Clouds timelapse

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speedbump

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http://dvxunleashed.org/clouds.html

Quicktime, 12.8MB, ~ 2 mins

Details:

24PA, F9.6, 1/8 ND. UV filter and polarizing filter in place.
4:3 aspect ratio, masked to 1:85 in post, otherwise uncorrected.
Vegas 4.0e, sped up 9X.

Saved with Sorensen 3 compression, keyframe very 240 frames.

Needs an orchestra. :D

This was kind of an interesting weather pattern. What you see is two layers of clouds, the upper layer getting sucked north-west by a looming storm system off camera, the lower layer barreling east and getting ready to dump free water on my lawn.
 
Re: Clouds timelapse

Speedbump,

I would probably speed it up significantly. The movement of the clouds can be so interesting when it is tearing across the sky. As it is, it doesn't look like a timelapse as much as it looks like regular time on a windy day.

Just my 2 cents.
 
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so this isnt really time lapse? you just sped up the image? Like this isnt 1 shot every 30 seconds or something is it? Im curiouss what the difference would be if this is the case in the end product. Would it be jerkier?
 
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Yes, it would be way jerkier and you would have to compensate for that jerkiness by using frame blending and speeding it up significantly.
 
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disjecta-

You are probably right. I just wanted to kick something out and get it posted; I am fascinated by cloudscapes. Nice Marymoor footage BTW!

daberman-

Hmm, I hadn't really thought about the difference between true timelapse footage (the camera takes a frame every so often) verses merely speeding up the footage. I don't have any idea if timelapse would be jery or not. But, isn't speeding up the footage equivalent? I assume Vegas has to only take 1 out of so many frames of normal speed footage to speed it up.
 
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I think this is nice, although it looks like slightly compressed time, with no real lapses.

It would make a great back drop for titles.
 
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speedbump,

well the reason I asked, is that I want to film something that will take longer than 60 minutes to complete (like a chia pet growing) or something, otherwise, i'd just speed up the film.
 
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I liked it, though I have to agree: speed it up a lot. I'm not clear on the specifics on how, but I'd say pick a fairly windy day with low cloud coverage and shoot it, I've seen low cloud coverage right before a storm move faster than your clip, so it wasnt immediately apparent to me that it was time lapse. but anyways, I liked the clip anyways, so keep it coming!
 
Re: Clouds timelapse

timelapse (0.5 secs every minute or so) need much longer to appear fluent. in the course of a day that is the way to go, but on shorter periods you can just roll the tape and speed up later.
 
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