The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

[Rat]

Just a quick question: did you use auto white balance or was the light really that inconsistent? If the first, you might want to stick with a fixed value next time, makes it easier on the eye

 

[HurtinMinorKey]

^Manual white balance, but it was shot in raw so i tweaked it in post. I think the phenomena you're talking about was caused by the varying degrees of snowfall.

 

[Rat]

Note to self: only go out to shoot when snowfall is of consistent density and texture :

 

[emag]

For your dedication and push-the-shutter-every-30-seconds efforts I give you two thumbs up and a virtual beer, amigo! I enjoy doing time lapse also, although on the day of the storm I was outside in 70 degrees and sun in the Florida Panhandle taking (camcorder) video of fire ants. I grew up in snow country and have friends and family digging out - I no longer recognize a snow shovel. I shoot many of my TL's in MRAW and find that Lightroom's 720 resolution is just fine. I found full size RAW and 1080 to be overkill for this application. Just my opinion. Processes fast and for video the quality is fine. I recommend a timer remote from GadgetInfinity or some such, I have both wired and wireless, although on my 60D I use Magic Lantern exclusively. For astro lapses, I shoot three per minute, 15 second exposures, ~1000 frames for six hours and 45 seconds at 24fps. Sunrise/sunset stuff I use ML's Bulb Ramping. Daylight just pick an appropriate interval, sometimes using ML's fps override and saving shutter cycles. Lens twist method for constant aperture or an adapter and a manual M42 lens.

 

[distant.star]

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I remember seeing this one a few years ago. Still my favorite:

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse: Mike Black on Vimeo

 

[HurtinMinorKey]

For your dedication and push-the-shutter-every-30-seconds efforts I give you two thumbs up and a virtual beer, amigo! I enjoy doing time lapse also, although on the day of the storm I was outside in 70 degrees and sun in the Florida Panhandle taking (camcorder) video of fire ants. I grew up in snow country and have friends and family digging out - I no longer recognize a snow shovel.

^ thanks amigo. I envy your latitude right now. If i ever make enough money to retire, you'll never see me outside the tropics again!

I shoot many of my TL's in MRAW and find that Lightroom's 720 resolution is just fine. I found full size RAW and 1080 to be overkill for this application.

I used sraw to keep the files to 10MB, but i needed the Raw because i knew the exposures were going to be extremely flat, and i'd have to pull out lots of detail.

Lens twist method for constant aperture or an adapter and a manual M42 lens..

Can you explain "Lens twist method"? I think i know what you are talking about, but i'm not sure.

 

[HurtinMinorKey]

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I remember seeing this one a few years ago. Still my favorite:

That's amazing. I love the way how the scene was modified throughout, with things like the clock appearing, and the yardstick. Pure genius.