thanks Brian.

I hope you have patience when you do as these take a lot longer than any standard T/L ;-)

mmm thankssss :)

thanks :)

hmmnn, I would have thought that if anyone likes a video here on vimeo enough to post on their blog then at least they would have the common courtesy to click the 'like' button...

that music sounds ok, but seeing as I know nothing about the copyright holder or copyright limitations, well, I personally will not use it.

hi Be Well, Max Richter as the composer/performer is the copyright holder. I'm not using his material for commercial means, only streaming it, giving credit, raising awareness, and providing a link where people can buy it. and by embedding your video i'm saying more than i "like" it. i'm driving plays of your video, driving traffic to this page and to your vimeo profile. it's all reflected in your stats and people do this all time. only paying you a friendly compliment here.

Go on, give him a "Like". It's not that hard. I've just done it, it took no time at all.

yeah ok, sure. i definitely "like" it.

thank you...

thanks Corey, that's the beauty about HDR processing - the ability to bring out the depth of an image :)

...this is the original way to do things, well almost ;-)

in the days of celluloid, each frame of video was an individual photograph - now we are in the digital age - all digital photography can be a photo, including digital video :)

This was originally shot as 3,585 individual photos using the following sequence:

Normal Exposure - Under Exposed 1 stop - Over Exposed 1 Stop.

Then used the software 'photomatix pro' from hdrsoft.com/ to combine three images to one.

Now I have 1,194 images that stand out from an otherwise average sky ;-)

If the canon XH-A1 has photo capability, then it may also have the ability to shoot in 'bracket mode' - if so, then you can cut down on the number of tapes Frenk :)

Oh wow, this is brilliant and I hope you don't mind if I steal the idea to try myself. Great advice, thank you! And outstanding footage!

you don't need to steal the idea - just use it ;-)

"Again i learned something nice.
I love the Vimeo community."

you and I both Frenk :)

gracias monso :)

cheers mate - looking forward to seeing yours ;-)

thanks, I am glad you like it :)

nope - no cheating with this one, photos taken over a period of an hour or so. Processing (once I found the right balance) around 3 hours - so I suppose it did take a little while ;-)

merci beaucoup :)

HDR is in the tags and can be found by using the search engine ;-)

sigma 300mm macro...

vignetting was very much intentional and also enhanced in pp - it gives an added depth. And that dust ref function is great for random images, but when I'm shooting intervals close to the data transfer rate of the card, using that function often means I skip frames.

Plus, I forgot to clean the sensor at the time ;-)

Thanks for your comment James :)

thank you Irynka :)

thanks Tim, you can download this - look under the stats box on the right hand side of this page or click the link below:

vimeo.com/download/video:85098305?e=1221907454&h=f4db99205b74815f673515323858aa28

you are correct on both accounts ;-)

This video used a 4GB storage card, 8GB & 16GB cards are available but expensive. If you use software to control the intervals, then using a computer eliminates the need for a storage card.

I use both techniques depending upon location and practicality ;-)

Thanks so much for confirming my suspicions Be Well. I've been wanting to try some of this, and even though my D3 has two card slots and I have two 8GB cards, I know that's not enough to do anything of real length. I guess this confirms I need to pick up a copy of Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 if I'm going to get serious about this.

BTW - if I haven't said it before: beautiful work!

thanks :)

Since you've been so generous with your responses Be Well, I'll try your patience with one more question. What kind of intervals did you shoot between your bracketed exposures on this particular video? Thanks!!

this one, if I remember correctly was around 5 or 6 seconds - if you look close, you will see that I lost a frame or so due to the data transfer rate. I was working very close to the cards limit.

I suppose it all depends on the card? Oh, pre-empting a possible question - battery life on the camera is extended when a computer is used as the storage medium, but data transfer rate depends upon the computer ;-)

thank you :)

yeah I should see no reason why you can't!

I used an intervalometer for this ;-)

thanks :)

hi Raf,

camera is a Nikon D80.

My intervalometer is a cheap copy of nikon's own version of a wired timer remote.

Yes, I also have Camera Control Pro - great software but expensive for what it is :(

Thanks for watching :)

cheers Mathew :)

thanks Tom, it would probably make a nice desktop background :)

thanks and do give it a try :)

thanks :)

thanks Miguel, just put on your headphones and listen to any music you like ;-)

thanks Jp :)

thanks Emily, glad you enjoyed the moment :)

thanks, you and Sugoi should give it a try sometime - it's not that difficult really ;-)

You have encourage us again :)
Next 'good looking' sky that comes along we will.
Thx

look forward to it :)

if its anything as clear as Sugoi's video vimeo.com/826264 then it should be very nice ;-)

Thx
Here's my clip vimeo.com/2648210

thanks Francisco :)

thanks Steven :)

thanks Allen :)

thanks Rauf :)

thank you :)

thanks Joan :)

lol - the same sigma 300mm macro/tele lens I told you six months ago :D

read through your earlier comments ;-)

hi Edvard,

this was shot using 3 bracket shots spaced around 5 seconds or so apart. The clouds hardly seemed to move to the naked eye at the time (from what I recall). However, you can see a little subtraction of the cloud edges if you look closely (due to the subtle movement between shots) - but at this speed it is barely noticeable as the bracketed shots are in quick succession.

hope this helps ;-)