My First Timelapse

I shot my first timelapse series at the Blue Mesa the other day, of the fog rolling down the Gunnison Canyon. It was definitely an interesting experience--i made a critical mistake that basically ruined the video, which is too bad cause the subject matter is real interesting, but at least i learned from my mistake and i wont be repeating it! (if you're real sharp--you can figure it out from the video ) The video is still pretty cool though, you can check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/StanAxeman

You can also check out the Dunelapse i also made on the way back, it might have been pretty cool too but i wasnt happy with the affect of the sun going in and out of clouds on the way to setting--another lesson learned! All i can say is it's given me new respect for the folks who have mastered this art form. Ill definitely have to keep working on it.

I thought that was quite interesting (not so much for 'Dunelapse', though).
I watched it several times to try and pick out the goof up, but failed to see it.
Are these a series of stills, or did you use your video mode? If stills, did you use an intervalometer?

John, thanks. This was stills, i used a remote but the intervalometer i ordered from China hasnt arrived yet...
Might as well spill the beans on the goof: notice the ground--snow. I had my tripod in the snow, and as the snow settled the tripod shifted back and forth. Only about half a pixel every 5 frames or so--but that was all it took to make the video shaky, seems that even minor shifts get magnified when its all put together...

Really cool idea, Stan, the fog movement was very entertaining.

"... the intervalometer i ordered from China hasnt arrived yet.

Hey, I bought one of those last year in order to stack multiple star images, and it works great!

That's a great start Stan and def. a cool subject matter. If you don't mind sharing, what program did you use to put these all together? I'm sure you could easily compose and add a cool soundtrack to these videos also. Makes me want to experiment, thanks for sharing.

Just Movie Maker, Jared (first processed in Lightroom)--eventually the plan is to use it with stills /video and music, but for now i dont need any super software.

What was the time interval between the images? I think your project worked really well.

Thanks Ernie, it was about 10 seconds--280 images total.

Stan, this is actually very cool! I also failed to spot the issue, but watched after you pointed it out and can see it now. Don't think I would have found it though without you telling me what the issue was. Loved the rolling fog

This is cool, Stan. The rolling fog makes it interesting to watch. Makes me want to try it too.

Very nice! Like that fog rolling in.

Great job Stan! I didn't notice the problem.

I hardly think the movement "ruined" the video, Stan. I saw one jolt that was noticeable about halfway through and figured you kicked the tripod, but even that is so minor that the overall coolness factor of the scene overwhelms any small problems. Great job!

Nice work, Stan. I wouldn't have noticed the problem if you hadn't mentioned it. I look forward to seeing more of these. Perhaps from the Dunes?!

Well done. Your "goof" didn't bother me at all.

I like how the fog is rolling to the right and the clouds are moving to the left

Hey Stan: The problem is really unnoticeable to the viewer. This is terrific. I loved the fog and clouds moving in opposite directions.

So you took 280 images, 10 sec apart, which is slightly more than 2800 seconds, which is about 46 minutes. This yielded a 32 second video, which you said you made in Movie Maker ( a windows app, right?). Do we have to know math to pull this off? Also, do you know if it is doable in Quicktime on a Mac? It does look like fun.



Frank

Definitely--Quicktime (Pro) is used by many time lapse photographers. No math required. I did a little prior web research to get the basic idea down (main thing to remember is to use all manual settings to minimize changes in exposure etc). There are whole sites devoted to HDR timelapse, but for now id just like to perfect the easier stuff...

Quite cool, Stan! I've been intrigued by timelapse for a while, though I don't see myself trying it soon. But it's really nice to see some work from someone's who's learning, rather than just perfect pieces by the experts. Feel free to post more anytime!

Really cool. I saw someone doing this from 'The Peak' in Hong Kong and had to ask them what they were doing as I havent tried this before.

RichieV

Stan, that is so cool! I could watch that over and over. Love timelapse!

Interesting video, worth the watch.