Hi All,
Recently I took the family to Lake Tekapo on South Island of New Zealand for a winter holiday. For obvious reasons I timed it around the New Moon hoping for some clear nights. The weather was good and I had two cameras clicking away during six nights and brought back 300GB of RAW files.
The most memorable night was when the clouds descended on the valley but Mt. John remained above it. The lights of Lake Tekapo village and passing cars under the blanket of fog made for a very cool foreground. I think I like it even better than Aurora.
Matariki (the Māori name for the Pleiades) eluded me due to clouds and full memory card very last morning at the Church of Good Shepherd. Even then it looked like the fog thickened just before Matariki rose but it cleared up just in time when Jupiter and Venus joined the show. I am sort of glad that the card filled in too soon the other night, otherwise I would have not pushed myself to be up all night before driving to Christchurch. The church in the fog made up for lost sleep.
I am using two cameras now and my timelapses are becoming longer. I am not sure if five minutes is a bit too long but I tried to make it more interesting mixing the scenes and audio tracks.
Please put the sound on and let me know what you think.
https://vimeo.com/47008527
A few frames are attached.
Cheers,
Alex