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At a star party in August 2009 I took my first long exposure photograph of the night sky. I was so thrilled with the results that I dedicated most moonless weekends since then to photographing two things I love the most in nature - the night sky and the Ocean.

Taking a series of images and combining them into a time lapse video sequence made it even more interesting. I have since experimented with all-night time lapses, panning motion, etc. But most importantly I've enjoyed the journey immensely.

This time lapse video is the result of almost 1.5 years of work, 31 hours of taking images during six nights on Southern Ocean Coast in Australia.

Ocean Sky was awarded the overall winner prize at STARMUS astrophotography competition:
starmus.com/pages/en/winners-starmus-astro-photography-competition128.php

The background music is by Redmann
toucanmusic.co.uk/artists/artist.php?q=Redmann

Alex Cherney

terrastro.com

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  • Laurent 8 months ago
    Really nice job. Your prize is really justify.
  • Time Lapse Italia 3 months ago
    Awared also as Featured video of the day on

    Time Lapse Italia
    timelapseitalia.com/tl-ocean-sky-31-ore-di-riprese-6-notti-cielo-magnifico-australia

    Great work indeed, Bravo Alex!

    TLI
    timelapseitalia.com
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  • Daniel Dragon Films plus 8 months ago
    Alex, this is awesome, impressive work! I have just completed a project very similar to this, getting some good attention here: vimeo.com/25023898

    You really need to send this around to some astronomy websites, Gizmodo, Astronomy Pic of the Day, etc.. This deserves way more than 50 views so far!

    Do you mind if I ask - did you do the panning in post or are you using motion control? it looks great.

    I'm really impressed, please keep this up!
  • Daniel Dragon Films plus 8 months ago
    I want to add, the moon / Milky way shot at 1:16 is really stunning. I like how you stayed with these shots for a long, long time, I know how much "real time" this takes. Nice work!
  • Alex Cherney plus 7 months ago
    Thanks!
    I use Orion Teletrack Alt-Azimuth motorized mount for panning.
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  • The Film Artist plus 8 months ago
    Breathtaking! :) [TFA30]
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  • Stefan O'Dougherty plus 8 months ago
    Spectacular! The ocean adds a nice extra dimension to the movements in timelapses :)
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  • Anton Dmitriev 8 months ago
    OMG!! This is So Great & Beautiful !!!GOOD WORK!)
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  • storyful plus 8 months ago
    Love it - we've added it to a story and tweeted it out..

    stryfl.com/6iy
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  • Graham Gaunt plus 8 months ago
    This is beautiful what can i say !
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  • Kym Hammond 5 months ago
    Absolutely breathtaking! Only the Greeks before you knew and understood what you have captured here. Thank you.
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  • Jake Doherty 5 months ago
    That was incredible. Well done.
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  • Agust Ingvarsson plus 5 months ago
    This is amazing, really nice job!
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  • Walljet plus 5 months ago
    Chill out sunday.
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  • Robert Malerba plus 5 months ago
    I didn't just watch Ocean Sky; I drank it. And as I drank, I felt the part of my soul that thirsts for truth, beauty and awareness become sublimely sated.
    Thank you, Alex, for this brilliant and elegant piece of film making.
    I have spent many a clear and moonless night walking Maui's remotest beaches and shorelines, far from the hotels and resorts. Being face to face with the galaxy in which we live inspires a profound and ecstatic sense of timelessness and oneness with all that is. It is as if the universe becomes conscious of itself through our eyes. I believe that this same inspiration has been shared by and links everyone who has ever had the good fortune to be under a very dark sky on a very clear night, since the dawn of man. To me, this is the underpinning of spiritual awareness
    To that equation, add the dynamism of the ocean, with it's complex interplay of waves and eddies, from whence all life has emerged and the awe factor just explodes my brain.
    No one has captured and conveyed that sense of deep astronomical existential mysticism more thoroughly than Alex Cherny, in this remarkable motion picture.
    Kudos.
  • Charles Wright 5 months ago
    What Robert said. (thumbs way up)

    We recently placed the last atoms of a beloved in the ocean, in Maine. His soul left Vermont on a cold night in March. His name was Josh. He was 37, and he commited suicide. And he was our son.

    Before his remains dissipated in the water, his infant niece, (who I think he passed by on his way to the Universe....) crawled into the ocean. Without fear. Pure joy...!

    And I have a friend, a retired minister, that does not believe in any afterlife. For him the soul stops at death. Period. I respect his knowledge and his insight. But...I sent him this video. Just in case he's wrong. (wink)

    Thanks for the beauty,

    Together in Mystery
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  • Øystein Moen 5 months ago
    Wow! This video was absolutely fantastic!
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  • Zane Edwards plus 5 months ago
    Very inspiring. Am hooked!
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  • Jeff Morris 4 months ago
    very cool! reminds me of my new red tide video a little
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  • Astral Athletics plus 3 months ago
    Wow. This is the most beautiful time lapse I've ever seen, and there are a lot out there!
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  • Daniel Johnson plus 3 months ago
    so epic mate!!! loved it
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  • Ozcan Celik 3 months ago
    Ridiculously clean milky ways! Respect D700.
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  • Time Lapse Italia 3 months ago
    This work is epic, my sincere congratulations for it!
    Chosen as tomorrow's Featured Video of the day on Time Lapse Italia.

    TLI
    timelapseitalia.com
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  • Guillermo Vidal & Friends plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful, that's the perfect word to describe your video and your good job. I enjoyed a lot watching it!
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  • Eduardo Fiuza 3 months ago
    U should make some DVDs and sell your vídeo collection. It's just one of the best footages I have watched. Congrats!!!
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  • Xavier Rey 1 week ago
    wonderful !
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  • Fent's Post Productions plus 1 week ago
    True dedication yields such magnificent results.
    Please join our group:
    vimeo.com/groups/anyvideoyouwant
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