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by Randy Halverson

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11. Behind the scenes of Temporal Distortion

by Randy Halverson

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10. Temporal Distortion teaser

by Randy Halverson

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by Randy Halverson

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8. Preview of Tempest Milky Way

by Randy Halverson

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7. Plains Milky Way

by Randy Halverson

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6. Milky Way preview

by Randy Halverson

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by Randy Halverson

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4. "Orion" - timelapse preview

by Randy Halverson

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3. Sub Zero - winter night timelapse

by Randy Halverson

1 year ago

2. DakotaLapse "Volume 2" night timelapse

by Randy Halverson

1 year ago

1. DakotaLapse - night timelapse

by Randy Halverson

1 year ago

See this and my other videos at dakotalapse.com

Shot in South Dakota in early February 2011, with most nights sub zero with -25 F wind chill. Used Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly and Milapse mount on most of the shots.

The Stage Zero Dolly worked great in the sub zero temps.
dynamicperception.com/

At :55 is an owl, and at 1:33 are Racoons moving near the attic of house.

Canon 60D and T2i
Tokina 11-16 - Great Lens
Tamron 17-50

Shot in RAW format, most shots were 20 seconds exposure F2.8 with 1 second interval between shots, for about 300 frames or so (several hours). There were a few 30 second and one 15 second exposures. ISO 1600

Music is "Scorpio" By Simon Wilkinson thebluemask.com
Simon's music has also been used on Fox's "24"

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Dynamic Perception 1 year ago

Wow. Really amazing shots here Randy! Thanks for sharing. You've probably given the system it's most brutal cold weather testing that we're aware of!
John Myrstad 1 year ago

I may give it even more brutality any day ;)
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks, I kept the MX2 and battery in a small cooler with handwarmers, so that helped. On the clip with the old swingset and house, the wind gusted to 25mph the whole time, I didn't notice any jitter in the stills.
Dustin Farrell 1 year ago

The swingset shot was bad ass! All it needed to be absolutely perfect was another 2 or 3 feet of rise to clear the swingset and a nice ease to a stop.

I've seen Jay's stuff ease in and out. Does ur DP dolly controller have that feature?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks Dustin, It does have ramp in and out, but I haven't tried it yet. I was going to have it start out higher with a 2nd tripod, but with the wind thought it might blow over. :)
Elliot Van Orman Productions 2 weeks ago

Great Work! :)
John Myrstad 1 year ago

Great video. Happy to read that the SZ didnt mind the cold.
Dominic 1 year ago

Great work !
george desort 1 year ago

Battery power for 60D? I am using 7D, @ 0ºF 4.5 hour Canon battery, but need more.
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I use a 3rd party grip from Amazon, I would swap out the batteries between each 2+ hour run. I also put a hand warmer on the bottom of the grip.
Richard Gluck 1 year ago

i like it! some really nice windless nights. perfect for timelapsing. i can't help but feel like I"M freezing my ass off whenever i watch it. i don't know how you managed to do it, but good job.
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks, I did freeze it off setting it up, luckily I didn't have to stay outside while it ran.
Andrew Walker 1 year ago

Liked it. I think the shots with the old house were really cool. Looked like there was something living up in the roof of the place on the swing set shot.
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks, I had the 2nd camera set up on the barn, walked past there and never noticed a thing. I think it was Racoons going in and out. At the end of the shot, one goes up the left side of the porch, it saw me coming to pick up the cameras.
mark stappenbeck 10 months ago

More than a few animals in this one. If you watch closely, you'll see an owl taking a short break up on top of a telephone pole as well. Even in the dead of winter, things aren't as lifeless as us slickers might assume.
Chas Daugherty 1 year ago

Good stuff! Keep it going!
Allan Jeffers 1 year ago

Great work!
William DeSena 1 year ago

This is crazy.
ILLYCH 1 year ago

very strong work! but you can learn camera setup?
Tim Pass 1 year ago

Great. Love the track outside the house
Trudy Gonzalez 1 year ago

wow, movement in time lapse... magical images!
Miguel Leal 1 year ago

Amazing shots.
If I can ask you one thing, I also have a 60D, I'm looking for a intervalometer which one did you use?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

