I saw this when you first posted it, but never commented.

I thought it was great on two levels: that you did the time lapse successfully (I agree, the shadows work) and that I learned how an igloo was built. I am amazed that they all stay up in place (well except for your few minor topples), since they are angling in as you build. Very cool, thanks for posting!

Yeah it is sort of an Easter tradition to build an igloo so I have built a few. 

Our Easter tradition is to eat chocolate. 

Quote from: sharpshot on February 21, 2010, 04:42

I have a few time lapse clips approved on pond5 now.  Quite like this one.  It also has my referral link.

St. Ives time lapse

That's about 300 shots, right? 

I wished I had your patience.  I find time lapse videos very cool.

Yes, around 300 photos takes over 10 minutes but I can take some stills with my other camera at the same time.  Will do some longer time frame ones in the summer, it is too cold here now to be hanging around for hours.

Yeah it is sort of an Easter tradition to build an igloo so I have built a few.  I wasn't used to using such hard snow - which was great, but different.  You can see a couple times that a few blocks fall in and I have to put them up again.  it is a challenge working by yourself.   

I was also supposed to have enough snow INSIDE the igloo to make the whole thing - which would have sped things up quite a bit, but I realized that the snow wasn't very deep AFTER i started building so I had to go and get snow from outside the igloo.

Hi I wonder how batteries work about 2 hours on -20 or you replace them with new pack/s?
I read old Jeremiah comic long time ago and there was Eskimo guy who is pasting snow blocks with water like sticky mortar. It seams logical to me especially al -20 even in my area is not to much days in year to build iglo.

I am using a G10 and the battery lasts for over 2,000 photos with no problems, most of my time lapses are under 600 photos, so I can do a few without having to recharge the battery.  It will probably go longer than 2,000 photos but I don't want to risk it.

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Quote from: sharpshot on February 21, 2010, 16:43

Quote from: madelaide on February 21, 2010, 15:42

Quote from: sharpshot on February 21, 2010, 04:42

I have a few time lapse clips approved on pond5 now.  Quite like this one.  It also has my referral link.

St. Ives time lapse

That's about 300 shots, right?  

I wished I had your patience.  I find time lapse videos very cool.

Yes, around 300 photos takes over 10 minutes but I can take some stills with my other camera at the same time.  Will do some longer time frame ones in the summer, it is too cold here now to be hanging around for hours.

Both your lapses are awesome, and over quite a long period of time!!!

Here's my only one so far, far smaller period of time - should I take them over longer periods of time?

On another note... I'm wondering, how come the video part of the site is so slow compared to the rest?

adijr

I really like yours, it looks like a good time lapse to me.  You could try some longer time period ones, I am going to when the weather improves here.

Nice port you got there... Do you usually make more sales from timelapses or simple activity like http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/281997/walking-over-stepping-stones.html ? Anyways, good stuff, keep it up!

adijr

This one is amazing.

[youtube]5ky6vgQfU24[/youtube]

This one is amazing.

Some people are so creative!

Did this one on Friday.  Not edited very well but I'm still learning.

http://youtu.be/tljVASQHR4o

That's pretty good sharpshot, I especially liked the first two sequences.

Looks good.  I love how timelapse shows things we don't notice happening.  I've never done one that long.  You've done a good job with the manual exposure.  I would use 30 fps, that would make it look less jittery and would make it appeal to buyers more.  It would also shorten the length of the clip, I never see long timelapses in use, they always seem to be just a few seconds.  The bit of flicker from the changes in exposure could be filtered out with virtualdub and the deflicker filter.

Why use 720x480?  Memory cards are cheap and the wider format of HD is going be more popular now.  I do everything 1920x1080.  1280�720 would give buyers more options.  It's a pain but it should be reasonably future proof.

More - Just tried to edit and render, still using the original files which are1728x1152. Oh now I remember, Photolapse locked up and crashed at image #184 of 2132

OK I can play that game. Reduce to 720x480, cull the test exposures, go through and remove the rogue bright exposures (I don't know where those came from) Remove some shots where the wind blows the flower. Remove some at the end that add nothing to the scene.

