Artwork title: Nature in slow motion
Artist: Rajesh Mohan
A specialized camera that can shoot at 1000 photos per second was adapted to shoot wildlife.
The resulting scene is slowed down by 40 times producing some surreal visuals. This is a
collection of such videos. There is no narration and this is a visual medley.
[scene opens with a resplendent quetzal flying to his nest]
Resplendent quetzal male – Costa Rica
[ two hummingbirds are flying near feeder]
Fiery throated and talamanca hummingbirds – Costa Rica
[a hummingbird drinking nectar, tongue can be seen scooping the nectar]
Jacobian hummingbird drinking nectar – Costa Rica
[a whale does a tail flip with dramatic water splashes]
Humpback whale tail flip – Monterey Bay, USA
[a puffin flaps its wings and shakes head]
Atlantic Puffin flapping wings – Machias Island, USA
[water striders fight with one throwing off the other]
Water striders mate selection fight
WWF move
Half a second
[a dragon fly hovers and lays eggs in water]
Dragon fly hovers and dips to lay eggs under water
Half a second
[a wasp approaches a butterfly and attacks the wing]
Wasp approaches a butterfly
Half a second
[a heron plunges into water to catch fish]
A great blue heron plunges
3/4th of a second
[a hummingbird notices a bug and tries to catch it – but misses it]
A rufous hummingbird spots a bug
Could be a snack
Missed !!
Half a second
[a damsel fly is hovering over water looking to perch]
Damsel fly – USA
[a bumblebee takes off from the flower]
Bumblebee – USA
[A katydid jumps off a feeder ]
Katydid – USA
[a hummingbird shakes its body and looks like it is dancing]
Violetear hummingbird – Costa Rica
[a black winged stilt skims the water surface to catch small critter and eats it]
Black winged stilt – India
[ a purple moorphen is eating vegetation and reveals its large claw ]
Purple moorhen – India
[a squirrel gets up with food in the mouth ]
Red squirrel – Costa Rica
[ a hummingbird attacks another one at feeder and pushes it away – territorial fights]
Rufous hummingbird attacking – USA
[ a jesus christ lizard jumps from a rock and runs on water on hind legs]
Jesus Christ lizard – Costa Rica
[ a longbeaked dolphin riding the wake of a boat]
Long beaked dolphin – USA
[ a longbeaked dolphin exhales water as it surfaces, inhales and goes back into water]
Long beaked dolphin – USA
[ a humpback whale half breaches from the ocean and splashes into water]
Humpback whale – USA