My First Time Lapse

bf2015

This is my first attempt at a time lapse. It's sunset in Seattle.

http://bf2015.smugmug.com/gallery/8226717_oVXSg#544612392_NfACs-A-LB

det1rac

bf2015 wrote:

This is my first attempt at a time lapse. It's sunset in Seattle.

http://bf2015.smugmug.com/gallery/8226717_oVXSg#544612392_NfACs-A-LB

What did you use to get the photos into a video?

The Mack

Not bad at all. I would have liked to of seen a little more into the night w/ the lights but it was good.

bf2015

Yeah the night looks really amazing with all the planes landing and taking off at Sea-Tac. Unfortunately My battery ran out and I don't have an extra. :cry Also, I saved the video in HD but when smugmug converts it the sharpness drops somewhat.

I don't have a sequencer on my D40, so I had to use the timer on all the shots. I think it broke down to something like 1 shot every 7 seconds (for 3 hours!) I took all the raw images, did a batch convert (actually Image Processor) in PS to sharpen and convert them into jpg and then put them all into Windows Movie Maker. The lowest batch setting for each image is .13 seconds for each image, so I had to manually go through all the images ad drop it down to .07 seconds per image. That is a chore but it's the only software I have.

I got the idea from Chris Raezer who I met at Kerry Park a couple of months ago. His time-lapse is absolutely amazing! Check it out:

http://www.chrisraezer.org/time/time.php