Update
This time lapse clip was one of the very earliest I made, with some quite horrendous mistakes in terms of exposure control during shooting which resulted in large and very visible jumps in brightness during the course of the original video.
Time marches on, and so, I'm glad to say, does my knowledge and toolkit when it comes to shooting and rendering time lapse videos.
The latest weapon in my arsenal, not counting a couple of year's extra experience, is some amazing software called LRTimelapse, using which I've re-processed the original RAW files from this shoot.
LRT3 has applied graded exposure compensations to each individual frame to effectively smooth out the very large manual exposure changes made by me while taking the stills.
In fact, I was so pleased with the new video file I've uploaded it to Vimeo, something I was too ashamed to do with the old version!
Original text
This video clip showing the afternoon - sunset - dusk - night progression over Loggerheads is my latest effort in time lapse photography.
Unlike my other sunset time lapse efforts I didn't make micro ajustments to the exposure as I went along. Instead I just made three large exposure ajustments during the course of the exercise (nearly three hours worth of shooting stills) and blended them together using a one second cross dissolve in Premiere Pro.
I'm still not happy with the overall effect of exposure change during the video, and if anyone can help me achieve a smooth exposure fall off during the course of one of these videos I'd be very grateful to hear from you on howie@gohowie.com
By the way, if you want to see some really top notch time lapse stuff, check out Dan Heller's YouTube channel. Just fantastic, and the sort of quality I'm looking to achieve with a bit more effort and understanding.
Filename - loggerheads timelapse 01.mp4
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 17-40mm zoom
Location - Loggerheads, North Wales
This clip - HD 720p
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