Sneak peek
at a project I'm working on at the moment.
Inspired by some pretty awesome timelapse videos I've seen of late, I'm giving it a go myself. This is a short (4 sec) sequence I shot tonight (over 72 mins of actual time).
View all photos taken: Tuesday, 5th May 2009, This photo: 4:43am
thats cool! looking forward to it!
Whoa! That is awesome David!
How many frames and how far apart were they?
That's beautiful!!!!!
sweet!
Hey David. This is awesome. Wouldn't it be excellent if the camera manufacturers actually programmed a time lapse mode. Well done. most enjoyable
very nicely done, just wondering if you used a laptop and eos utility or just did it manually?
Wow That's awesome Dave! Looking forward to seeing the final (or some of) product!
Stupid question (I guess) but if you shot it at night, why is the sun rising rather than setting?
It's a pretty good job though - thinking that maybe there needs to be more time between frames. While it is only a short piece, all the action happens in the blink of an eye at the end.
I'm a bit annoyed I didn't set it going for more shots and capture more of the cloud, but well, there's plenty of time to shoot more.
Time-lapsing has a way of using up all your spare time and certainly a large chunk of HD space! My Hebrides TL project is almost 2 years old now and maybe only half of the footage is good enough for the final film. I need to capture more people "doing stuff" footage, travel to other islands and attempt some night shots.
Your 5D's low-light ability is great for capturing the stars, better than my 40D for sure.
One bit of advice: if you have the battery power, keep capturing for as long as you can. I've sometimes given up on a scene too early, packed the camera away and started heading home, only for the clouds and sun to start the real show. Also, look for strong 16:9 compositions.
Looking forward to seeing your future lapses. :-)
Wow, Dave, I'm looking forward to your efforts.... having seen the ones you showed me!
Great Dave....I watched it a few times and I am flabbergasted. I am looking forward to your 8 hour time lapse with a swag and coffee machine besides you....sssss.
wharrr i too watched it a few times..... its cool as bru!, your gona be out for hours to try get a long one, but it will be worth it .. :)
Full moon this weekend...
so wen u say it took '96 frames @ 24fps'... what dose that meen, your camera was doing 24fps?? ah im lost.. :(
I love how the cloud comes from the bottom corner. It's like you stopped it just as things were about to get really interesting. :P
That is really great! I've yet to find time to play with my movie making capabilities on the camera.....one day....
Maybe we could organise a flickr meet for those with movie making abilities to learn from the master - ie you!
@Mitch - It means I shot 96 still frames over 72 mins, and then combined them into a movie at a frame rate of 24 frames per second, thus resulting in 4 seconds of actual video.
@Matthew - yeah, I'd pre-set the remote to do 96 frames, there were no clouds to be seen anywhere, when I returned to the camera it was too late to start another set going as I didn't get down there soon enough for the clouds to flow smoothly.
@Michelle - Well for time-lapse, you don't need any movie making abilities in the camera itself, just a timer remote (or if you're a masochist, a normal remote and a stopwatch).
Any sort of meet for time-lapse would be a very long and mostly dull affair really. ;-) That's not to say I wouldn't be up for one, just forewarning.
This is looking to be a great project. When I did my star trails I took over 100 shots and merged them through a program called Star Trails. When it was merging them it looks like a great movie of the sky moving and clouds passing.
Fabulous! I love how the tree is the centre of rotation. Well picked.
Wish it had gone (2 sec!?) half an hour longer.
5DMkII has a time-lapse mode?
Nice work. Do you use manual exposure or auto exposure?
What do you do if you are shooting a sunrise or similar? I found the change in light was too much to keep it on one setting.