tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5888108950986172012..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-79469187904721269622017-03-21T04:39:00.703+00:002017-03-21T04:39:00.703+00:00I think that passerine birds that eat seeds and be...I think that passerine birds that eat seeds and berries actually taste and enjoy their food. Thrushes are fussy about rowan berries, and won't eat them when they are unripe, preferring to wait till they are frosted and wizened and intensely sweet. About other birds I'm not sure. The park parakeets happily eat unripe crabapples, which must taste awful. And I can't see that fish-eating birds that swallow their prey whole can have much of a taste experience.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58811831592445673442017-03-20T11:21:27.518+00:002017-03-20T11:21:27.518+00:00On Saturday I watched a cormorant on the south-eas...On Saturday I watched a cormorant on the south-east side of the bridge, fishing in a quite grebe-like way including inserting its head into the gaps in the sub-surface latticing. It was successful enough to catch two hefty perch, big enough to distend its neck as it swallowed. (My partner asked the interesting question: do they enjoy the taste of what they eat? or is it wholly seen as functional?) ((And how would we know?))harryghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-11781245691931294722017-03-20T00:43:37.698+00:002017-03-20T00:43:37.698+00:00Claude Friese-Greene's process, Biocolour, sho...Claude Friese-Greene's process, Biocolour, shot alternate frames through red and green filters on to ordinary black and white film stock, and in the prints alternate frames were tinted to match. The result is tolerable, and the brain conjures up the necessary blue. Moving objects have red and green fringes, which the BFI has been at pains to edit out, but you can still see them in the legs of walking people.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6858522409647265662017-03-19T22:25:12.077+00:002017-03-19T22:25:12.077+00:00That is a fantastic old film and the color is impr...That is a fantastic old film and the color is impressive too. I enjoyed the title/comments too.Johanna van de Woestijnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045404955308369929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-81672371243743235472017-03-18T23:16:12.665+00:002017-03-18T23:16:12.665+00:00No. Of course I'd report it if there had been....No. Of course I'd report it if there had been.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58406564737424968912017-03-18T20:47:38.123+00:002017-03-18T20:47:38.123+00:00Aha.
I find them much more enjoyable to watch now...Aha.<br />I find them much more enjoyable to watch now that they don't all look like some Chaplin-esque movie. Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-42851193914760791162017-03-18T17:00:26.579+00:002017-03-18T17:00:26.579+00:00Ralph has there been any kingfisher sightings at t...Ralph has there been any kingfisher sightings at the parkJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-91078749901176434102017-03-18T01:50:02.134+00:002017-03-18T01:50:02.134+00:00Early movie cameras were hand-cranked, and the spe...Early movie cameras were hand-cranked, and the speed was up to the cameraman. Slow rates saved expensive film. In the cinema, the projectionist would adjust the speed at which the film was shown to make it look natural, or fast and comic as appropriate. The older silent films were usually made at 16 frames per second, but this gradually increased over the years to eliminate jerkiness. The standard of 24 fps was fixed only when sound arrived, because that would seem unnatural at the wrong speed.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61609384792807672452017-03-18T01:18:36.210+00:002017-03-18T01:18:36.210+00:00and they can do it in real time now! I grew up thi...and they can do it in real time now! I grew up thinking our forbears wanted sped-up films.<br />Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29994157631583471102017-03-18T00:09:14.940+00:002017-03-18T00:09:14.940+00:00You can spend hours watching very old films of cit...You can spend hours watching very old films of city streets on YouTube. I never knew so much had survived.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61884894971268358332017-03-17T23:17:50.247+00:002017-03-17T23:17:50.247+00:00Very interesting 'personal study' indeed, ...Very interesting 'personal study' indeed, thank you .Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.com