A 3rd party one, I think from linkdelight
Jesse Springer 1 year ago

Absolutely phenomenal.
The Usual Shutter Specs 1 year ago

awesome loved this. did you put shots through much post processing?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I shot it in RAW, had to adjust white balance, tone down a few clips that were overexposed from snow/moon combo. Resized and imported into Premiere.
The Usual Shutter Specs 1 year ago

cheers, always good to get as much detail when you are starting out, so above is helpful.
Matt Ferrington 1 year ago

Wow...Amazing, loved all the shots especially the one in the half ruined building when you could see the sky though the window aswell! :)
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks, you see it coming out the window in the following shot.
Dave Ray 1 year ago

Great work. You mentioned shutter speed and f-stop. What ASA were you using?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks, ISO was 1600
Yuttho Arts 1 year ago

Wow, how did your T2i and 60D survive in that weather!? They're plastic!
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

They handled the cold weather great!
Christopher Ledda 1 year ago

That was simply draw dropping, I must say I've seen many a timelapse in my day, and this is by far the best I have seen! Thank you for your inspiring work!
ILLYCH 1 year ago

Thank you!
I am interested in the aperture, shutter speed and the interval between shots.
thank you in advance.
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

It is now posted in the description above, thanks.
Jyri 1 year ago

Absolutely stunning! I really want now to try time lapses too.
Julien Eveno AKA ManimalStudio 1 year ago

Sublime! Good one Randy, I love the rythm.
ed krisiak 1 year ago

Super work!
ILLYCH 1 year ago

I thank!
Andrés montoya 1 year ago

Excelente!!!!!!!!!
Dave Ray 1 year ago

Did you use a lens heater to keep it from frosting??
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I used a disposable hand warmer held with a rubber band on the bottom of the lens.
Dave Ray 1 year ago

That is smart!!!
gim 1 year ago

wow!! beautiful!!
River Halverson 1 year ago

Is that a tripod leg in the right side of the swingset shot?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

could be!
MikeA 1 year ago

Great footage.
Craig Carson 1 year ago

Mind blowing, hard work = Great shots.
Craig Carson 1 year ago

Randy: How many inches per minute did you use for travel on the dolly, and average frames. The moves look nice and smooth.
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

It really varied on the angle I used, from .48 to 1.21. The .48 came up short and 1.21 on the swingset shot maybe a little too fast. It was my first time using it, and tried to get the full run in 2-3 hours.
Craig Carson 1 year ago

Thanks so much Randy. I am trying to work out some ratios.
MILapse 1 year ago

I'm still drumming the tooth method. Try it, you'll like it. =) Super close objects 1/2 tooth per shot far objects 1 tooth+. Adjust your speed or distance per shot on the fly after starting. This compensates for your load/angle/etc. ;)
MILapse 1 year ago

BTW I thought the swingset shot was dead on!
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I think that method is the best too, thanks for your help Jay when I was getting the hang of it. The swing set shot was about 1 tooth per shot when I checked it.
Craig Carson 1 year ago

Thanks as usual Jay!
Christoph Malin 10 months ago

recently tested .12; .24 and .36i and it was very slow with wide angle. so in between .48 and 1.21 sounds good. very nice video randy, congrats!
Daniel Dragon Films 9 months ago

I know I'm a bit late to this party, but I did some 10 second exposures w/ 12 second interval on the stage zero dolly recently, and I found that 1.24 inches/minute gave me a nice ~370 shots while traveling the 6ft length of the dolly, with objects in the foreground about 2 ft away.
Nathan 1 year ago

Very nice indeed. Just curious, were the black things at 1:30 on the house bats?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I think they are racoons, must be living in the attic.
Daniel Dragon Films 9 months ago

You would be amazed at racoons, we had a family of them living in a hollow tree only 30 ft from our front door, and we never knew it for years.
Rafael Asquith 1 year ago

Great stuff Randy.
Greg Flakus 1 year ago

Very beautiful video. Having grown up in South Dakota, I know what it must have been like to be out there setting up the camera in the cold. Where in the state were these shots taken?
Jared Levy 1 year ago

