My Mini Timelapse Movie

[siddr20]

EDIT: Just realized the upload onto youtube has compressed it so much you can hardly see anything. Also it seems like the colours are lost in the stars..

This sucks lol.. Anyone know where else i can upload the video? Or exactly what settings to create the video? As in frames per second.. What format etc..

Just a mini timelapse video i have created.

You can see the Orion Star constellation in this video smile.gif

Theres about 100 or more images used to create this.

No editing was done to any of the images. Just a process of 100 images stacked i guess. Its sorta how i do stair trails..

The earth silently rotates while you sleep:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2dXt8EY_8

Hope you like it.

Edited February 2, 2009 by siddr20

[r32_doriftoo]

Isn't it possible to create a video like this with a whole recorded video while it's night?

I think it would be a more fluent passage if you create another video with a spool part of your whole recording.

But whatever i really like your video

[ZENNON]

so how did you do it? the actual photo taking i mean

was it a manual - press the shutter every few minutes kinda deal?

or do you have some fancy timer that does it automagically

[siddr20]

Isn't it possible to create a video like this with a whole recorded video while it's night?

I think it would be a more fluent passage if you create another video with a spool part of your whole recording.

But whatever i really like your video

You mean actually taking a video from a video recorder?

I dont think it will come out nicely. But then again i dont own a video recorder so i wouldnt know.

Also these pictures are 13 second exposures. So doubt the video recorder could capture all the light in.

Hense why ppl take pictures instead as your slr camera can capture as much light as you intend it to.

[siddr20]

so how did you do it? the actual photo taking i mean

was it a manual - press the shutter every few minutes kinda deal?

or do you have some fancy timer that does it automagically

I captured about 100 images or so. Perhaps more (havnt really counted but theres heaps lol).

Each image is a 13 second exposure.

I noticed the stars slowly disappearing away behind the roof and hense why i stopped. Unless i would have left the camera on till the memory card filled up.

The same way you can do star trails. Stacking 100 images or so.

Heres my 1st attempt i did a while back.

[ZENNON]

what i mean is how did u take the pics?

did you manually press the shutter - wait 13secs - manually press the shutter - wait 13secs - and repeat (another 98 or so times) ??

ie so its a manual process where you sit there taking pic after pic for 20mins or so - correct?

[siddr20]

Oh nah nah the shutter release cable was held pressed in. I came back 20 minutes later and turned it off..

If you got a shutter release cable you will know what i mean.

But now you are wondering how does the camera take pictures every 13 seconds or so. Its called burst mode. Use that setting, with release cable and it will keep taking photos till you turn it off.

[ZENNON]

aaaah i see! thats exactly what i wanted to know!

might have to try it! thanks mate

[siddr20]

No worries.. Let me know how you go

[r32_doriftoo]

You mean actually taking a video from a video recorder?

I dont think it will come out nicely. But then again i dont own a video recorder so i wouldnt know.

Also these pictures are 13 second exposures. So doubt the video recorder could capture all the light in.

Hense why ppl take pictures instead as your slr camera can capture as much light as you intend it to.

Yeah i mean a video camcorder(?) i saw a few videos at youtube of timelapses and i thought they were just very fast videos

Like this one:

But all right, thank's for the lesson

[ZENNON]

No worries.. Let me know how you go

this is how i went! pretty dodgy but its a proof-of-concept for me!

(was just taken at my back door - so next time i'll go somewhere a bit better and hopefully I'll get something nice)

ps nice and big one just for you

[siddr20]

Great work for your first attempt

Stars looks thin and thats what you want (as in the lines)

Now the next thing to do is to find the southern Polaris. So you get the whole circle look.

But well done on your first attempt.

The software i suggested will help heaps as well

[ZENNON]

thanks mate

Now the next thing to do is to find the southern Polaris. So you get the whole circle look.

yeah thats exactly what i had in mind!

The software i suggested will help heaps as well

ooh thanks - will look into it