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1. Timelapse: Nightscapes

by Tom @ Timescapes

2 years ago

I shot these on my Canon 350D DSLR.

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Jason Chen 2 years ago

Amazing, especially motion controlled ones. This is truely a professional work.

Please separate your tags word-by-word with comma (,), otherwise people won't be able to search your vids.
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

It's not moco; they are just "virtual pans." I'm hoping to have a simple moco system in the next 2 months or so.
Jason Chen 2 years ago

Then I can't wait to see what you can do with a real moco head.
M.Allen Taylor 2 years ago

Great work Tom, I really like the night sky shots.
Davide Osellame 2 years ago

Wanderful!
Hasan Ismail 2 years ago

My head was subconsciously looking for a pivot point. I loved how for 2 secs you've successfully twirled me around the North Star 1:20. It wasn't as strong on the 1:17th being off centre.

You're a Jedi Master! Breathtaking work!!
Thanks for sharing.
Byron Wise 2 years ago

You're a freaking god!
Alex Itin 2 years ago

wow
crazy world we live on
toolance 2 years ago

How on earth did you manage that with a DSLR? Brilliant. Please let me know how you did it.
brian hunt 2 years ago

wow is all i can say
I am speechless
Lucasberg (Joey) 2 years ago

One of the best timelapses Ive seen on here. I want to try this with my wifes XTi or my 40D but I'm scared I would get addicted to them and blow out my shutter.
Stew 2 years ago

Absolutly amazing. I loved it! I am looking forward to more.
D__E 2 years ago

WOW !!!! Very well done.
Ben Millett 2 years ago

Amazing.
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

Thanks for all the kind words.

Lucasberg, these shutters can take a lot of abuse. A guy I know has run his Rebel XT for like 250,000 exposures already with no trouble!
Lucasberg (Joey) 2 years ago

Tom ,
This video pushed me over the edge to get a TC-80N3 so I can use my XTI and 40D. I cant wait to get going.
Manuele Amadori 2 years ago

impressive... nice!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 2 years ago

Am i watching Baraka ?

haha

this is really great Tom
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

Haha, thanks. Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka are in fact the films that inspired me to get into timelapse! Especially the last 4 minutes of Baraka.

*bows down to Ron Fricke*
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 2 years ago

Dude I know!

I watch it a lot ....

i really do...

I was editing 16mm on a flatbed a couple days ago and i saw a ton of 70mm and it made me think of baraka

and my heart exploded.

i want to quit life and work for planet earth

discovery channel or national geographic

:-)

great vid
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

thanks. yeah a fellow over at reduser is putting together a major baraka- or planet-earth style documentary and i have been begging him to bring me along. :)
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 2 years ago

oh my gosh you need to keep me updated if that happens. that would make my heart explode
Radoslav Karapetkov 2 years ago

That was amazing! :)

Yeah, Fricke is the One.
the copi 2 years ago

This is awesome! Great photos turned into video, good music selection! Many kudos!
matt laws 2 years ago

absoulutly amazing
perfect amazing and smooth panning...
what movie editor do you use?
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

The "pans" are done in Adobe After Effects or Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro CS3 is amazing; it can do some motion and time remapping that I used to do only in AE.
Verena Fuchs 2 years ago

Great work, congratulations!
I also love your night sky shots.
Yousuf Arain 2 years ago

What can I add that hasn't been said already.
Bro, would you be intrested in shooting our next music vdo? A whole music vdo shot on a DSLR. How amazingly crazy would that be :)

here's what we released last year:
uncutvideo.aol.com/search/relevant/9a714fc226f23c7a22842f8d7bf85b17?value=kundalini%20shock%20attack&index=0

You can search Kundalini Shock Attack here uncutvideo.com

We are looking to shoot "Lament of Oz". You can check it out here myspace.com/KundaliniShockAttack

peace
Ayz Waraich 2 years ago

this is fantastic tom. i love the compositions.

what's that piece of music? It's epic.
Tom Guilmette 2 years ago

sweet. you could see that as stock footage. great exposure at night.
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

Ayz, it's Battle of the Heroes by John Williams.

Guilmette, it will be up at Getty footage in a couple of weeks. ;)
Ayz Waraich 2 years ago

gracias.

btw -- if you hit "Reply" to a comment, the user is notified of the reply. I was just checking your stuff out again, and noticed this reply.

anyway, love your stuff Tom.
Daniel Hidalgo 2 years ago

Dude, that was freaking incredible!
Michael Moustafi 2 years ago

I am absolutely speechless!!!!
Really Stunning!
Taras 2 years ago

this you can actually see how the earth move; amazing.
Philip Bloom 2 years ago

the ones with the stars were quite incredible
James Whitley 2 years ago

WOW - lot of work and patience involved in that - Congrats - Very nice compilation.
dpcheong 2 years ago

Truly enjoyed the clips. Great exposures. Not easy to perfect. Great work. Keep it up...
Rosa Ruvalcaba 2 years ago

simply beautiful
Hammad Akbar 2 years ago

what software have you used to create the frequency of frames??
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, but any non-linear editing system like Sony Vegas, Final Cut, etc, will work. You just make a 24 frames per second project (or 25 or 30), and when you drop the images onto the timeline they are automatically spaced out correctly. You can then speed them, slow them down, or reverse them.
Mark Lewandowski 2 years ago

this was amazing, i felt like i was watching something from national geographic, i enjoyed this :)
Wayne Avanson 2 years ago

Totally brilliant fella! You have a great eye for the dramatic as well as the technical, which is a great combo to have,.

