jack-0-lantern timelapse

manglerBMX

manglerBMX

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the wife and i carved out the jack-o-lantern and when i walked out front i saw the skyline was lookin sex, so i set up a quick time lapse.

 
i had it set to fire every 3 seconds for 0"6(not sure how long that is?) at f8 and iso at 800 i think?

i wish i would have set it at 2 seconds and left the shutter open for a bit longer. the clouds are still kinda jumpy and a slower shutter speed would have blurred them a bit more. i also wish i would have opened it up a bit more at the beginning so that i could have gone longer into the sunset. but it is what it is...


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Interesting time lapse because it raises the question how to heal with changing light levels.

There needs to be a change in exposure during the sequence. The the abrupt change could then be minimizes during post processing. Any ideas are welcome (I face soon the same situation).
 
I get what you're saying, Uwe, but I don't think in this case there really needed to be a change in exposure. The point of focus is the pumpkin, and the glow of the eyes is nice and constant throughout the piece. Now, if this had been a day-to-night sunset timelapse, I'd agree. But I think this works nicely for what it's trying to do.
 
>Uwe, but I don't think in this case there really needed to be a change in exposure.

Agreed. Sorry to jump on it with some at least related issue. In this case it is no real issue.
 
To (somewhat) answer your question on exposure changes, I've seen some timelapses that use some auto settings, and honestly, they look better than I thought they could. I've pasted one below by Mr. Bloom, which he says uses Auto Iris, Auto Shutter and Auto ISO. It'd be interesting to do some long timelapses that use different combinations of these settings (ie. fixed aperture and auto ISO or fixed shutter and auto iris).

 
i was just about to mention philip's san fran timelapse where he said he used auto settings.

and yes, my main focus of my time lapse was the lantern, but the clouds/sky were a huge factor and i wanted to make sure they weren't too blown out at the get go.
 
Actually my point was not only the auto exposure but then later controlling the brightness in Final Cut. Philips sample is a good way to start.

Even if auto exposure gives you a wrong presentation in terms of your vision it maybe easier to correct this in post. From a good exposure you can do nearly everything but if the shadows are clipped and/or very noisy they are lost forever.

Thanks for the great discussion.
 
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