Experiment in Time-Lapse Photography

[TheDisasterfreak]

I like the shot on 0:54 to 1:15.

[farhatadam]

it's so nice,you is best photograph,nice guy

[IsuSP21]

Amazing Job!! Hey, just one question, How can I make a Time Lapse in iMovie? I want to do one of my city Hope u can help me = ) XX

[argv01]

iMovie 6 is the last version that allowed you to set frames to 1/30 second. Since then, stills are restricted to 1/2 second, which isn't suitable for time-lapse.

[GeoffJennyOliver]

@IsuSP21 In iMovieHD you adjust the download frames per second...

[argv01]

@GeoffJennyOliver Are you saying you can apply this to stills? How many fps can you go?

[GeoffJennyOliver]

@argv01 I am actually referring to the download of movie where you simply click on the timelapse button. BUT, I used iMovie a lot until I got Final Cut Express and often adjusted the length of stills down to 1/25 (PAL). I never used the NTSC rates because in Australia we use PAL. Hope that makes sense.

[argv01]

@GeoffJennyOliver I understand. So, my "movies" are made by stringing together many still frames using an SLR, rather than shooting with a video camera. And iMovie can't make a video stream from stills. I use FCE as well, but it's not as easy as it was with old iMovie 6...

[ihaveadream1963]

Amazing how those cars streaming so fast like that at night time. Amazing.

[minus5m]

Very nice! But kind of hard to believe you did all that in 2 hours... or you mean 2 hours per scene?

[argv01]

each scene is about 7-10 seconds before editing. At 3 frames per second, that's about 10 minutes per scene. All the scenes are shot within a few minutes of each other because it's all around the same side of the bridge.

[InGodsMind]

this is really cool..

[BroodingARTist]

just great..:)

[soccerdude7330]

Very cool, excellent work!

[maldiga]

will doing this reduce the "life" of your shutter? know what i mean? (serious question)

[argv01]

sure--shutters have a lifespan like any other moving part. But it's insignificant in this case. There were only 205 frames. Most cameras' shutter capacity runs from 200K to 500K releases.

[OK2BCK]

just the answer I seek, thx guys

[yatinuntuned]

neatly done mate!

[sfbayimages]

Very Nice!!!!!

[ZZchaz]

This music is awesome! Reminds me of an old game or something. XD

[Adammythbusterspl]

The night scenes are just stunning! I'd love to see it in high resolution and better quality! Great work :)

[argv01]

At the time I posted this video, I was really new to youtube and making videos in general. I do plan on reposting this video sequence in higher res and better overall quality. I also have a lot of other traffic footage I'll be adding. Unfortunately, it's low on my priority list, so it might be a while.

[Adammythbusterspl]

That's really great you plan that. I can't wait. Thank you a lot for your quick feedback!

Some time ago I figured out all you have to do in order to get the "Watch in high quality" button here is to upload a video at least in 640x340. What I also recommend is while processing a movie, resize and sharpen your pictures in batch process before putting all of your photos together into a movie, rather than, for certain reasons, resizing a movie afterwards. Then you will get a good looking movie :)

[wonderglory]

Great job.

[frehleycomet]

How can I do this with me canon rebel xti 400d?

[argv01]

get a cable relesae with a timer. Canon makes one--check their website.

[frehleycomet]

Can you explain to me how that is going to work or how that does work with time lapse. I'm very new at this so anymore info would really be appreciated. Thanks

[da8iwr]

Hi frehleycomet

If you check my videos in my account, you will see i have a few time-lapse videos, using a Canon 5D and the TC-80N3 Timer remote controller. It will fire an image every period of time that you set which is any where from 1 sec apart, to days apart. You then import the images into something like Nero Vision or other video editing software and make it work as a video with each image as a frame. You end up with a Time Lapse video

[Dzertyx]

I've seen your video on Google Earth

Great job !

[kayvansylvan]

Very cool!

[Nerol67]

I would love to know the process on how you do this with a digital camera. Take a shot every 5 seconds?

[kaylivel]

Wow, very cool Dan. The shots involving the cars going over the bridge almost look computer animated. Groovy music.  Kinda Yes-ish.