Sunset Time Lapse

A little test footage of last night's sunset -- 05/02/09 -- Shot with a Canon XH-A1 as I try to learn all the little knobs and buttons on the camera...

Original footage was about 6 minutes long, shot at 60i

I'm just learning the HD thing, so hints, tips, and pointers are most welcome...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• maine
• sunset
• bangor
• slater
• slatersgarage
• time
• lapse
• footage
• canon
• XH
• A1
• test
• HD
• high
• definition

[awreslr2]

Gorgeous colors! Pretty cool video and music. Where in Maine was this shot?

[slatersgarage]

Thanks a lot... Bangor area

[cgrove1]

Looks good. It's amazing how similiar your time lapse footage from Maine looks like mine from Manhattan.

[slatersgarage]

Thanks -- Kinda bummed about getting the power lines in the shot, but hey, whaddaya gonna do?

(BTW -- You should post yours as a video response to mine)

[anmoose]

NICE test clip! I'm not sure if my blood is thick enough to tackle an XH-A1. That's a LOT of camera, and I'm still bamboozled by all the bells and whistles on an HG21. The new breed of HD equipment is mind boggling.

[slatersgarage]

Thanks, Moosie! Lotta bells, lotta whistles for sure -- but it seems to do a lot on its own, too, which is a huge help when you're getting started...

[dexcargo]

That was beautiful.

[slatersgarage]

Thanks a lot!

[slatersgarage]

Definitely -- I have a portable harddrive, but even still, space management is an ongoing process, fo' sho'! :-)

[Ferriswheel31]

The only real thing I can suggest to you if you're going to use *and* edit HD video, is to get a lot of hard-drive space, Brett.

And yeah, the XH-A1 is a nice camera, it was the first HD camera I used in high school, and it's relatively easy-to-use once you start poking around.

[mudhens4ever]

It's very cool to actually be able to see the Sun move. (Yes, I know that the Sun doesn't really move.) Nice music, too.