NOCTURNIN - Lapses at Night

[TheDaggwood]

Great work. I've viewed all three of your Time lapse Guides, and would like your up-to-date opinion on a camera for exlcusively time lapse. It looks like the Ricoh GX100 and GX200s are not readily available anymore, even on Ebay. I recently purchased a new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40, with plans to connect it to a PClix intervalometer, but just confirmed it's not compatible. So now I'm considering the PowerShot SD870 IS or the Kodak P880, which would you recommend for night time lapse shooting?

[casinohijack]

What the heck is up with the dark image that pops up at 1:06?

[catwomanFL72]

great visual effects and great music....3:10-3:32 is very other-worldly.

[Mirokuofnite]

The start reminded me of the intro to Sightings.

[KingCarlofcarlWorld]

This is very nice, I really like it. The music composition is really fantastic. Great editing, very well done.

[hotfish2009]

@KingCarlofcarlWorld --- I think the music's Gino Soccio?

[mdbrazilian]

So Beautiful...

But, what are those flashes at 3.27?

[moreeazy]

Great work!

[cacheofkolors]

it is breathtaking..very well done and bravo for your patience in taking the photos :D

[rostern]

amazing! I especially like the star trails part

[TristanCrider]

How do you get the exposer to stay consistent on every shot?

[milapse]

I generally shoot completely manual!

[sumitino]

not bad, i like it. I just cant get over the fact of how many shots it takes to get those transitions from late evening to early morning.

my pocketbook cringes when I see some of these 10K shutter nights...

[beckie0]

beautiful - i looooove this sooo much -especially when the camera pans round - makes it more eerrie!!! :)

id love to be able to do that!!!

xx

[Goldsilkk]

what music do you use, it really good for a dance im doing :D contemory

[JSvisionsix]

this may be the hottest thing I have ever seen.  incredibly well done

[milapse]

Thanks I appreciate that! ;-)

[37372]

Very nicely done!

[TheRailFan]

great stuff !! 5 stars

[OasisDirective]

Cool star trails shot!

[sewbear]

This is absolutely breath-taking and the music

is perfect! I love it - look forward to seeing more of your work.

[XxInnoc3nc3xX]

absolutely stunning, I'm in love with this video lol. GOOD JOB!! =D

[DJAtomikBomb]

I gotta say, that idea of having the camera move with everything else rushing by is absolute genius. It makes it all the more magical. Excellent video Milapse. =)

[dickinsm]

this is fantastic !

by far the best time lapse video on here :P

btw wat camera do you use ?

and is it a still camera or a camcorder ??

[milapse]

Thank you. I use digital cameras exclusively... For this one mostly a D200 and D2H. You can see all the other cams I like in 'timelapse guide' videos in my collection!

[jackshanahanphoto]

how do you make the time laps pan i am very intresed and what shutter and appreture are you setting the camera at to get the stars to warp like that

[milapse]

search: milapse panning : exposure depends on the situation but iirc the star sequence was like 10-15 seconds on a 1.4 lens (I don't recall the iso). The trails were created in post (after effects) using the 'echo' filter.

[neilp2]

Great work. You have a very photogenic back yard and always seem to have such interesting clouds and skies where you live. Must be nice to live where it gets dark enough to see the stars so clearly. Well done!

[milapse]

Thanks! I don't get the amazing skys that the guys out in the mountains and desert get! but its not too bad around here...

[psatch]

I would love to compose some music for a video like that.

If you want i can give a link to download a sample of some of my compositions.

bye

great work!

[milapse]

I'm always open to that! send me a personal message....

[callisto150]

Absolutely love this video, brilliantly put together. Great music and great lapses.

I'm interested in the stars time lapse at 3:13, what kind of exposure for each photo was used? And how many FPS was it when the final video for that part was made?

Great work ;-)

[milapse]

Thanks! I can't remember the specifics but that part was probably something like 10 second exposures shot wide open with a 30mm F/1.4 - I used the 'echo' filter in after effects to create the 'trails'.

[MPPhotography]

what is the shutter speed during the day and night when you are doing the panning shots? I would think it had to be fast to stop it from blurring. Great job on all you videos

[milapse]

It's a balancing act. Slower pan speed for longer exposures. Similarly, slower pan speed for longer intervals as well. I'm using fast glass for most of these shots as well F1.4 and F2.8.

[andreschamat]

Great job, both the video and the music :)

[justinkrz1992]

.... speachless. great job, great video quality, music fits in perfectly.

[EternalStargazer]

... there is a whole world in your backyard!

[pompeyscummy]

cool video. I love the music too!

[mattsersion]

So cool! I can't wait to get my Autostar and pan like the wind.  Just started lapsing 12/07. thanks

[papydasy]

Great work very beautiful musics great,good man.

[jcmegabyte]

That was great - keep 'em coming! :-)

[boshamboy]

All your films are fantastic, thanks for sharing.

[yuckiefilms07]

Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!! What camera do you use????

[milapse]

this is a lot o' nikon d200 - d2h and a couple of others... thanks!

[gumleyboy]

Wow, I am completely in awe of this. Great job and music collaboration.

[designbybain]

Wow! Beautifully done - I'm so inspired. I look forward to watching more of your videos. That's cool that you want to partner up with Organik. Roy's great.

[milapse]

Hey thanks! I've just been super busy but I'm still stewing on Roy's tunes. Great guy as well... I haven't forgot you man!!

[rdpc]

How did you do the spinning stars sequence? not that they spin, but how to capture a long track trail and still have a smooth movement?

[los]

HOW on earth did you get such smooth panning sequences while filming the time lapse? surely it was motorised? I am baffeled! enlighten me?

[akaMadoc]

First, I want to tell you that you are a great artist. And now, being new with time lapse, I would really want to know what is the technique for the pan shots. It's amazing!

[JGAlmonds]

great combination of music and image. How did you manage to get that fabulous last image, the one with the stars moving round?

[Bercik87]

Really good movie. And this music. AMAZING!

I would like to watch it in good quality.

Greetings

[tommyk77]

great work! i loved the timelapse of the stars. puts my piece in a new perspective. thanks to all the people who complimented the music too. thanks Jay for making the vid!

[Bitlas2000]

Fantastic!!!

[elellilrah]

Nice work. You're really stepping this up into a production.

[milapse]

Yeh, It's only worth it when I'm working with a musician... I'm planning something with 'organik' at the moment - organikmusic dot com

[teum666]

Great !!!

[GingerrKid]

amazing! i love it.

[milapse]

thank you! and thanks for subscribing as well.

[byronw14850]

brilliant

[fergus247]

some truly unique footage from 2:42 and onwards. And as always i like your selection of music.

[Engineero]

Dude, you always manage to capture some magical moments that are unseen by the naked, and slow-timed eye.

[caddymob]

Dude, each video you release is an order of magnitude above the last. Inspires me to try harder -- thanks!

[inyourdreams91]

O my very nice video I gave it 5 stars and a sub thank you!

[scotthammar]

Jay....That's phuggin' sweet. nice track, nice editing, great shots. Inspiring me to get off my arse and start shooting. Keep it up!!!

[imtubester]

Wow! Just checked out his channel!  He kicks ass!

[imtubester]

Brilliant collaborative effort! I will tell Tommyk77! THIS.. Got my sub! You kick ass, my friend!

[milapse]

Glad you liked it and... yes, you made my day! ;-)

[fredaart]

I can see a lot of skill and work in this piece. It comes across as very soothing, almost hypnotic. Thanks for putting on for view.

[asimplefarmer]

amazing! the astrolapse was the greatest

[plan9music]

Beautiful.

What was that flash at 2.39 is that an airoplane?

You've got a good thing going on.

[milapse]

I think you mean 3:25 or so... I used an effect called time echo to get the star trails so when a jet passed over head and I turned on the porch light the effect created a 'strobe'

[elellilrah]

Do you have a link to describe time echo effect. I've been having decent results with night-time shots, but really like that time-echo effect.

[MonkSpacey]

Wow! your stuff just gets better. Love the cross Atlantic collaboration. Come visit one day. Just wish I could see this on High Res.

[Azorino]

This one is great! one of my favorites yet

[milapse]

Thanks Curt! Best of luck with your projects...

[comedyhunter]

Very enjoyable, really like this.

Music worked well with the footage. Would love to see this film in high resolution as these things are wasted on youtube. Have you seen the quality resolution of the videos on stage6 ?

[milapse]

well you know it's a catch 22 - on one hand it's nice to know I hold the high-def 'originals' on the other hand I agree your 'waisted' comment. I guess I'm just still 'gut checking' releasing higher def stuff...

[MentalLapse]

Nice collaboration. I like the scene starting at 2:12. The color and the clouds clearing away maked for an interesting view. The view toward the North Star was also amazing. It looked like hundreds of comets.

[milapse]

I really like that scene too... It was so weird how the clouds parted like a curtain! thanks!