Hanalei Bay Sunset (Timelapse)

Time lapse movie of the winter sunset over Hanalei Bay, from Princeville. 312 still images taken over 2 hours 29 minutes, on March 1, 2008. This is my favorite of the time lapse movies I did on Kauai.

Music: "Moon of Manakoora" by Buddy Merrill

Equipment/software notes: Camera is a Canon Rebel XTi triggered from my laptop using Canon's "EOS Utility". Images were then adjusted using Canon's Digital Photo Professional, mostly for density matching and smaller jpeg's generated. Then I used Picasa to make a movie out of the frame sequence, allowing me to do dissolves between the frames, which makes a smoother effect. Finally the titles and music were added in Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 and rendered.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Hawaii
• Kauai
• Hanalei
• Princeville
• Sunset
• Timelapse

[KauaiGolfer1]

Ahh, my spot! I'll be back August 11th, 2010. 285 days and counting.  And please, no vog this time, ok?

[cchapin53]

Excellent, glad you're headed back, KG. By the way, I don't think I answered your earlier question: this was shot from the Princeville Hotel.

[billville111]

Too bad you ruined it by starting the credits too soon.

[cchapin53]

Ruined, really? But I'll take it as compliment that you watched to the end. The credit roll starts about 4-5 still frames before the end and just reaches the horizon on the last frame. I did it this way so that the motion of the credit roll provides a sense of continuity. Otherwise the freeze of the last frame is too abrupt.

[harthimes]

friend, I loved your video because hanalei beach is a place I wanna go in soon.... I'm brazilian, here there is many beautfull beachs as well as in hawaii, but the gold islands a day I wiil go!!!

congratulations and great music too...

[asteropia]

This is breathtaking. One can only hope to have the luck to experience a place like this, in person.

In the meantime i'm getting my (sorely needed) beach fix from your channel.

I MISS THE OCEAN! :(

[akqj10777]

Great video. I love the clouds moving over the bay.

[KauaiGolfer1]

I'd love to see this done during the summer, when it's out over the water. Do you take requests?

[BuiltRetarded]

how do u make a time lapse?

[KauaiGolfer1]

Great choice in music, too. Where did you shoot that from? I'm guessing Pali Ke Kua? That's where I always stay. Maybe Pu'u Poa? I can't wait to get back. The stress just rolls off of me when I watch and listen to this video. Mahalo, and Aloha.

[cchapin53]

Of course the easy way is to use a camera that records video and use its built-in timelapse mode.

Good luck, I've enjoyed doing timelapse.

[cchapin53]

The description covers most of it. The other big tips are "Use a tripod" ;-) (I think I tied the camera to the balcony railing) and if you're serious about shooting for more than 2-3 hours buy the Canon external power supply. Also: focus manually and turn off auto-focus. And either get a long cable to your camera or buy some USB extension cables (they work fine).