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4. Hdr skies

by Tanguy Louvigny

3 months ago

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1. Sunset over beach, hdr motion time lapse

by Tanguy Louvigny

1 year ago

Shot on 400D, 60D & Sigma 10-20
Hand made 3 axis motion control rig
HDR shots tone mapped with Photomatix v4
Edited in Adobe Premiere & After effects CS5
Music composed on Roland mc-808

Thanks for watching !

All shots © Tanguy Louvigny 2011 all rights reserved
Visit me at hdrskies.com/

Edit :

For those interested i posted pics of my hand made motion control rig :
Tetrix based motion control rig
tetrixrobotics.com/
Controled by mindstorms brick
mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx
Programmed in Robot C
robotc.net/

Credits

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Quentin Ozores
2 hours ago
Yefrin Chávez
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Luis Carlos
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Thomas Matthew Tovey
4 hours ago
Leandro Moreira
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Joe Moya 3 months ago

very nice... lot of tough sun rise and sunset shots... really liked the sky/cloud reflections on the pond at about 1:04
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Joe i'm glad you like it (it was a lucky windless day !)
Time Lapse Italia 3 months ago

As per what we told you yesterday, Tanguy, we did enjoy this video SO MUCH that we're pleased to award you with the "Featured Video of the day" mention at Time Lapse Italia:
timelapseitalia.com/tl-cieli-hdr-timelapse-che-ti-toglie-il-fiato

BRAVO! You did a very good job.
Please share this award through your social nets if you're proud :-)

TLI
timelapseitalia.com
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thank you so much TLI, that' awesome !!!
Dustin Farrell 3 months ago

Very solid HDR. Well done.

That MOCO rig is intense! Eric Kessler will be jealous :)
Robert Fisher 3 months ago

Nice job on the tonemapping.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Robert !
Laurent 3 months ago

Very nice
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Laurent
Costas Kalogiannis 3 months ago

Wow! Excellent film! I am sure that it took a lot of hard work and time to achieve this result!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Costas, you'r right ! But so many great moments too :)
Endgame 3 months ago

very very good !
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Glad you like it !
Jon Minnihan 3 months ago

Great timelapse, the first I have seen with HDR.. what did your post production flow look like to put this together? Also Im sure your motion control you had to tweak to make sure all 3 shots were made for HDR before the move.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Jon ! I create hdr files from bracketed shots and tonemap them with Photomatix 4, color correct (and remove birds etc) in After effects and edit in Premiere. You'r right, the motion control has to stop between each move to give enough time for the bracketing sequence to finish, it's custom programmed to do so...
Jon Minnihan 3 months ago

Thanks for the info.. are you using a 3 bracket shot or more?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

3 shots sequences, 3 f-stops spacing on 60D, it's sufficient to get enough dynamic range in most situations (well, more would be better but would require more time between moves)
Time Lapse Italia 3 months ago

D'you know what? Transitions are soooo smooth that they make us simply STARE AT THIS! :)

Terrific job, congratulations for the good one!

We are pleased to announce that this has been awarded as Time Lapse of the day at Time Lapse Italia.

Check this out tomorrow on our site, Tanguy: timelapseitalia.com

Take good care and BRAVO!
TLI
timelapseitalia.com
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thank you so much TLI, i'm glad you like it ! And thanks for the award too, i'll check this tomorrow on your site for sure ! Great site btw, impressive stuff here !
Time Lapse Italia 3 months ago

Thank you very much for this :) we appreciate it!

Take a very good care,
TLI
timelapseitalia.com
Erwin 3 months ago

Master, master master.....your work is amazing. How did you get those colors ?...Great shots and edit. Congratulations. I envy you !!! Later I'll watch your film on a big tv. It worth it.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Erwin, i appreciate that ! Good light helps to get these colors - ok tonemapping helps a bit too :)
MILapse 3 months ago

Really Excellent work Tanguy!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks MILapse, very appreciated words from an hdr enthusiast like you !
Yannick Barthe 3 months ago

Awesome work !
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Yannick !
Michael Purves 3 months ago

Superb filming. May I ask which country/ countries this was shot in?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Michael, those were shot in France (Normandy & Britany)
yep 3 months ago

Very nice and a lot of rendertime ;)
Like the music and the movement.

I would change the font, but that`s my personal opinion.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks yep !
Ben 3 months ago

Wow, awesome timelapses! Great colours! added to vimeo.com/channels/1341 and vimeo.com/channels/hdtime
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thank you very much Ben !
Juan Carlos Piña 3 months ago

Inspiring images and music.
Among the best and quite few HDR responsibly (not grunged) tone mapped sequences
I´ve seen.
Keep up the good work. Eager to see new stuff soon!!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Juan Carlos, glad you like it i tried not to push tonemapping too far
Anton Norén 3 months ago

Beautiful execution.