Thanks for sharing your brilliant work. Avey
Denis 2 years ago

Sounds like Star Wars
Ankhbayar 2 years ago

god god god god god god 8)
Bertrand Bouchez 2 years ago

amazing, i love the music to ! it s seem to be a part of a spielberg movie you know !

thanks
Murat ATASOY 2 years ago

Magnificent work. Music completes this. Gratz ;)
ziadchatila 2 years ago

Can you give us an idea of how you do those virtual pans in after effects? Are you using a specific effect? or technique?

thanks.
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

timelapseforum, are you aware we have a timelapse forum going?

timescapes.org/phpBB3/index.php

You're welcome any time.

As far as the virtual pans, all you have to do is set position keyrames, one at the beginning, and one at the end, then move the frame across the comp. Very easy once you figure it out. Actually, Premiere Pro can do the same thing, too.

Hope that helps.
Moua Lee 2 years ago

AAAAMazing. Keep up the good works Tom. I sure like to learn how to do that...lol.
d.th 2 years ago

Great work!! Especially the shots with the starfield and trees in the night look really impressive and mystical... Well done!
It reminds me a little bit on the film "koyanisqaatsi". Have you seen it? Amazing stuff!
Tom @ Timescapes 2 years ago

Yeah, I love Koyanisqaatsi. That film and Baraka are huge, huge inspirations for me.
Martin Whipp 1 year ago

This is stunning stuff Tom. You're an inspiration - so much that I had a go myself with my 350D and Premiere Pro too! Keep it up!
Rick Horton 1 year ago

Very nice work. How many days did this take?
Brian Boudreau 1 year ago

Tom I dont know how I missed seeing this before now but this is one of the best timelapse Ive ever seen.

Awesome work man!!!!
Spudgun 1 year ago

Exceptional and inspirational.
Bravo.
→Zac Boyet← 1 year ago

Nicely done!
Bert Reimer 1 year ago

All I can say is WOW!
Matteo 1 year ago

WOW your timelapse videos are stunning... pure artistry
marcel beck 1 year ago

That is insane!!! Sweet footage!
jiri dvorsky 1 year ago

Great work,Tom. It's very inspiring for me. Thanks for sharing.
Retner 1 year ago

excellent.
metzAnima 1 year ago

Agree! this is beautiful and absolutely one of the best time lapses i've ever seen! can't believe this was put together with a photo camera.
RESPECT!
Frederic Vercammen 1 year ago

This is one of the best timelapse on VIMEO I ever see.
Corey Weiner 1 year ago

The music scared the shit out of me and your footage captivated me. The only thing missing was Harry Potter on his broom, E.T. on his bike and Darth Vader on the Death Star! Congrats.
ße ωell ;-) 1 year ago

huh? I thought I'd clicked the like button on this - oh well, I like it and clicking it again ;-)
Wouter Oude Wesselink 1 year ago

nice video, and the music is from star wars
Otto Cedeno 1 year ago

I'm totally moved by this. Art exists in 2008.
onefortynine 1 year ago

awesome!
may sound silly but how do u focus your shots for distant landscapes or night skies when its dark? i'm trying the time lapse thing lately but i find i have to take trial and error shots to get it. is that the way its done or am i missing something?
Tom @ Timescapes 1 year ago

Just learn where infinity is on your various lenses. The wider the lens, the better for night focus, because you will have more DOF - ie, more of the scene will remain in focus. If you are trying to get focus on a close object, like a tree or rock, find focus before the sun goes down and lock the lens at Manual. Or, you can buy one of those 2-million-candle-power floodlights and use that to focus in the dark. Again, the wider the lens, the better.
onefortynine 1 year ago

cool thanks Tom :)
Matt LaVoie 1 year ago

The star footage is so awesome, very deserving of the truly epic music.
E-One Productions 10 months ago

Amazing !!! quelle travail de dingue !!!
Alex 8 months ago

Simply great, amazing job Tom.
Amish Solanki Photography 6 months ago

epic-ness.
Zoltan Sasvari 5 months ago

WOOOOW Freaking Awesome.
George Sweeney 29 days ago

You may have already done it, but the meteor showers, I think in August, would make a great TL film.
David Lilly 25 days ago

That would be the Perseids, about August 12th. Good idea George!