Sunset Timelapse Teaser

...that got cut off because my Canon SD870 IS that was capturing it ran out of power. It would have been 2 hours compressed into 4 minutes, with a picture taken every 2 seconds played back at 15 frames per second. This is only a simple teaser; I'll upload new sunset timelapses and perhaps other derivations once I successfully record better ones.

Captured January 13th, 2008 from about 3:25 PM - 4:00 PM.

Download the original video here: http://www.zomgupload.com/w9q0u1dz03yu.html

"This sunset timelapse was captured on January 13th, 2008 from about 3:25 PM to 4:00 PM. My Canon SD870 IS was positioned in the upper portion of my room window facing east. Location: a suburb city near Boston, MA. The video would have been 2 hours compressed into 4 minutes, with a picture taken every 2 seconds played back at 15 frames per second. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of battery, so the minute of footage you see if all there is.

I personally love how there's two layers of clouds moving in almost opposite directions. The houses at the bottom and the trees create a great silhouette effect. People have also noticed random specks in the video. Those are actually birds flying to and from the tree on the right. Overall, beginner's luck played a big role in capturing this timelapse.

Makoto Shinkai's works, especially 5 Centimeters per Second, have really influenced my creative and artistic sides, which have been more or less suppressed due to my technical studies in school. I still aspire to record more timelapses, but a lack of time and a lack of better equipment have left me a bit unmotivated. However, I hope to change that later this year."

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• sunset
• timelapse
• experimental
• clouds
• sky
• sun
• canon
• sd870

[boki46ya]

excellent framing, and vivid gothic colours! a light musical backing wouldn't hurt.

[KevynT]

Agreed, background music was something I wanted to add, but I didn't have any good ideas, so I left it out. I'll keep it in mind for future time lapse videos.

[KevynT]

Almost forgot, but thank you for the compliments!

[KevynT]

If you have playback issues, please download the original video. The link is in the "more info" on the right.

[EHbumEMi]

why is there black spots randomly appearing on your video?

[KevynT]

Good observation. The black spots are birds flying to and from the trees.

[pinkfloydeffect]

The birds make it look like old film stock! WIN

[Krenisphia]

Love the effect of the sun when it hits the camera front on (0:40-46)

[flaphoofd]

very cool.

what i really like is how the lower clouds and higher clouds go in opposite directions.

[hdiaz28]

Impressive!