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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Diamond Hell on 08 May 2011, 23:49
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Did a first test of this today, only 399 shots (maximum number the intervalometer will do before unlimited!).
Dead chuffed with the results, which are still processing at Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/23453881
This was all set in manual, after getting the shot/camera set up, then the images were taken at 10 second intervals. Apparently 5 second intervals will give a smoother result, but this was me trialing the kit, results and process to convert the images to video.
It's taken me about 2 hours to figure out the process to deliver the clip. Not bad by my estimations and I can see myself doing a lot more of this as the results are a bit fab - speaks a lot more than stills IMO.
Weather looks good for Cowes Harbour shot from outside work tomorrow. :cool:
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Boooo, blocked at work. Will check this out tonight.
nick
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very good for a first test, look forward to seeing some more.
what did you use for the creating the video and what frame rate did you use?
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what did you use for the creating the video and what frame rate did you use?
Premier Pro, set to 29.97fps.
Camera currently outside, snapping away :cool:
Sad when you can't wait to get home to process a few thousand images, isn't it :nerd:
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what did you use for the creating the video and what frame rate did you use?
Premier Pro, set to 29.97fps.
Camera currently outside, snapping away :cool:
Sad when you can't wait to get home to process a few thousand images, isn't it :nerd:
Sorry I meant how many still images per second or are you using 29.97 stills per second?
Have you got a power adapter for your camera too then?
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The test was shot at 10 second intervals.
No power adaptor, but three charged batteries! It's been out there snapping away since before 9AM and the battery's not died yet! Running on manual focus means each shot is a pretty low drain on the battery, although now I'm thinking, I need to turn off the display, I reckon!
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No power adaptor, but three charged batteries! It's been out there snapping away since before 9AM and the battery's not died yet! Running on manual focus means each shot is a pretty low drain on the battery, although now I'm thinking, I need to turn off the display, I reckon!
Yeah the review is going to save you a bit of power, when I read through Thoms D300 guide one of the biggest drains is metering system, so you might want to check that too.
I'm just thinking of interesting places I could put mine after seeing your example :wink:
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I think the harbour sequence is going to be fantastic. I'm changing the location up every hour/half hour to get different views. Already dreaming about motorised tripod heads and rail systems.
M'mmmmm, rail systems. :grin:
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I think the harbour sequence is going to be fantastic. I'm changing the location up every hour/half hour to get different views. Already dreaming about motorised tripod heads and rail systems.
M'mmmmm, rail systems. :grin:
Harbour sounds good, if you've got after effects then you can quite easily turn it into a miniature fake with an adjustment layer :nerd:
ha ha check out some of the diy sites, there's loads of examples it's just making sure the motor is powerful enough to move the camera.
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Harbour sounds good, if you've got after effects then you can quite easily turn it into a miniature fake with an adjustment layer
I'm planning to hire a tilt/shift lens later in the summer for precisely this purpose. :cool:
Sod post-processing!
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id say slow the frame rate to 24fps on playback as it seems a little fast to me
this is a very good guide and also includes how to work out what intervals to shoot at etc..
http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/ultimate-guide-to-time-lapse-photography/
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+4000 images take a long time to process. :grin:
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Some of the raw footage.
http://vimeo.com/23509762
I can see why video editors want very high spec computers now :huh:
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Watched this last night and it's great. Might have to give this a go some time.
nick
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It's very card and time-intensive!
I had the tripod locked to various things on the wharf yesterday to try and minimise the chance of some b*gger walking off with it!
In terms of the cost of photography kit though, the £25 for the interval timer is pretty reasonable.
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Some of the raw footage.
http://vimeo.com/23509762
I can see why video editors want very high spec computers now :huh:
I'd probably drop the frame rate slightly, but great choice of subjects
I had the tripod locked to various things on the wharf yesterday to try and minimise the chance of some b*gger walking off with it!
opposed from just using the quick release :laugh: theft is my main concern for a project like this.
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opposed from just using the quick release
It's a very old tripod - it has no quick release that I'm aware of and I am capable of doing the lock-screw underneath up VERY tight!
I have a further section from where I had the camera on the roof, which is where it ran out of card space.
FWIW I started it shooting at before 9AM and it ran until mid-day on the first battery. The second was fine after filling up the second card.
Must remember to check there's not 1 1/2 Gig of photos in another folder on the card next time - an error of school-boy proportions! :grin:
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Very :cool:
my mate bought a time realease control thing :) look forward to seeing more dude
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That's pretty awesome, Mr. H. Looking forward to seeing what else you come out with.
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Early start this morning:
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228663_10150614479255354_882200353_18691969_4915220_n.jpg)
It's going to be there all day, with a shot every 30 seconds, until sun-down. :grin:
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Your going to photograph the ground all day? :huh:
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Your going to photograph the ground all day? :huh:
lol I thought the same, maybe there's a really fast growing plant there :rolleyes:
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Your going to photograph the ground all day? :huh:
Madness is doing the same thing over and over again, hoping something different will happen.
Genius is when something does happen. :grin:
Look very closely at the photograph. Something is already happening.
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Well the second battery going flat 12 hours in kinda pole-axed this one, but what I captured is here:
http://vimeo.com/23718542
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a shorter clip of a flower opening would look better
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interesting, I think you need to do that over a longer period of time though.
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Yeah, a flower - not much use for an asparagus grower....
I wanted to get 24 hours really, but as outlined in the battery thread the non-genuine batteries torpedoed that. might have another go this week if the battery grip shows up.
