Milky Way time lapse with soundtrack

[gregbradley]

Taken last night from my backyard. I learning more about this.

I managed to install and work some music software to edit some music I wrote and recorded a while back. It took a bit to get to learn the software to get the music to start at the right spot, fade out at the right spot but I know how to do that for next time so its a step forward.

Nikon view NX2, Photoshop CS6, Roland Cakewalk.

Nikon D800E, Nikon 14-24mm F2.8 ED at F2.8. 30 seconds at ISO6400, 10 second delay between shots and 4:30 hour total time.

I used the internal time lapse feature on the D800E to make this. I should try out doing one in RAW at some point. I am not sure how much of a gain it would be though.

I used a piece of insulation wrapped around the lens to delay dewing which seemed to work although the lens was dewy this morning.
I also got some heat pads from the chemist to delay dew. I'll try them next time.

HD quality. H.264 encoding;

https://vimeo.com/47489543

Greg.

[StephenM]

Looks great to me Greg!

I've just ordered a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens, and I'm hoping to try this sort of thing myself one of these days.

Cheers,
Stephen

[gregbradley]

Thansk Stephen.

They are a lot of fun. I plan to do some more at my dark site and am already planning out where to take them from. You really need a scenic spot as its half the sky and half the scenery that makes it.

Movement seems to be important as well to make it interesting. I plan to add panning soon. I think a simple Vixen Polarie may be the go for that.

Greg.

[Dennis]

Very nice Greg. Magnificent skies!

Cheers

Dennis

[gregbradley]

Thanks Dennis.

The skies here are quite dark.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

And here is a still I took as a test of the scene.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/145380814/large

Greg.

[RickS]

Great stuff, Greg! Nice camera ;)

I'm going to have a go at some nighttime time lapse too one of these days... I have a Genie on order via Kickstarter which I hope to get later in the year.

Cheers,
Rick.

[madbadgalaxyman]

Greg,
I think the "rotation of the sky" or "rotation of the Earth" effect is really cool.

I have always wanted to see the rotation of the Earth in this way!

On a more serious note, this sort of thing, illustrating how the sky/earth moves, can have a real educational value.

cheers,
Robert

It can be hard for people to get their mind and imagination around the idea of the earth moving instead of the sky moving, despite the fact that we as a species have known this intellectually for a long time; this is a very good illustrative tool that shows the effect intuitively and dramatically.

Some of these skyscapes can be very useful for giving people an intuitive feel for what is going on in the universe.

[gregbradley]

Sounds like fun. These are very easy to do with the D800E with its built in time lapse function. But assembling a series of RAW images into a time lapse should not be too hard (famous last words perhaps!).



Yes the rotation of the Earth is made very clear by this type of imaging.

Greg.

[RickS]

One of the cool things I noticed in my Aurora Borealis timelapse footage was how clearly the stars moved sideways. The sky behaves quite differently at 70 degrees north!

[strongmanmike]

Excellent Greg :thumbsup:

Lovely looking Milky Way

Mike

[CapturingTheNight]

Nice work Greg :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Sounds interesting.



Cheers Mike.



Thanks. I am learning more about it as I go.

Greg.

[iceman]

That's nice Greg, unbelievable that the camera can do that with the click of a button.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. Yes its very very handy and is one of the reasons I got this camera. Although it might make me lazy trying out RAW!

Greg.

[PeterM]

Oh wow Greg, that is so very cool!
This forum has very quickly become my favourite here on Ice In Space.
Thanks to all the contributors, you present our universe in a way so many can appreciate.

[madbadgalaxyman]

PeterM,
I totally agree with you that these skyscapes are a very accessible way for a broad variety of people to appreciate the sky. They can be enjoyed by all and sundry, from the "most learned" to the "average Joe or Jill".

We should put out a calendar of skyscapes.....it might prove to be a hit.

cheers, robert

I think that Dobson was right when he said that the sky is something that every person should Look At and think about and contemplate; hence his lifetime mission to show the wonders of the universe to countless human beings.
I heard him give a talk once in which he said that showing people the sky might well "switch on a few dormant human minds" that had previously been languishing without much thought or wonder going on inside them.

[RB]

We do have one.
http://shop.iceinspace.com.au/shop/astronomy-calendar-2013/

:)

PS and Mike's got one out too on Seascapes as well as astro.
http://shop.iceinspace.com.au/shop/sea-and-sky-calendar-2013/


:thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Cheers Peter. I agree it is an interesting way to showcase our skies.



Yes its an enjoyable way of presenting the night sky and there are some world leaders on this site doing this paving the way and extending the art.

Greg.

[Ross G]

Hi Greg....................amazing!


Ross.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ross.

I am taking another one tonight. Tweaked the settings a bit more after some experimentation in Nikon software.

Greg.