Monday, March 19, 2012 at 12:00AM | Tom S. After watching the video click the prompt below for a full explanation.
Tilt Shift, TimeLapse in PostProcessing, Technical Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:00AM | Tom S. Just for fun Sunday evening, a little before the sun set, I drove to the top of the hill. I quickly setup the camera and took over 1100 shots every two seconds until I filled my card in the camera. I took whatever software I had (Movie Maker II in Windows) and cobbed this time lapse video together. I wouldn't recommend it by the way.
What did I learn.... Well to set the White Balance to a specfic setting and not let the camera pick it for each shot. Also to make sure that I set it up for manual focus which saves time as you take each from. Again each frame was shot at 2 second intervals. I think I'll increase that to maybe 4 seconds next time.
They were all taken as JPGs at full resolution and since this was a test I sized them down quite a bit, much to the size we use in our galleries.... down from 6+ megs each to about 350K.
I setup the camera much like we did for long night exposures, Aperture Priority, ISO 200, at F5.6 or so and with IS off.
What I could not control were the bugs, you see them blip by and I got to close to the view of the lens once and my clumsy hand got in one of the frames.
Tom S.
Some equipment notes. These should be of interest to you if you are into this type of photography.....
They use a Kessler CineSlider to move the camera along a track.
I'm not suggesting you buy from the places below.. just showing you the equipment...
If you are a Cannon user you might be very interested in this shutter release. It provides the ability to have the camera fire itself at set intervals a feature that is part of the Nikon camera itself.
Same type of release for Olympus is here. More here.
Sony here.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 5:10PM | Paul P. I found this video where Joe McNally shows a great process of getting a time lapse photo using a bunch of different flashes set up in sequence. He creates an amazing ( in my eyes) work of art.
http://weeklyphototips.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-3-with-joe-mcnally-repeating-flash_28.html
The video runs about 12 mins. but worth it if you have the time.
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 10:06PM | Tom S. This is just incredibly creative. Count the number of times the sneakers get bumped! What do you think?
Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 9:43PM | Tom S. Scott Bourne is an Avian photographer that I follow regularly. He does a great podcast that is strictly a question and answer session..... filled with lots useful information. You get to his stuff at PhotoFocus a site we have listed in our Resources page.
But the reason for this entry is another wonderfully creative idea not unlike John's below, not your usual approach to using your camera. This is a time lapse movie that he created with his standard (non-video) 35mm DSLR Nikon. You can get the particulars of how he created this on his blog but basically he set the camera up in Aperature mode, on a tripod and shot 999 shot at 1 second intervals. He then pulled it into Quicktime Pro at 15 frames/second and created this. What fun, nice to see a Pro just take the time for some fun.
"Time-lapse of a morning at the southern crane pool at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge south of Socorro, NM."