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Yeah, a flower - not much use for an asparagus grower....
I wanted to get 24 hours really, but as outlined in the battery thread the non-genuine batteries torpedoed that. might have another go this week if the battery grip shows up.
buy a bunch of flowers (daffs will do) that are closed up, stick them in water in the window and they should open within 5 hours. much more intresting for a short period than asparagus. I think you would need to shoot for a couple of days to make the aspargus intresting.
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Yeah, a flower - not much use for an asparagus grower....
I wanted to get 24 hours really, but as outlined in the battery thread the non-genuine batteries torpedoed that. might have another go this week if the battery grip shows up.
buy a bunch of flowers (daffs will do) that are closed up, stick them in water in the window and they should open within 5 hours. much more intresting for a short period than asparagus. I think you would need to shoot for a couple of days to make the aspargus intresting.
+1 for the daffs
I'd say the asparagus would have to be over weeks
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It's supposed to grow to the point it's picked in about 24 hours, which is why I was asked to shoot it. Can't help but feel that a dose of water might have helped things on their way.
On to bigger and better things - a local harbour has seen the clip of Cowes and wants their harbour shot. Anyone got any tips for super-budget motorised tripod heads?
Can't wait for Cowes week!
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It's supposed to grow to the point it's picked in about 24 hours, which is why I was asked to shoot it. Can't help but feel that a dose of water might have helped things on their way.
On to bigger and better things - a local harbour has seen the clip of Cowes and wants their harbour shot. Anyone got any tips for super-budget motorised tripod heads?
Can't wait for Cowes week!
Ah I was expecting the asparagus to actually do something lol
I think you're looking at a DIY job, got any lego technic?
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Just stuck up a topped and tailed version of the Cowes video: http://youtu.be/-JJ3rMMpLZY
and started prostituting it around. :grin:
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Just stuck up a topped and tailed version of the Cowes video: http://youtu.be/-JJ3rMMpLZY
and started prostituting it around. :grin:
nice work dude :afro:
I'm looking into this over the weekend
http://www.gphoto.org/
planning to get ubuntu on an old laptop and use it with my old G5
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Damn you Thomas! You got me interested in this now! :angry: :grin:
Hmmm that gPhoto doesn't support the Fujifilm S1600... :undecided: Might give it a go to see if it will as it supports similar cameras, I'll use a bootable live Ubuntu ISO and if it works install the NTFS-3G driver to access my Windows Partitions to save the images.
If that doesn't works I might set-up my webcam pointing outside and use Microsoft's Timershot Powertoy
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp
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Just stuck up a topped and tailed version of the Cowes video: http://youtu.be/-JJ3rMMpLZY
and started prostituting it around. :grin:
i recognise that place, a very nice man made us a cuppa one day :tongue:
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Love the harbour video. Such a great subject.
So what's the deal with the gphoto. Does it negate the need of a card in your camera and saves straight to hard drive?
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Beautiful weather today, so I'm at it again.
Cowes again, but getting lots of timelapse footage with the TS-E 24mm, out on the roof of our office. :cool:
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Sounds good to me. They look really good from 'just outside my office' so the roof should give some nice results. As for the weather down where you are.... piss off :angry:
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24 Deg C.
With a sea breeze.
:cool:
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I said that having not left the house, just spent the last 2 hours on the jetty at the end of my garden listening to absolute classic rock on a massive bean bag in the roasting hot sun - no canal breeze haha :smiley:
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Got a huge quantity of images to process into sequences from yesterday.
I was using 5 second intervals, which is something I need to review more critically according to the subject of the footage.
Anyhoo, initial 20 second clip:
http://youtu.be/rniza-UoZbc
That's under 1/2 hour of the footage from about 8 hours of shooting from various angles.
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Love it.
It looks unreal.
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Still working on the long tilt-shift piece, but an unexpected jolly to Southampton on Saturday was too good an opportunity to miss.
Cue lots of people looking curiously at the man with the SLR on the tripod on the open deck and two whining girls about halfway into the hour journey. :grin:
http://youtu.be/s4bxfIfw7qg
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Just needs some Benny Hill music.
nick
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Oi! There's Kim Carnes behind that :tongue:
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Went for a little drive last night:
http://youtu.be/MTYAwOYifEI
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Went for a little drive last night:
http://youtu.be/MTYAwOYifEI
Really good, Brilliant
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Went for a little drive last night:
http://youtu.be/MTYAwOYifEI
Really good, Brilliant
+1
You using a rig or leading out of the window?
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Looks like a really good road to drive.
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You using a rig or leading out of the window?
I have a suction mount, which was on the window, with the camera tethered inside the car.
Looks like a really good road to drive.
It is a nice road, but a bit straight for me. The bikers love it, as do the police. :grin:
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http://vimeo.com/25452283 (http://vimeo.com/25452283)
Thought I'd pop that in here, a nice combination of timelapse and film.
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One more.
http://vimeo.com/terrastro/oceansky
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Got up at 4:30 on Sunday.
F*cking memory card binned itself twice on the 500D, but this is what I got:
http://vimeo.com/26890322
Second view was from my long lens on my parent's 350D. I thought I had a second intervalometer, but the plug is different on the X00D series to the X0D series, so I had a remote shutter release and a sore thumb, after pressing the button every 2 seconds for a couple of sessions (before going to swear at the 500D).
I think it would be fair to say I actually missed the key few minutes. :angry:
I was also finally allowed in to have a look at a second, rather special location which I should be using before very long. :cool: