Timelapse: approaching storm - at 2 speeds (45x and 180x)

[joeldude76]

omg omg omg an exact year from your vid a huge storm happens in grand blanc mi check mine out thats weird

[StealthShot360]

penis

[Seabass16534]

great job:D

[MommiCassi]

wow that was awesome!!

[neodelphi]

great one, how many photos in total?

[astronomerroyal]

I believe it was about 500 photos.

[jdprice455]

thats a nice video what kind of camera do u have?

[astronomerroyal]

This was a Canon 40D dSLR. I recently bought a cheap Canon G5 for future timelapse films, as it's an easy way to wear out the shutter on an expensive camera.

[jdprice455]

oo ok how much did you pay for this camera

[astronomerroyal]

New the 40d is about 1100 dollars. The G5 is discontinued and I paid about 150 dollars for it on ebay.

The G5 is a 'only' a 5 megapixel point and shoot camera. This resolution far exceeds hi-def TV resolution. Clearly you don't need an expensive camera for high quality timelapse. That said, i've only made two timelapse movies, so I'm no expert.

[astronomerroyal]

I'll also add that one pfo the earlier models, like the G3 would probably be suitable also. The G5 actually has a built in timelapse mode, but it's only one picture per minute. Not very impressive.

[yakonfire]

A triumph; beauty in the ominous. Did the storm actually generate rain, though?

[astronomerroyal]

I don't know who you are, Mark, but you should read the description more carefully - or at all. Awkwardly phrased near the end I state quite unclearly that torrential rain did obtain.

The beautiful, ominous, grey thing steaming towards us (no, not the prospect of a Dick McCray lecture) is the wall of rain. If you watch the fast version, you can get a sense of the massive wall about to slam into the camera. One minute later I was running home in a downpour.

[audiofreeq]

The 180x looks more pro,great vid ,what s/ware did you use to stitch the frames together ?

[astronomerroyal]

I made this video by simply opening an 'Image Sequence' in Quicktime Pro.

I may go back and smooth out the exposure in Lightroom, but for 10mins of work the result was good enough.

[audiofreeq]

hey im not complaining,i think its a good bit of photo/videography ,i just got hold of a Canon 450D/kit lens canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 & tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6,that and a few accessories which is why i was asking about the stitching s/ware.

[clundgren60]

Cool video!