Scenes of the Southern Night, Western Australia and Chile

colinmlegg (Colin) · #1 17-07-2012, 07:41 AM

Hi all,

I put together this video of night scenes from Western Australia and Chile for entry into the 2012 David Malin awards the other month. The scenes are part of a larger (and probably never ending) project to document beautiful nightscapes from the southern hemisphere.

Well I'm very happy and honoured to report that my little clip won 1st prize in the animation category. Wow!

Here's a copy I uploaded to vimeo today. Please share if you enjoy it.

https://vimeo.com/45856570

Thanks,
Colin.

ps. best viewed with sound on.

Nocturnal

iceman (Mike) · #2 17-07-2012, 07:56 AM

Holy cow. That is just amazing.

One of the best I've seen. Stunning work Colin!

Congrats on the DM Award win - well deserved indeed!

Lester · #3 17-07-2012, 08:06 AM

At times like this I wish I had internet to see such events. I can only imagine how wonderful your work is Colin. Congratulations.

dvj (John) · #4 17-07-2012, 09:47 AM

Octane (Humayun) · #5 17-07-2012, 12:10 PM

Colin,

That was stunning. A very well-deserved win.

Beautiful cinematography, which is very inspiring.

H

Osirisra (Ken) · #6 17-07-2012, 02:50 PM

Epic!

multiweb (Marc) · #7 17-07-2012, 03:02 PM

That was excellent and congrats on 1st prize - well deserved.

CapturingTheNight (Greg) · #8 17-07-2012, 05:04 PM

Colin you just managed to leave me speechless and wrinkle my brain at the same time.

Holy cow that was awesome. My brain still hurts from that Bungles "fisheye" sequence. Congrats on the win. Very well deserved.

Lester · #9 17-07-2012, 07:17 PM

Wow, managed to get a view of your work Colin = amazing. All the best.

alexch (Alex) · #10 17-07-2012, 07:45 PM

Congrats Colin on winning the category - very well deserved indeed! You should have heard the reaction of the audience when your winning entry was playing at the awards ceremony. It's a shame we could not meet at Parkes, but there is hope for the next year.

Cheers,
Alex

Adelastro1 (Wayne England) · #11 17-07-2012, 09:24 PM

Yes I agree completely. Very very nice. Yes there were many "ooo's and ahhh's" in the audience as it was playing on the big screen!

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Originally Posted by alexch

Congrats Colin on winning the category - very well deserved indeed! You should have heard the reaction of the audience when your winning entry was playing at the awards ceremony. It's a shame we could not meet at Parkes, but there is hope for the next year.

Cheers,
Alex

rogerg (Roger) · #12 17-07-2012, 10:30 PM

Very, very nice Colin!

I am still very envious of your Ballard shots

As far as the timelapse goes - I would have liked a slower frame rate to enjoy each scene a bit more, and more fades rather than chops between clips. Personal taste perhaps. I feel that kind of editing could take the clip another step higher in overall quality

I love the colours in all the clips, you've got a nice range of blues and greens I struggle to achieve and only rarely do.

h0ughy (David) · #13 17-07-2012, 10:47 PM

very nice - world class

rogerg (Roger) · #14 17-07-2012, 10:49 PM

Oh, and I forgot to ask - is that a meteor at about 00:45 which puffs in to a "shockwave" and drifts across the image??? I've never seen anything like it before!

colinmlegg (Colin) · #15 18-07-2012, 12:04 AM

Thanks ALL, really appreciate all your wonderful comments.

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Originally Posted by iceman

Holy cow. That is just amazing.

One of the best I've seen. Stunning work Colin!

Congrats on the DM Award win - well deserved indeed!

Thanks Mike! It's a great honour to be selected for the awards. And thanks for adding the Nightscapes forum. I just love these sort of images and it's probably the only place on the planet dedicated to them. It'll be a favourite hangout for sure.

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Originally Posted by Octane

Colin,

That was stunning. A very well-deserved win.

Beautiful cinematography, which is very inspiring.

H

Thanks H. Exploring the time dimension is the thing I love about timelapse. You just never know what little hidden gems are buried in all those frames.

