Lightning

[the_hefay]

Thanks Sury. Right now I'm exporting the lot into smaller jpeg's for creating a timelapse. Once that gets done, I've got a couple of others to upload.

[sury]

What SW are you using for your time lapse? Just curious.

Sury

[the_hefay]

I'm using Corel Video Studio Pro x8. However, I'm not real excited about the mp4 codec. It tends to wipe out details in some of my time lapse projects. I'll post a link to the timelapse when Vimeo is finished with it.

Here's another shot from earlier in the night.

[the_hefay]

Lightning drive by.

[the_hefay]

Here's the link to the timelapse on vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/129954372

[Birma]

Love the stormy atmosphere - a time lapse would be great!

[aster]

Very nice Time Lapse movie, Jeff. : ) Well done!

Honestly, I'm impressed with the outcome, because although you say some neat details are wiped out, the movie tells a spectacular story of a stormy night.

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[the_hefay]

Thanks Andy, and there's a link in my previous post to the time lapse.

Yildiz, thanks for your comments. Actually this particular timelapse turned out better than some. I have one where a stationary object that was in the exact same spot in every frame turned into mush during the rendering. That doesn't make sense. I really do not know why it happens sometimes and doesn't happen other times. But it seems to happen more often than not. A different program with a different codec would probably do better.

[sury]

Great time lapse, Jeff. Often it is the alignment focus point. It may have aligned to another stationary point and that can render
what should have been sharp blurry. I see that quite often in my Panoramas and stacking.

Sury

[the_hefay]

Thanks Sury. I'm glad you like it. By the alignment focus point do you mean auto focus picking another area or the camera pointing somewhere else? I do all time lapse with manual focus on a tripod. On top of that, in the individual photos used, these issues never exist. The smudging and smearing are created in the mp4 rendering. Also, if I choose a different codec, like the AVI for example, it comes out much sharper, but also much larger in MB's and not able to be uploaded to sites like Vimeo or Facebook.

[sury]

I should have been clearer. I meant to say the time lapse software is aligning to a different set of focal points than I intended it to try. That's why I have noticed ghosting. But you weakened my argument by saying you use tripod. (al)most all my shots are hand held.
The only "time lapse" I did was about 30 frames of the Monterey Car crash. I got about 1 sec worth and it wasn't worth the effort.
Sury

[the_hefay]

Ok. I see what you were saying and let me also add the fact that I'm more than pleased to weaken your argument. It always does something for my ego when I can weaken the opposition.

[sury]

Good one.

[RareTA]

Absolutely beautiful! GREAT JOB!

[the_hefay]

Thanks RareTA.