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Time Lapse
I made this time lapse video this weekend after being inspired by a previous thread on the forums.
It's far from perfect but I think it's a really interesting way to see the night sky and the movement of the stars relative to us.
Would love some feedback and any advice from those who have some experience making videos etc. The biggest problem I'm facing is the banding of noise (not sure what it's technically called but I know Daniel has some issues with it), it's hard to remove in post that's for sure. THIS is where the Canon 14mm f/2.8L would be a nice addition to my kit.
Two nights worth of photos totalling 1459 files. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40mm f/4L @ ISO 1250, f/4, 25sec exposure.
Hope you enjoy, Ben.
http://youtu.be/gs6zCTzEHSM
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Thanks guys.
It actually got a bit hairy on Saturday night. I used the parker lights on the ute to light up the foreground and would set my alarm to wake up every hour or so to run the car and keep the battery charged. However, I slept through my alarm for about 4 hrs and woke up to a dead battery. I was perched on the side of a hill with about 5m behind me and had to do a reverse roll start downhill, luckily it worked first time because I wouldn't have had another chance and it was a good 10km walk back to the highway. So, I will be buying an LED flood light in future that can run off a separate battery to prevent being stranded.
Also found a snake under the tripod at one point when I checked up on the camera, luckily it was only an olive python so I picked him up and moved it out of the way, if it were an eastern brown snake (which are pretty common), I'd more than likely have driven back into town to get the rifle before moving him off. I'm not big on killing snakes for the hell of it, but if it came down to either him or me taking posession of that camera then he'd have to lose that custody battle.
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Very cool. Well done.
Nice clear skies with little light pollution.
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what people do to get the shot... And I thought I was brave climbing out-of-bounds area in some ruins and almost getting wet.
Great background story Ben, and a great video.
Arnt
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Quote:
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Steve U
Crocodile Bendee. :o
A top notch "Dad Joke" if I've ever seen one Steve :p
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Hey!!! I resemble that remark.:cool:
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Amazing footage Ben! Really great!
Since you probably took the photos horizontally and you cropped 16:9 out of the originals. You might consider using the rest of the cropped out space to "fake" a panning motion from below to up top or something. I know your time-lapse already has a lot of motion in it, but you could try to make the foreground move as well. Even if it's just a little bit. I think it would make it even more interesting.
I don't see any noise banding or whatever so I don't know what that is about:confused: I do see some delays in your video though. It seems like the video is held back every second or so. Like you miss a frame or something. Could it be that the buffer in your camera was full at those times? Is it a natural phenomenon? Or is it just a post-processing effect?
Anyway the footage looks simply amazing. Please continue and show us more:D
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Hey Jan, sorry I missed your reply. Yes I think it must have been the camera's buffer filling every now and then. I might try tweaking things now that I've got my intervalometer working (corrosion inside).
I like your idea of the panning using the original frame ratio, might try that with the next one.
The banding is more evident in the stills. Noise reduction is pretty much maxed out to get rid of most of it.
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Glad this thread got bumped...I missed it somehow...excellent time lapse Ben.
