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Old 23-08-2017, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
Nice put together and colours.

One suggestion I read ages ago about time lapses is to not have any one scene go on for more than 10 seconds. I think that is a good rule as some of the sequences felt too long.

Greg.
Thanks Greg
That's a good point about the length of each clip, a couple of my earlier ones were a bit long. The one at the reservoir was deliberate however, as I was trying to catch the reflections of the stars in the water. That was a very windy and very cold night (-20c°) and I was hopeful of the wind dropping which it did. I now aim to get my clips about 10-15 seconds each which is a good ball park figure. This would mean about 250-500 images per clip depending on desired frame rate. Depending on the exposure time this means you may only get time to do one clip in the summer or 4 in the winter on a typical night
I may put a more in depth video together when I've got some more clips including a clip of the gear at work (a time lapse of a time lapse!)
Best wishes
Gordon
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