Nice pacing throughout man, took some dope shots and turned it into a sick little film.
Givot 1 year ago

great job on this. good to know the 60d can hold up in those crazy temperatures.
Marin Petkov 1 year ago

which slider did you use?
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

I used the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly, link is in description above.
Dan Proud 1 year ago

brilliant!! Love the shot coming through the doorway, and the shot with the swings, amazing stuff. You've absolutely inspired me!
Randy Halverson 1 year ago

Thanks Dan!
Ben 11 months ago

Great! Added to slowmotion and timelapse theater!
Byzond Pictures 11 months ago

music very hard for this beautiful video

timelapse +
music -
George Mason 11 months ago

Bravo. Just when one starts to get so tired of so many boring time-lapse sky-scapes and wants to give up on them, this creative masterpiece comes along.
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

Thanks George
CiakMontaggi 11 months ago

SEI UN GRANDE!!!! tutto fatto con la 60d?
voglio comprare questa ottica TOKINA me la consigli?
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

60D and T2i, I do really like the Tokina also for wide shots.
Ben Lean 11 months ago

Nicely done.
Edith Valle 11 months ago

amazing!
Patrick McLoad 11 months ago

Great imagery and the soundtrack was awesome. Dynamic Perception is here in Houston, and I may pay them a visit, though a slider rig would have limited use on a big 2/3" ENG camera. I like the idea of a motor-pull, timelapse or no time lapse. Thanks for posting the set-up photos as well.
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

Thanks, it is a great rig for the price, it is built more for timelapse though. I believe they will hold up to 15 pounds.
Patrick McLoad 11 months ago

Decided it would make more sense for me to buy a DSLR for timelapse rather than try to adapt a relatively heavy 2/3" EFP camera to lightweight sliders. There's also the issue of shooting with prime lenses, which I can't do without an adapter.

Planned or not, I thought it cool to see whateveritis on a slider coming out of the house at 50 secs!
Sparks Bros Media 11 months ago

Very Nice.
Desert Studios 11 months ago

Absolutely stunning! Is the Dynamic Perception dolly track the standard 6' length?
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

thanks, it is the 6'.
Silver Fox Pictures 11 months ago

Now it's videos like this that make you really appreciate being ALiiiiVE.. It leaves me breathless every time I watch it.. Ooops I think i gave away I might have watched it too many times now.. However I don't think I will ever tire of it ; ) Makes me want to come to Dakota and to experience it for myself.

Did you stay in the old house whilst shooting the timelapse and how did you keep warm?
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

thanks, I just set it up, left it for 2-3 hours, then went back for it. Luckily, I didn't have to watch it the whole time!
Silver Fox Pictures 11 months ago

So roughly how much time did your first clip on the video take??? I know you used a stage Zero Dolly for the movement part, but what's the basic set up for doing timelapses..?? I'm currently armed with a 5D mkII.. Will be getting some aspherical lenses like the ones you used for this video and maybe some primes soon.
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

It ran for about 3 hours. Lots of info at timescapes.org forum for setting up timelapse.
Ben Pieper 11 months ago

Gorgeous work, Randy!
Eric Hines 11 months ago

This is excellent! On those cameras, too! I wouldn't have expected that.
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

Thanks Eric, I've had good luck with them so far.
Berry Edwards 11 months ago

Awesome images from great effort!
cooladn 11 months ago

Amazing work, amazing images... One of the most beautiful timelapses ever seen.
Need a next one ^^
Dan Carter 11 months ago

Stellar!
Daryl King 11 months ago

Cool! i want to do this but weather can get up to -30c to -50c wind chill. I'd have to plan it out more keeping me and equipment warm.
Brian Cantore 11 months ago

Great work! really enjoyed it!
Shawn Reeder 11 months ago

Very cool!
Randy Halverson 11 months ago

Thanks Shawn!
Poker Jedi 10 months ago

I really enjoyed watching this very well done and excellent choice of music. Bravo! Going to have to put this on repeat so I can learn and study from it.

Cheers.
Daniel Dragon Films 10 months ago

Bad. Ass. I have pretty much the same gear, you've totally inspired me to take it to the next level.
Matt S 10 months ago

Damn sweet, especially at 1:25