain_night_1200kbps.mov

1.6 MB, QuickTime

I posted this in the photography forum before I saw this thread.

That time lapse was fantastic.... Very unique.... How much media did it take to make?? Are you using a digi-cam or one with tape?? I know my Sony will do that and it uses Hi-8 tapes....


Bob

 

[fishman805]

Here iis my tank

Very nice video steve.... Your tank is awesome... The video was very well done too...

Thanks for sharing it with us...

Bob

 

[Juca]

Hello to all

better although video, they can see my aquarium in my camera web online

My aquarium Online
(the connection doesn't allow more than 4 members in simultaneous)

I ask the moderators that change this place topic in case it is not the appropriate place.

 

[bheron]

Juca - that is so cool! So, I'm watching your tank live right now? Wave to the camera!

 

[Morgandy]

OMG! Steve, I'm laughing so hard at your bad boy skimmer...I covet the darn thing, and your tank is just awesome looking. Cool stuff to watch in every corner.

Horseflesh, that was such a great idea to do...really nice vid!

 

[KAiNE]

Originally posted by steve68 Here iis my tank

Nice video!

Maiden's "Strange World", now there is a tune i havent heard in a long time!

 

[eidillitih]

juca, that's cool. I'm interested now

 

[Sinistard]

Great videos everyone.

Here are a couple small ones I made a while back. Not the best but here you go.

Yasha Goby

Clown in its new home

 

[original-reefland]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6213756#post6213756 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve68
Just got my new camera here is my skimmer
LOL
:beer:

Do you normally run your skimmer that wet? Effluent looked water down a bit too.

 

[steve68]

on & off
wet one week dry the next, ill do a video when i run it dry.
:beer:

 

[Beverly]

WOW!!! Have a lot of videos to catch up on :eek2:

Here's what I've been doing lately....

More videos of our GBTA clone....

30 Second Timelapse Videos, PART ONE
November 22 to 26, 2005

Our GBTA Clone .... settling into our BB 37g
EDITED SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 21.0 MB, 5:05 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...ov-22-26-05.wmv

Our GBTA Clone .... Settling into our BB 37g
UNCUT, ORIGINAL SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 21.0 MB, 4:13 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...v-22-nov-26.wmv

30 Second Timelapse Videos, PART TWO
November 28 to December 4, 2005

Our GBTA Clone .... settling into our BB 37g
EDITED SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 20.0 MB, 4:30 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...28-dec-4-05.wmv

Our GBTA Clone .... Settling into our BB 37g
UNCUT, ORIGINAL SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 22.9 MB, 5:54 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...ov-28-Dec-4.wmv

Oops! Couldn't help introducing our 2+ year old ocellaris pair to the 37g
I was stunned when they began hosting almost right away

Clowns Hosting in the GBTA

Ocellaris Clowns Meet Our GBTA
December 3, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 16.1 MB, 3:36 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...ro-dec-3-05.wmv

Ocellaris Clowns Meet Out GBTA - PART TWO
December 4, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 15.4 MB, 3:05 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-...ng-dec-4-05.wmv

Now I've got to watch a few videos

 

[Morgandy]

Hey Beverly! Was wondering where you ran off to. I can't view the videos, says page not found. Is anyone else having trouble??

 

[fishman805]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6238815#post6238815 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by avansickle
Hey Beverly! Was wondering where you ran off to. I can't view the videos, says page not found. Is anyone else having trouble??

I'm also having problems getting them.... Also have you all noticed we're no longer a "sticky" thread..??? What's up with that..??


Bob

 

[melev]

That was for thread of the month.

 

[Beverly]

Well, dang. Let's try this again....

30 Second Timelapse Videos, PART ONE
November 22 to 26, 2005

Our GBTA Clone .... settling into our BB 37g
EDITED SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 21.0 MB, 5:05 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-tm-lps-nov-22-26-05.wmv

Our GBTA Clone .... Settling into our BB 37g
UNCUT, ORIGINAL SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 21.0 MB, 4:13 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-uncut-tm-lps-nov-22-nov-26.wmv


30 Second Timelapse Videos, PART TWO
November 28 to December 4, 2005

Our GBTA Clone .... settling into our BB 37g
EDITED SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 20.0 MB, 4:30 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-tm-lps-nov-28-dec-4-05.wmv

