Star Trails on Lake Mantario

[dmmoelle]

great star trails, what software do you use to create the second half of the video?

[jameswoodsk]

Oh, or Aw! Lightning sounds so much more exciting!!

[cosmos1443]

Firefly?



[astrogirlwest]

@cosmos1443 if you are referring to the flash around 0:11, that is just someone's flashlight! :)

[jameswoodsk]

Great lightning flash, Jennifer!

[astrogirlwest]

@jameswoodsk it looks like lightning, but it is far less exciting - just someone's flashlight!

[finlarg]

This is great, nice location. Do you use a normal video camera and speed it up afterwards?

[astrogirlwest]

@finlarg It is a timelapse animation combining about 350 individual shots taken with a Canon 40D. Each exposure was 20 seconds.

[finlarg]

@astrogirlwest Did you take all 350 photos or do you have an automated setup?

[astrogirlwest]

@finlarg I use the Canon intervelometer to take the pictures - so an automated setup

[finlarg]

@astrogirlwest OK. One day I'll get one of those...

I recently got a video camera and have been experimenting with clouds and sunsets. The only way I can do a timelapse is to leave the camera running for ages and speed it up in editing. It uses a HUGE amount of memory!