Home is where the Heart is

[Paul Haese]

Recently I purchased a Losmandy Star Lapse after being inspired by so many great animation sequences here. Still learning but I think now on my way. In the coming months I hope to produce an awesome sequence but time will tell.

I like the panning sequences I see now and really want to get into this form of astrophotography. So with that in mind I present another test video (longer than before and through Vimeo).

The title is a reflection of where I feel most comfortable. That being out under the stars and enjoying the night sky.

Click Here for video

I have also included some high light frames straight of the camera.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

the video was great paul should do one of the southern pole too

[Ross G]

Looking good Paul.

Your setup shows a lot of potential.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

Good one Paul. Perhaps we can learn to master these together. I have done a few time lapses but yet to set up the Polarie for a panning effect. Easy enough though.

I suppose 95% of it is having a fabulous scene to time lapse.

I have one near my dark site scouted out for next years
Milky Way season.

Greg.

[Lester]

Looks good Paul. Great little unit from Losmandy.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Shows promise Paul. Well done.. what was the details of the individual pictures and the integration time between frames? I use my little teletrack for this sort of panning, works extremely well also..

[iceman (Mike)]

Good start Paul. Looks a little jerky in the panning, perhaps too long between frames?
All part of the learning!

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys,

the exposures were 30 seconds at f2.8 and interval was 32 seconds. The panning was at 30 degrees an hour with a change to 60 degrees an hour when it returns back. There is some jerky looking images because of little lapses in power for the camera. I think I have that sorted now.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Looks promising Paul. That driveway looks oddly familiar.

[Moon (James)]

the exposures were 30 seconds at f2.8 and interval was 32 seconds.

Next time try reducing it to 1 or 2 seconds between exposures to make it look smoother. I also prefer the playback frame rate a bit faster - say 25 or 30 fps, but you need a lot of shots to make a long movie.
James

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Moon

Next time try reducing it to 1 or 2 seconds between exposures to make it look smoother. I also prefer the playback frame rate a bit faster - say 25 or 30 fps, but you need a lot of shots to make a long movie.
James

Actually that is what it is. The image length is 30 second and the interval is 32 seconds. Meaning that it is 2 second between shots. If you are not familiar with an intervalometer then it might appear my statement means 32 seconds between shots.

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

Nice one Paul, Nice choice of music.

Josh

[naskies (Dave)]

Nice work, Paul! Looks like a great house in a great location. I've never been to Clayton, but I did get to ride a helicopter to Goolwa once. Is there where you do most of your imaging from?

[astronobob (Bob)]

Interesting stuff Paul