Melbourne time lapse

[alexch]

Hi all,

I am working on a Melbourne time lapse project (need to do something when it is cloudy) and below is the link to the first draft. I need to re-visit the Eureka Skydeck and shoot more angles and re-do the second part of the footage due to the tower shake (I only had one battery with me yesterday).

http://users.on.net/~che/Melbourne.avi (http://users.on.net/%7Eche/Melbourne.avi) (10MB)

Comments and critique regarding the subject matter and soundtrack choice are very welcome.

The gear is as usual: D700 and 14-24mm lens.

Cheers,
Alex

[Octane]

Sublime.

That is unreal.

The only thing that bugs me is the rectilinear distortions.

All it needs are explosions and fireworks.

H

[iceman]

Wow that is quite amazing. How long were each of the recordings? How long were your exposures?

Incredible work.

[troypiggo]

Excellent! Still yet to try timelapse seriously. Inspirational.

[alexch]

Thanks guys, I had great fun doing it!



The distortions annoy me as well but hard to avoid when you are 297 metres above :)




Each part is about 600 frames, 2 second exposure and 2 second interval. So each recording is about 40 minutes long.

Alex

[alexch]

Attached is a shot from a little earlier. I somewhat corrected the perspective in Photoshop.

Alex

[erick]

Very colourful! The Ferris Wheel is interesting to watch. And the lights on the Arts Centre spire. Many thanks Alex!

[alexch]

The Olympic Park Stadium changes colour too.

[multiweb]

:lol: Very cool. It's addictive. I'd like to see another 10min of it :thumbsup:

[erick]

Oooooo! It does too! That is cute.

[DavidU]

Superb effort.:thumbsup:

[gary]

Hi Alex,

Would love to have a look but can't readily locate a CODEC either for
Windows Media Player or QuickTime Player for Windows that will play it.

[alexch]

Hi Gary,

I encoded it as WMV it is a bit larger though (17MB):
http://users.on.net/~che/Melbourne720.wmv (http://users.on.net/%7Eche/Melbourne720.wmv)

Cheers,
Alex

[gary]

Hi Alex,

Thank you. That's absolutely fabulous!
The resolution is extraordinary and you can even make out pedestrians.
Looking forward to more. Well done! :thumbsup:

Best Regards

Gary

[Sarge]

Brilliant Alex, well done and thanks
:D
Rod

[Piers]

Nice work, mate. Well done!

[koputai]

I love it Alex! What software did you use to assemble the .avi from the stills?

Cheers,
Jason.