On a winter sun break on Tenerife in the Canary Islands in February 2022, and I was hoping to film some lovely time lapse videos of sunrise over the Atlantic ocean from the promenade just next to our seaside resort.
But my plans had to be modified somewhat due to the effect of an unseasonable 'Calima' wind, blowing ochre coloured dust across the ocean from the Sahara desert to the east.
This had the effect of blanketing the sun and reducing the sunrise to a mere lightening of the sky above the eastern horizon.
So I had to re-evaluate my shooting goals, and so I used the filtering effect of the airbourne dust to shoot this time lapse of the muted sun rising through the morning skies.
But when I reviewed the images, to decide whether to keep or delete, I noticed that there were very visible sunspots on the sun's surface, something I'd never seen or photographed before.
So even though my original plans had been thwarted, I'm so glad I still made the effort to shoot the hundreds of stills needed to create this time lapse video featuring the sunspots.
It's always worth making the effort!
Filename - sunspot timelapse 01
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 380mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/2000 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/2000 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Filters - None.
Shooting interval - 1 second
Music - Bach Cello Suite No. 1, G Major, Prelude - Cooper Cannell.
Location - Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 38 seconds
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