Thanks for your kind feedback everyone
The hazy skies continue in Brisbane - so rather than getting annoyed at not being able to see the stars properly, I decided to keep shooting time lapses.
Here's another effort from today (I've attached a few still frames) - every 4 seconds from 4.45 pm until 5.45 pm, Brisbane time. I highly recommend viewing it full screen in 1080p mode if you can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF_UN2fwBF0
My goal was to capture what I've been seeing/experiencing these past few days: the transition from a harsh midday sun, to when the sun lights the sky on fire, the sun becomes a brilliant red disc, and finally sinks below the horizon. I'm quite happy that I managed to capture the "shrinking sun" effect
Thanks for looking!
Technical details: Canon 5DmkII and 24-105 @ 50 mm on a tripod, TC 80N3 interval release every 4 seconds, Manual mode with 1/30 sec at f/22 and ISO 200, shot with 5 MP RAW mode (instead of the full 21 MP).
Processing: Imported into Lightroom (Flash white balance & cleaned up dust spots - no colour manipulation), exported as 16-bit TIFFs, assembled into a movie with QuickTime 7 Pro (using "Open Image Sequence..."), added soundtrack in iMovie, finally exported as a 1080p H.264 video.