Timelapse: Memories of IISAC2011

[iceman (Mike)]

A timelapse of landscape and nightscapes scenes shot at the IISAC2011 Star Party, at Lostock in the Hunter Valley of NSW, October 2011.

https://vimeo.com/62328757 (watch in HD)

My fondest memories of IISAC2011 involve a group of friends standing around a dam we dubbed "Lake IISAC", shooting nightscapes, listening to guitar and watching the night sky turn overhead. The cacophony of frogs and crickets was deafening, and Chris Malikoff recorded it and Al Sheehan played guitar over it. It brings the memories back in the second half of the video.

The original sequences were put together a year ago but only made into a timelapse now. I found lots of mistakes in the original sequences, including not applying lens profiles so there's some terrible vignetting in parts, not cropping the photos to 16:9 etc. But I don't have time to re-do all of them, with IISAC2013 just a few weeks away I wanted to finish this quickly.

I had more panning sequences using the Synta multi-function Alt/Az mount but they were way too dark. I think I had the wrong setting on the camera.

I'll do better at IISAC2013!

I had fun playing in Vegas Movie Studio, learning as I go.

Photography: Mike Salway
Music: The Rush by The Seventh Alchemy
Guitar: Al Sheehan

Cameras used: Canon 40D, Canon 5D Mk 2 (for a few)
Lenses used: Canon 10-22, Canon 15mm, Canon 24mm

https://vimeo.com/62328757 (watch in HD)

Feedback and comments welcome.

[stardust steve (Steve)]

My fav scene was at 50 sec mark where the hills in the foreground looked so close and the starry night sky in the background really gave it some depth. Good result, looks like a top spot.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice. I like the guitar at the end. I recall playing that as a kid when I was learning classical. Brings back memories.

[RB (Andrew)]

Love it Mike !
Nicely put together.
Can't wait to meet up for IISAC2013.

You'll have to give me some pointers on timelapse mate.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks guys.

Hopefully I can do a better one this time around - will have new more sensitive cameras, faster lenses, and hopefully a little more knowledge.

Hope the weather plays nicely for us!

[Jay-qu]

Looks great look forward to seeing what you produce this year!

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Great work Mike Did you record those wildlife sounds yourself? If so, what did you use, if I may ask? Been thinking about doing the same in the little project I am working on this year.

[sheeny (Al)]

As one of the wildlife sounds I can categorically say that Mike didn't record them himself...

Chris Malikoff recorded them on his iPhone. There's nothing too technical for us!

Nice work, Mike. Its probably a bit late to start practicing guitar for this year...

Al.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by Jay-qu

Looks great look forward to seeing what you produce this year!

Thanks! No doubt I'll end up with many more GB's of data that'll take me all year to process

Originally Posted by obsidianphotos

Great work Mike Did you record those wildlife sounds yourself? If so, what did you use, if I may ask? Been thinking about doing the same in the little project I am working on this year.

Thanks Greg. As Al said, Chris recorded them with his iPhone. They were so loud! Then Al put his guitar recording over the top. It came out great!

Originally Posted by sheeny

As one of the wildlife sounds I can categorically say that Mike didn't record them himself...

Chris Malikoff recorded them on his iPhone. There's nothing too technical for us!

Nice work, Mike. Its probably a bit late to start practicing guitar for this year...

Al.

Thanks Al, and thanks to your beautiful guitar work. It really made the night - I hope for a repeat this year!

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Nice job Mike. Look forward to the 2013 version...hopefully out sometime in 2013! (although I can't talk... still have stuff from 2009 unreleased!)

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Nice one Mike, looks like a lovely place to star gaze and take nightscapes. Hopefully I can join you guys next year.

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Great work Mike! It was a pleasure to watch it.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

Nice job Mike. Look forward to the 2013 version...hopefully out sometime in 2013! (although I can't talk... still have stuff from 2009 unreleased!)

Thanks Colin. Need a few more aurora, meteor trails, asteroids etc to be in yours and Alex's league

Originally Posted by ourkind

Nice one Mike, looks like a lovely place to star gaze and take nightscapes. Hopefully I can join you guys next year.

Thanks, hope you can make it too!

Originally Posted by prokyon

Great work Mike! It was a pleasure to watch it.

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

[Deeno]

That was pretty cool!
Enjoyed it immensely.

Nice guitar Al, bit of Pink Floyd......?

[Deeno]

Just watched it again and, lo and behold. Amanda wandered past pushing Elara in the pram.....

It will be just Elara and I this year so, you better watch out. She's two!!

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Deeno

It will be just Elara and I this year so, you better watch out. She's two!!

Oh the little cutie !
Hahaha will she be bringing her scope to check out her shoes again, lol?

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=131468

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by Deeno

That was pretty cool!
Enjoyed it immensely.

Nice guitar Al, bit of Pink Floyd......?

Thanks, and yep.

Al.

[blink138 (Pat)]

hi mike very nice for a kick off!........... what was the galaxy at 1:30s mark?
was it andromeda?
pat

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Deeno!

And yep Pat, that's Andromeda. Was visible naked eye if you knew where to look. Thanks for commenting!