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Originally Posted by Osirisra

Epic!

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Originally Posted by multiweb

That was excellent and congrats on 1st prize - well deserved.

Cheers Guys.

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Originally Posted by obsidianphotos

Colin you just managed to leave me speechless and wrinkle my brain at the same time.

Holy cow that was awesome. My brain still hurts from that Bungles "fisheye" sequence. Congrats on the win. Very well deserved.

Thanks Greg. I've had a few similar comments re. the Bungles sequence. I may have to put up a warning sign - 'Do not watch this clip while operating dangerous machinery!'

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Originally Posted by Lester

Wow, managed to get a view of your work Colin = amazing. All the best.

Thanks Lester!

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Originally Posted by alexch

Congrats Colin on winning the category - very well deserved indeed! You should have heard the reaction of the audience when your winning entry was playing at the awards ceremony. It's a shame we could not meet at Parkes, but there is hope for the next year.

Cheers,
Alex

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Originally Posted by Adelastro1

Yes I agree completely. Very very nice. Yes there were many "ooo's and ahhh's" in the audience as it was playing on the big screen!

Pity I wasn't there guys. Would love to have seen all the other images/animations on the large screen, especially your beautiful Aurora timelapse Alex. Maybe when I'm in Melbourne next I can request a personally showing?

Congrats to both of you on your wins!

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Originally Posted by rogerg

Very, very nice Colin!

I am still very envious of your Ballard shots

As far as the timelapse goes - I would have liked a slower frame rate to enjoy each scene a bit more, and more fades rather than chops between clips. Personal taste perhaps. I feel that kind of editing could take the clip another step higher in overall quality

I love the colours in all the clips, you've got a nice range of blues and greens I struggle to achieve and only rarely do.

Cheers Roger! Thanks for the feedback and 100% agree on the timing. I would have preferred longer sequences, but David has a 2 minute time limit and I had a few shots to show. I plan to release a longer version later with the full sequences. And yes, some of the cuts are a little harsh.

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Originally Posted by rogerg

Oh, and I forgot to ask - is that a meteor at about 00:45 which puffs in to a "shockwave" and drifts across the image??? I've never seen anything like it before!

Yes, meteor train. It's the second one I've captured, but by far the best in terms of brightness and length. I got it during a continuous multi-day/night sequence last year. It covered half the sky for 12 nights, so my odds were up to capture something this rare.

Nico13 (Ken) · #16 18-07-2012, 12:17 AM

Colin that is outstanding and easy to see why the Malin Awards recognised it.
Thanks for showing the results of the efforts of your work.

Paul Haese · #17 18-07-2012, 06:35 PM

This was stunning to watch at the awards, but I reckon what really worked was the fish eye sequence and the cloud moving over reflecting water sequence. Lovely lovely work.

colinmlegg (Colin) · #18 19-07-2012, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Nico13

Colin that is outstanding and easy to see why the Malin Awards recognised it.
Thanks for showing the results of the efforts of your work.

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

This was stunning to watch at the awards, but I reckon what really worked was the fish eye sequence and the cloud moving over reflecting water sequence. Lovely lovely work.

Thanks Paul!

Phil Hart · #19 19-07-2012, 07:31 PM

i've said as much to colin in email and another thread, but will add my high praise for this work here too. all the sequences are beautifully crafted, amazingly sharp and well executed.

and the five camera system produces something incredible.. if anybody else in the world is doing it i haven't seen it.

Phil

gregbradley · #20 19-07-2012, 09:02 PM

Hi Colin,

I am about to start taking my first time lapses and I have talked to a few of the top guys already.

When you said you did multi day 12 day day/night time lapse is that with one camera? Wouldn't the memory cards fill up way before that?

You must have used a plug in power supply?

What sort of settings do you recommend?

I am thinking for my Nikon D800E, 14-24mm F2.8 at 14mm and F2.8, 30 seconds at ISO6400 which is quite clean.

Also, do you use in camera noise reduction on?

Is RAW really needed or is jpeg fine?

Post processing software is usually Lightroom 4.1?

Greg.