Sakura

[Paul Leeming]

Hi all!

Here is a 1:30 shot of cherry blossoms (Sakura) showing the great depth of field manipulation possible with the Red 18-50mm CF lens:

Sakura_H264_1080p (139MB MOV, link courtesy of RedRelay.net)

It is just a single shot set to music and the clip starts with a black frame so don't panic when you only hear the music at the beginning!

Technical details: Shot at 23.976fps using a 1/96th shutter at T4 with ND0.9 using the Red 18-50mm lens (at 50mm). Original is RedCode36 @ 4K 2:1 ratio, exported with a light grade from RedCine as Quicktime Motion JPEG B at 1080p. Build 15 2.1.7 was used. No further colouring was done in editing (Premiere Pro CS3).

Here's a 1K screen grab from the shot:

Enjoy, feedback is of course welcome (good or bad)!

Cheers,

Paul

 

[jbeale]

This is a really beautiful shot, thanks so much for putting it up! The light in the background (streetlight?) is a bit of a distraction but the cherry blossoms are certainly gorgeous, I can't see anything wrong with the camera or the camerawork.

 

[Paul Leeming]

Actually what I love about that light is that the beginning of the clip it almost looks like a moon shining through clouds until it focuses.

Cheers for the feedback!

Paul

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Spring has always been my favorite season for its incredible changes it brings to our world, full of colors and the pure sign of life and renewal.

The Cherry Blossoms of Japan in the royal gardens. are to be one of my must see places in the world, in spring off course.

Thanks for sharing, just beautiful.

Ciao

 

[Petr Dvorak]

blooming sacura in Japan? that means: spring is here :biggrin:

thanx

 

[Júlio Taubkin]

White, white, white!!!

 

[Illya Friedman]

Ueno park?

 

[Paul Leeming]

Meguro River near Shibuya.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Yeah. Looks awesome.

I also like that you:

1) posted high-quality 1080p

2) set it to some nice music.

other redusers, take note!

 

[Petr Dvorak]

I like that music. What it is?

 

[jimhare]

Wow, gorgeous!

Was that completely done with focus? Nothing added to the start/finish blur?
Loved that light coming in and out by the way. Really nice.

Starting to get cold here in Sydney. Autumn is here and Winter won't be far behind...

Jim

 

[Jeremy Hughes]

Beautiful. Why 1/96th of a second?

 

[Paul Leeming]

Hawaj, the music is from a Japanese anime series called "Aoi Yori Aoshi" and is called "History" by Toshio Masuda.

jimhare, the focus is totally done in camera. The only change was the fade to black I added at the end. I started at the macro end and wound it slowly all the way through to past infinity (note to others, past infinity WILL cause things to go blurry so use the infinity marker on the lens).

OcularLimpidity, I chose 1/96th simply because I only had an ND 0.9 filter available and it was very bright, so I used 1/96th in order to stay at T4 and be properly exposed.

Cheers for all the feedback!

Paul