Best way to shoot sunrise timelapse, or deflicker in post?

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dylansmith

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When shooting timelapses in stills mode with dramatic light changes, is Aperture priority the best way to go about it? Blending in post seems to be very complex as I've seen in blogs/tutorials.

If I have to deflicker in post, which app would be the most effective in such instances?

Thanks!
 
So do most people simply use Aperture Priority to shoot such sunrise/sunset timelapses? Or is there a better way to do this?
 
Personally I shoot in manual and don't change the exposure, but that is because when I am shooting sunrises or sunsets I WANT the light level to be changing. If you're trying to shoot day-to-night transitions, it's a different story.

Some people use an intervalometer which allows you to ramp the exposure, other people shoot in manual mode and change the exposure manually, and other people shoot in a program mode and let the camera do the graduation. Any of these techniques will need to be deflickered in post. You also need to decide which variable to use - graduating the shutter will result in different motion blur throughout the timelapse, while changing the aperture could result in changes in your focus plane and sharpness level. Changing ISO can cause changes to the grain and contrast of your image, but if you're down-scaling a lot of these artifacts will disappear anyway.

What works best for you might come down to your own testing!
 
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