Joshua Tree Under a Full Moon

[timescapes.org]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/3030155223_3ff918b6aa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallion/3030155223)

Canon 350D
ISO 800
14s
f/3.5
10-22 @ 10mm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/3030990094_ceca19bdf7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallion/3030990094/)

Canon 350D
ISO 800
24s
f/4.5
10-22 @ 10mm

[Celestron]

WOW :shock: ! Daylight under the stars :shock: ! All so different and kinda neat , wonder how it would look without the moon ?? Did you by chance try a 1600 ISO at say f/10 or lower ? They are really nice shots tho !

[R Hardman]

Very moody. Love the effect!

[Maureen Souza]

I love these as well. Very nice.

[timescapes.org]

WOW :shock: ! Daylight under the stars :shock: ! All so different and kinda neat , wonder how it would look without the moon ?? Did you by chance try a 1600 ISO at say f/10 or lower ? They are really nice shots tho !

These were part of an 800-frame timelapse sequence that I was shooting from 8pm till 5am. With timelapse, you have to keep the iris fairly wide, or you can get "flicker" in the HD video, due to inconsistencies in iris movement. But yeah, if I could have stopped down to like f/8 these would have been sharper. :)

Here is one of the timelapses:

http://www.vimeo.com/2253724

[Eyelikedurt]

I've never seen anything like this, especially those videos, before. Mesmerising! Superb work.

[drevilsmom]

Wow!! Look at Orion and his belt!

[markjpcs]

Great job!

[TekHouse]

Nice job..

[Celestron]

These were part of an 800-frame timelapse sequence that I was shooting from 8pm till 5am. With timelapse, you have to keep the iris fairly wide, or you can get "flicker" in the HD video, due to inconsistencies in iris movement. But yeah, if I could have stopped down to like f/8 these would have been sharper. :)

Here is one of the timelapses:

http://www.vimeo.com/2253724

I've saw your videos from work but not this one yet but will at work . Reason is my computer only has a 700mhz processor :( . Got another in the background with 2-ghz but haven't messed with it yet . Got it on a bid .

I did want to ask you tho , is your mount motorized or do you move it manually on the panning ?

[timescapes.org]

It's powered by a motion-controlled stepper motor that basically shoots an exposure, moves the camera about .10 degrees, takes another pic, moves, shoots, and so on.

http://i38.tinypic.com/25styyd.jpg

Taken with my cellphone. :)

[Celestron]

It's powered by a motion-controlled stepper motor that basically shoots an exposure, moves the camera about .10 degrees, takes another pic, moves, shoots, and so on.



Thats really neat ! Does this stepper motor come with the tripod or did you have to buy and install seperately ? What tripod do you have ? I have a manfrotto 488RC2 (http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-488RC2-Rapid-Connect-System/dp/B00009R6N0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227031139&sr=8-4) bh but on a 681B (http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-681B-Professional-Aluminum-Monopod/dp/B0000WKYU4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227031257&sr=8-2) Monopod . Haven't got a regular tripod for it yet but maybe someday . Saw your other movie today from work and looks great !

[timescapes.org]

That's just a SLIK 700DX. Great, affordable tripod!

The stepper motor is purchased separately...

http://www.bmumford.com/photo/rotary/index.html

[toyoufromzero]

very impressive!

[Koch9703]

Very nice.

[joelham]

hey been to timescapes.org and love this kind of work.I have been reading on how to execute these and im sure its harder and more demanging tan it looks but. I really want to get into this.
Basicaly i have the camera and the lenses etc, so do i just need a timer remote, and a video editing program, such as premier, final cut etc.
What do you think about the 3rd party remotes>
Thanks heapsssss
joel

[timescapes.org]

Ebay has a lot of cheap knockoffs. Just go to ebay and search "tc80n3."

[macroshooter1970]

nice shots

[hobbes2112]

Weird...my reply didn't show up so I am reposting a summary of what I wrote.

Great shots, especially love the movies.

I have tried a few long exposures and shots like this but haven't hit the method yet. My issue has been with focus. Since I start at night I don't have much light to work with when focusing, and sometimes it is just guess/check process. Do you carry additional light to focus and then turn it off? I see that you were using fairly low apertures for these shots yet got a lot in focus, is that because you used a 10mm lens? My widest reference is 18mm on a 1.6 crop sensor.

Finally, what do you use to put the images together?

[timescapes.org]

Weird...my reply didn't show up so I am reposting a summary of what I wrote.

Great shots, especially love the movies.

I have tried a few long exposures and shots like this but haven't hit the method yet. My issue has been with focus. Since I start at night I don't have much light to work with when focusing, and sometimes it is just guess/check process. Do you carry additional light to focus and then turn it off? I see that you were using fairly low apertures for these shots yet got a lot in focus, is that because you used a 10mm lens? My widest reference is 18mm on a 1.6 crop sensor.

Finally, what do you use to put the images together?

I typically set up my shots at dusk and try to get focus while there is still light out, then lock it off in manual focus. You can pick up one of those massive 2-million-candle-power spotlights at Walmart for like $25, and those babies will light up a large area very brightly for a short period of time -- long enough to find focus, usually.

Of course, the wider the lens, the more DOF, so I typically shoot 10mm for this type of frame. Plus that damn 10-22 lens is just awesome. So sharp. It never lets me down.

In terms of putting the clips together, I just use After Effects for RAW or Premiere Pro for JPEGs. It's easy. You just import as an image sequence and drop the clips right into the timeline. Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro Elements ($99) and Sony Vegas can do it, too.

[Jpiano]

Great shots!!

[hobbes2112]

Thanks, I don't yet have the budget for After Effects (or Photoshop :( ) but I can check out Premiere Pro.

[xwikdx]

very very nice pictures sir

[timescapes.org]

Thanks, I don't yet have the budget for After Effects (or Photoshop :( ) but I can check out Premiere Pro.

http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=adobe+master+collection+cs4

;)

[hobbes2112]

Not into the piracy thing, thanks though.