Our GBTA Clone .... Settling into our BB 37g
UNCUT, ORIGINAL SEQUENCES
(320 x 240 pixels, 22.9 MB, 5:54 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-uncut-tm-lps-nov-28-Dec-4.wmv


10 Minute Night Timelapse Videos

Our GBTA Clone .... one night's journey
PART ONE - December 1 to 2, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 2.3 MB, :54 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-tm-lps-night-dec-1-2-05.wmv

Our GBTA Clone .... one night's journey
PART TWO - December 2 to 3, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 2.0 MB, :41 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-tm-lps-night-dec-2-3-05.wmv


Clowns Hosting in the GBTA

Ocellaris Clowns Meet Our GBTA
December 3, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 16.1 MB, 3:36 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-clown-intro-dec-3-05.wmv

Ocellaris Clowns Meet Out GBTA - PART TWO
December 4, 2005
(320 x 240 pixels, 15.4 MB, 3:05 minutes)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-gbta-clown-hosting-dec-4-05.wmv

Sorry about that I think they're working now

 

[fishman805]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6239336#post6239336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
That was for thread of the month.

No Marc... It was a sticky "before" it was voted TOTM.... That was one of the first things that the Mods did for me with this thread....


Bob

 

[Morgandy]

Wow, Beverly, those are totally cool. Real scientific study going on. The movements throughout the night are amazing, and I'm sure a lot of people don't know what goes on while they sleep! I'm totally impressed at the planning and time that went into documenting all this, and the technical photographic setup to document it all. And of course the snails were a pleasure to watch going at mach-5!

How did you automate the camera to do the on/off throughout the night? Also, I assume it captured at normal speed and then you edited it to faster speeds? I'm interested in learning this stuff.

Very wonderful care you have taken of your guy..you should post some of these in the anemone/clownfish forum.

 

[Beverly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6243093#post6243093 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by avansickle
How did you automate the camera to do the on/off throughout the night? Also, I assume it captured at normal speed and then you edited it to faster speeds? I'm interested in learning this stuff.

Thanks for the compliments, Amy

As for how I do the timelapse stuff..... I have a digital camera, a Nikon Coolpix 8800, that has several movie settings, including the very useful timelapse settings. During the day I set it to take a non-flash pic every 30 seconds. During the night I set it to take flash pics every 10 minutes. I also have a homemade night light over the tank so the camera has at least a bit of light with which to focus the flash pic.

The original movie files are rendered in .MOV files. I use "River Past Video Cleaner Pro 6.7" that dear husband bought off the internet for me to convert the .MOV files to .avi files. The editing software, "Pinnacle Studio 9", cannot use .MOV files but is great with .avi files.

Once the movie files are in .avi format, I use "OSS Video Decompiler" (also bought off the internet) to extract all the frames from the .avi movie and convert them into .jpeg format.

With the day movies, I will get 300-400+ frames (three times a day) of which I select only a small portion in any particular movie. With the night movies, I get under 100 frames and use them all. I have a choice in my editing software as to how long each frame plays. The day movies, with so many frames, are set to play very quickly. The night movies are set to play more slowly to see the quick action at a slower rate.

I hope that explains the technical side of the process.

Indeed, I have posted these movies in the anemone/clownfish forum :rollface: Mud Shrimp Moe adores my GBTA movies

As it turns out, had to requascape the 37g yesterday. Placed the GBTA higher up in the rockwork on the other side of the tank and the silly clowns were looking in the old spot for their home until this afternoon. I used clown psychology to get them out from under the rockwork, where they lived in their old tank as well as in the new tank near where their GBTA was.

Clown psychology, you ask? Well, that entails looking at them for long periods of time from the side of the tank where the anemone is located. They like to stare people down, so when I got in their faces they got right back into mine. They eventually became aware of the GBTA by accidentally brushing against during the staring contests. Now, the female is going back and forth to snuggle again in her home. The male is close by, but not actually going into the anemone.

Judging from their previous behaviour, by tomorrow night, both will be sleeping in the GBTA However, I'm not sure the GBTA will stay put tonight, and I'm not sure what the clowns will do if it goes on a trek around the tank

Anyway, back to editing the newest GBTA/clown two movies :rollface:

Take care!

 

[Juca]

Strombus alatus

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