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respect1luv Posts: 32 Joined: 12/5/2006 Status: offline
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I need to shoot a sun rise time lapse. I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about it. Do I use a ND filter from the start? Do I leave in auto iris or do I have to stay by the camera making constant adjustments as the sun rises? Can anybody with experience doing this fill me in on some tips? Thanks.
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Jacob Posts: 554 Joined: 12/13/2006 From: Melbourne, Australia Status: offline
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Depends how long you want the shot to last. I did one the other month that went from 2 hours before sunrise to 3 hours after, no ND, auto iris. Mind you, my camera ranges from F1.9 to f16, so it managed it fairly well. Obviously the sun blew out, but not much else in the scene did, when I ended the shot, everything was exposed correctly.
_____________________________ Why are you American's always going to bed when I'm eating lunch?! (in reply to respect1luv) |
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sevenhills Posts: 346 Joined: 1/28/2007 From: Lynchburg VA. Status: offline
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I have always heard of folks using a mirror and shooting sunsets/rises and shooting the reflection in the mirror, I think it helps with the blow out, your not shooting directly at the sun, I have never tried it but maybe someone that has can chim in.
< Message edited by sevenhills -- 10/14/2008 7:52:15 AM > _____________________________ Mike Norris Lynchburg, VA Your mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open. (in reply to Jacob) |
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D. Eric Franks Posts: 2544 Joined: 11/10/2004 From: Florida Status: offline
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I've shot probably a hundred sunrises/sets. I generally shot 10-30 minutes and then shortened it to 1 frame a second. Autoexposure will work (I almost always shot this way), but you can get a nice effect going from blackness to light with a locked exposure too. Zooming in 10x (or more) will make the orb bigger. Don't touch the camera at all during the shoot. Here's a trick that might work, depending on what is in the foreground: Shoot a sunset and reverse it. This will let you frame the shot more accurately (unless you wake up the day before and mark the exact spot where it's going to rise. The only thing that will give away the game is that sunrise tends to be a lot quieter, less cloudy and turbulent, waves flowing out to see, birds flying backwards, etc, but it's sunset is a lot easier to shoot. Oh, and watch out if you are someplace recognizable, esp. on the coast: Shooting a "sunrise" across an expanse of ocean from Los Angeles will seem odd to people paying attention (like in the movie Blade). _____________ There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets? -- Dick Cavett videopia.org (in reply to Jacob) |
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respect1luv Posts: 32 Joined: 12/5/2006 Status: offline
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Great idea Mr. Franks. Like you said, I'll have to shoot it were nobody will notice I've reversed the image!
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