2ndeded!

3rded! i wanna see more things like this.. maybe a forest next? :P

Hey Aaron. The workflow is a b**ch but yes you can combine it all. I did a pretty detailed blog post of my HDR time-lapse workflow here: chadrichard.typepad.com/timelapse/
with hopes of seeing more people combining HDR & time-lapse.

Seems pretty straight-forward, but still a ton of work! You said you used an intervolometer to control the capture sequence but I didn't see anything about what you used to PAN?

Also, do you run into any problems combining the images into an HDR because of the panning, or is it slow enough so that there's no ghosting or anything?

In total, how many individual images did this 19 second video end up combining?

Yeah it is a process and because i am using programs interoperably in very non traditional ways i seem to crash more than i would expect along the way.

The Pan is controlled with the Mumford Time Machine and rotary table. Expensive toys and a pain re: power but if you are so inclined i highly recommend the setup. It compensates for shutter release time so it moves then pauses then moves that is why there is no ghosting.

It was about 4,000 photos that made up this sequence. The math was 7 bracketed exposures per HDR still. 30 frames per second for 19 seconds. So... 7 X 30 X 19 = 3,990 exposures. There are other ways to get similar results but.... that is what this was.

Yeah these (20 second) nuggets (that take 3 hours of shooting) end up getting strung together in a longer sequence like this one from the Utah & Arizona trip...

vimeo.com/1348371

Yeah the sun hid behind the clouds... more cooking now though of some sunsets that cooperated a bit better! Should have one posted by tomorrow.

can't wait!

John i have not done HDR stuff from a single RAW but you bring up a good point that there is some expirimenaion to be done there. I think if the dynamic range is more moderate (aka no sun) you would have could definitely have decent results. Let me know if you do one!

Hi Chad,
Hoping to do so experiments in the next week or so. Will let you know how I get on.

I was shooting with a Nikon D200 (DSLR)

Thanks there is still a great deal to explore but this was a fun one ; - ) More cooking as I type...

Thanks.. that is the truth!

wow good trivia - I had heard the Goonies thing... but the list goes on!

This was all done with a still camera on a Mumford step motor - the first two blog entries here describe it:
chadrichard.typepad.com/timelapse/page/2/

Tom - THNX --- I am using a Mumford step motor on this