These landscapes reminds me of the nature side in southern Sweden. Extraordinary work.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Anton, don't know sweden but i'd love to visit it one day - Norway too ! It's an old project of mine to shoot the fantastic landscapes of the atlantic road (so wild !)
Rafael Asquith 3 months ago

Great work!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Rafael !
Noam Armonn 3 months ago

Great work.
Can you reveal your Photomatix 4 settings to avoid flicker?
I find it tricky, sometimes it works well with near to default settings, but many times flicker is too strong.
Can you share?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Sure ! I have no perfect solution to avoid flicker, but here are my (usual) settings in Photomatix :

Strength 70
Color sat 80
Luminosity 0
Microcontrast 1.0
White point vary, usualy around 0,800%
Black point rather low, 0.030% or so
Micro-smoothing 5.5 when too much noise

I try to minimize flicker when shooting, and use Msu deflicker to cure severe flicker in post, that's it !
Noam Armonn 3 months ago

Thanks Tanguy, that's very helpful!
Dustin Farrell 3 months ago

Last time I tried to use Photomatix for HDR batching it flickered like hell. Useless in fact. It looks as though v4 addressed the batch inconsistencies.
MILapse 3 months ago

I've never been happy with Photomatix and consistency.. It also feels like ITs in the driver seat not me! Believe me, there are better ways. =)
Noam Armonn 3 months ago

@MILapse, I'm an infidel. Please enlighten me!
refers to - "Believe me, there are better ways. =)"
Dustin Farrell 3 months ago

@Jay, But Tanguy's video is MUCH better than my dozen or so tests with Photomatix a couple years ago.
Pierre Sirdey 2 months ago

Gentlemen !
I took me lot's of time to find out, but I could drastically reduce the flickering of my HDR timelapse on Photomatix 4, by playing with these settings (in order of importance).
Low Gamma
High Smoothing
High Micro-smoothing
Sometimes a low Gamma was enough, sometimes I had to push the 3 of them where I didn't want to and/or sometimes Photoshop was the only way.
vimeo.com/32646880
Tanguy Louvigny 2 months ago

Thanks Pierre for the infos, very intersting
Ian Sill 3 months ago

Really beautiful Visuals and music Tanguy.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks very much Ian !
LandonP 3 months ago

Great work, Color's look good and not overdone.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks LandonP !
Kirk Westphal 3 months ago

Formidable! I love the shot with the horses (sheep?). Epic panning contraption you've built—the effect is profound. Great achievement.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Actually that's cows :)
Thanks for your comment Kirk !
Lorenzo Luna 3 months ago

Wanderfull
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Lorenzo
William Byrd 3 months ago

Very good stuff.. Ive been wondering how to get into timelapse
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Glad you like it !
Raz 3 months ago

Great video, can we see some pics of your motion rig,

BTW Great music aswell, well composed.

Amazing rig, very impressed, must of taken some time to build.

thanks for sharing
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Raz, i'll try to get some soon
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Hey Raz FYI i just posted pics of my motion rig, cheers !
19lights 3 months ago

Nice job! I really like how you maximized your long exposure so that the animation is as smooth as possible. A lot of timelapses have that "stuttery" look. One question: Does the flickering come from the merge step or the tonemapping step?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Yes hdr usualy makes flicker worse, i try to minimize it in the field but it's always a problem in post :/
Fyi no long exposure here, it would mean longer shots between moves and that would be a problem too
Ozcan Celik 3 months ago

Nice shots... But HDR timelapses big problem is "flicker". Even you use GBDeflicker or MSU Deflicker still some flickers. So my suggestion; if you want HDR look timelapses use 8-10 stops ND Filters. Less shutter count and no flickers.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks for the tip Ozcan ! Unfortunately that would mean longer exposures - and no extended dynamic range benefit !
Ozcan Celik 3 months ago

Yes long exposures and this is why I said "HDR Look". Like Terge's arctic light.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Right ! Love this video too :)
Chris Myers 3 months ago

Great Job! I would love to learn more about this motion control rig you made. Any photos?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Chris ! I'll try to post some soon
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Hey Chris FYI i just posted pics of my motion rig, cheers !
Felix Knabel 3 months ago

awesome work. the film itself and the motion rig. I would also love to see some photos or behind the scenes stuff :)
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Felix !
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Hey Felix FYI i just posted pics of my motion rig, cheers !
FStoppers 3 months ago

This is fantastic! You should to create a BTSV for our contest. fstoppers.com/2011contest
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks a lot Fstoppers ! I had a look at the site it's awesome i'll participate for sure :) i sooo need a new back up camera as my 400D's shutter died working on this piece !
Ben Lean 3 months ago

Excellent work!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Ben !
Jason Sondhi 3 months ago

unreal. which I suppose is the point =)
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Well...hdr, love it or hate it :) Thanks Jason !
Jason Sondhi 3 months ago

definitely in the "love" category here. Great job.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks a lot Jason, i'm glad you like it !
Gabriel Franco 3 months ago

Great shots! Cheers!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Gabriel, cheers !
Bernard Scaglione 3 months ago

where did you shoot 1:37?
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

The shot with trees at 1:38 was shot in Sillé-le-guillaume, France :)
TrkFilms 3 months ago

Tout simplement Bravo !
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Merci beaucoup TrkFilms !
Jonathan Zamora 3 months ago

Amazing! Excellent work, congrats.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Jonathan !
Dan Eckert 3 months ago

Like a painting that moves!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Dan !
François Mathey 3 months ago

C'est vraiment magnifique, très bon boulot, bravo.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Merci François !
Mighty Productive 3 months ago

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. High Five, my friend.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks !
The Hidden Room 3 months ago

One of the best timelapse i have ever seen...
Stunning!
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks THR !
Laurent Levasseur 3 months ago

Very nice, love it ! Good job for the no flickering effect !
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Thanks Laurent !
Leonardo Gomes 3 months ago

Amazing. Really amazing.
Tanguy Louvigny 3 months ago

Glad you like it Leonardo