The end of a blustery winter's day exploring Snowdonia in North Wales found my wife Liz and I at Caernarfon about half an hour before sunset.
We had a choice - repair to the Galeri for a coffee and a warm up or stick it out in the breeze to watch the sun set from the harbour wall.
I'm glad to say the sunset won the day, and we were treated to a lovely display of the setting sun playing peek-a-boo in and out of the swirling clouds as they scudded along the horizon.
Of course, I had to film the event for a time lapse video, and the only problem I had, apart from cold extremities, was the wind buffeting my camera and 400mm lens and making the images jump around.
I partially overcame this problem by using a really fast shutter speed to prevent camera blur, and by setting my tripod as low as I could while sheltering behind the harbour wall.
But even so, there's still a bit of jerkiness in the video, which I hope you'll forgive me for.
We finally made in inside, much to our relief!
Filename - sunset timelapse 15.mp4
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure - 1/500 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Caernarfon, North Wales
This clip - HD 720p
Clip duration - 20 seconds at 25 frames per second.
Shooting interval - 2 seconds
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