Some more details, first image was 9:50AM last was 2:50PM the camera locked up sometime in the morning for about ten minutes, turned off and I restarted it. Sometime in the afternoon, I lost 30 minutes of images (camera lock again?) and at some point I changed battery which no matter how careful, makes the picture jump. 2767 shots total, 2100 after adjusting, cull and removing some exposure issues. (yes one by one through all those images, a few times)

It was hot out and at one frame every 5 seconds, I think the camera was getting finicky. I did get a ERR 99 the day before also. No problems since then. (except the rear screen no long lights up) Shot in Mid-May, I've used the same body and lens for a few more time lapse experiments, no problems.

After some suggestions, here's the new version at 30fps. See what you think? It does tell a little story. A day in the life of a lonely dandelion, and the visitors. 

[youtube]http://youtu.be/7RsAwqcdM4g[/youtube]  (not really, I just posted the direct link below)

<a href="http://youtu.be/7RsAwqcdM4g" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/7RsAwqcdM4g</a>

More - Just tried to edit and render, still using the original files which are1728x1152. Oh now I remember, Photolapse locked up and crashed at image #184 of 2132

OK I can play that game. Reduce to 720x480, cull the test exposures, go through and remove the rogue bright exposures (I don't know where those came from) Remove some shots where the wind blows the flower. Remove some at the end that add nothing to the scene.

Some more details, first image was 9:50AM last was 2:50PM the camera locked up sometime in the morning for about ten minutes, turned off and I restarted it. Sometime in the afternoon, I lost 30 minutes of images (camera lock again?) and at some point I changed battery which no matter how careful, makes the picture jump. 2767 shots total, 2100 after adjusting, cull and removing some exposure issues. (yes one by one through all those images, a few times)

It was hot out and at one frame every 5 seconds, I think the camera was getting finicky. I did get a ERR 99 the day before also. No problems since then. (except the rear screen no long lights up) Shot in Mid-May, I've used the same body and lens for a few more time lapse experiments, no problems.

After some suggestions, here's the new version at 30fps. See what you think? It does tell a little story. A day in the life of a lonely dandelion, and the visitors. 

[youtube]http://youtu.be/7RsAwqcdM4g[/youtube]  (not really, I just posted the direct link below)

http://youtu.be/7RsAwqcdM4g

That looks better to me.  What's it like at 60FPS?  I can see the jump at 49 seconds but that's not going to be easy to cover up.  Perhaps next time have the lawnmower crush it at the end

Racephoto, your timelapse videos are very good. I like the dandillion very much, the other ones are very moody, kind of eerie. The clouds look like in a horror movie, the one with the Moon is an interesting idea.
But sharpshot is right, why bother with 720 when 1080 is the 'standard resolution' today?
Isn't it like shooting S or M for istock?

Actually shooting at 1728 x 1152 I could make them 1080 and still be shooting at Small on the 20-D. Yes I had a G-12, too big for my pocket. sold. Had a S-90, no viewfinder, pop up flash made me crazy. Sold. 20-D was a disposable camera, kind of. Why burn out something new? Well the screen went blank and I needed another remote camera and something else for time lapse, so 10-D for $135 with the grip and two batteries.

Interesting ideas. Hmm, 60fps? OK, there goes the rest of the day. I usually go for 12 fps because I like the animation look. Like old time movies.

The clouds are another one of those, hey look, clouds, the moon, I'm bored and camping. Quick make a time lapse.  The dandelion was an idea I got one day standing outside from 8am until 5pm. Why not do a flower opening, and then closing. I had no idea until I started processing, how many insects came to visit during the day. It's not like I was watching.

I put the camera on a tripod, anchored it with some weight, set focus manual, set lighting for what I expected it to be when the shadows passed and the flower was in full Sunlight. and went to work. Checked during breaks each hour.