Have you tried shooting timelapse videos yet? It's just awesome and addictive, if you try to do it right.
My first try was at Externsteine, Germany, that is a rock formation with a pond in front of it that gives an almost perfect reflection. I got the idea of shooting a timelapse video, because there were some very interesting clouds around and I thought it'd be a waste to blur those in a long exposure.
Here's the result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGxu-VXMvKY
That is pretty cool where would you make money off of something like this though?...a stock site?
There hasn't to be money in it, I'm planning to use these for my vlog. It helps drawing people's attention so in a way it will help you with growing your customer base, if that's what you're after.
nice.. just curious.
No money, just pleasure!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnYfqSBy04/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_...
yeah i guess it looks cool i guess i just prefer the single image ...it seems like you have to have a perfect setting or weather pattern to get an interesting video
I've only done 3 or 4 of these, but they are always fun to see the results. It's harder to share than an image but you can post reduced versions to Instagram.
Check out this "drivelapse" from California on Fire by Jeff Frost. There's another guy in SF who does these of the fog crawling in over the city. They are amazing to watch when done right.
https://vimeo.com/frostjeff/cof
wow people really are insane in this world
I used to think the same, then tried one anyway and got hooked. It's quite a challenge to get these right, just imagine day/night transitions and the dynamic range you have to deal with then, makes a regular bracketed shot look like child's play. And this technique isn't limited to clouds or fog, it makes sense whereever there's some ongoing slow process, too slow to see with the naked eye.
ill have to see if my camera has the capability and try it
It does. I guess you are referring to an explicit timelapse video feature, which my camera actually has, but I don't use that (why not? - because, same as with stills, I want the RAW frames). For starters, all you really need is either a built-in intervalometer or a cable release that can be configured to work as one.
A basic workflow would be to open these frames in Adobe Lightroom (or Bridge/ACR), do your adjustments and sync settings, then head over to Photoshop and make these into a video.
If you want to shoot a day/night transition, things get more complicated, because you need to adjust exposure as the light is fading. In post, you'll then notice nasty flicker (no surprise there, you changed the settings, after all).
That is when you want to have a look at LRTimelapse, a commercial tool that you can use freely for timelapse videos that have no more than 400 frames (16 seconds at 25fps, 8 seconds at 50fps). I got a private licence yesterday, because I want to shoot longer videos and get some additional features, such as 4K output etc. This tool does a remarkable job removing the flicker from day/night transitions and, if used with qDslrDashboard you can even automate the process of adjusting the settings.
Beautiful timelapse well done.
Thank you Victor!