WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Floating on the Frame Rate
byVanderleunonJuly 19, 2017
When reviewing the security footage from outside his house in Austin, Texas, Al Brooks spotted an unusual sight: a bird seems to hover past the camera with its wings completely stationary. Of course it wasn’t really hovering (and no, it’s not suspended by strings) but rather the frame rate of the camera matched the flaps of the bird’s wings perfectly resulting in a stroboscopic illusion. This is the same stroboscopic effect you might see in a video of airplane propellers that aren’t moving or when the wheels on a car appear to be frozen.
I would think that either the frame rate and wing flap was the same (1:1 ratio), or a perfectly divided ratio, 2:1, 3:1, or 1:3, 1:2, etc. That would create the same effect. Pretty cool regardless.
Anybody remember old cowboy movies where the stage coaches were being chased by bad guys and the wheels appeared to be rotating backward? I was just a kid when my Dad tried to explain the sample rate to me, but it did not jell until electronics school.
Phil in EnglewoodJuly 19, 2017, 3:45 PM
This video demonstrating/explaining rolling shutter is pretty good, too. The odd video of airplane propellers starting about 2:00 is particularly interesting.
Then what is the answer?- Not to be deluded by dreams.
To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence,
and their tyrants come, many times before.
When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose
the least ugly faction; these evils are essential.
To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted
and not wish for evil; and not be duped
By dreams of universal justice or happiness. These dreams will
not be fulfilled.
To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear
the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand
Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars
and his history… for contemplation or in fact…
Often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is wholeness,
the greatest beauty is
Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty
of the universe. Love that, not man
Apart from that, or else you will share man’s pitiful confusions,
or drown in despair when his days darken.
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When reviewing the security footage from outside his house in Austin, Texas, Al Brooks spotted an unusual sight: a bird seems to hover past the camera with its wings completely stationary. Of course it wasn’t really hovering (and no, it’s not suspended by strings) but rather the frame rate of the camera matched the flaps of the bird’s wings perfectly resulting in a stroboscopic illusion. This is the same stroboscopic effect you might see in a video of airplane propellers that aren’t moving or when the wheels on a car appear to be frozen.
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I would think that either the frame rate and wing flap was the same (1:1 ratio), or a perfectly divided ratio, 2:1, 3:1, or 1:3, 1:2, etc. That would create the same effect. Pretty cool regardless.
Anybody remember old cowboy movies where the stage coaches were being chased by bad guys and the wheels appeared to be rotating backward? I was just a kid when my Dad tried to explain the sample rate to me, but it did not jell until electronics school.
This video demonstrating/explaining rolling shutter is pretty good, too. The odd video of airplane propellers starting about 2:00 is particularly interesting.
https://youtu.be/dNVtMmLlnoE