10 tips for shooting time-lapse

10 TIPS FOR SHOOTING TIME-LAPSEPosted at 14:17h in Tutorials by E. Pacheco 129 Comments

During the past three years, I have thoroughly researched and practiced the technique of time-lapse photography. The

knowledge gained has enabled me to create the great images that would otherwise have been impossible. Many people

who watch my videos are wondering if they too would be able to make such images, and the answer is yes. Thanks to the

modern technology and its affordable price, almost everyone has access to a digital SLR, and it does not take much more

than that to take high quality time-lapses.

Whether youre new to the technique of time-lapse or have experience, these tips will be very helpful when planning and

implementing your time lapses.

I hope that you enjoy them and put them to practice.

1 .- Plan, plan, plan As the Chinese proverb says, if I had ten hours to chop down a tree, I would use seven in sharpening

the ax. If we are going to make a time-lapse of a sunset, it makes no sense to do 30 miles by car loaded with our gear to

get to the place chosen only two minutes before sunset. It is therefore very important to check both the sunsets and

sunrises, and their orientation in respect to our subject and other possible elements, moon, tides, etc., which may come

into play.

A great tool for this task is The Photographers Ephemeris. We must get to know its interface, observing the sun and

moon and their trajectory, planning ahead our location and only then to begin to prepare the gear.

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2 .- Dont forget anything. When you go shooting time-lapse, you can spend several hours standing on a rock in the middle

of nowhere, so you have to be well prepared. I wouldnt want to sound like your mom, but it is worth reminding you that

you should take with you enough of water and food. If its winter, spare socks, a warm coat, gloves And if its summer,

more water, a hat and sunscreen. A fully charged cell phone and something to read is a must. Oh and do not forget the

camera and tripod.

3 .- Tripod, our best friend. Stop dreaming about expensive lightweight carbon tripod. What we really need is that old

heavy tripod that nobody wants to carry. Keep in mind that your camera will remain in the same position perhaps for an

hour or two. The slightest shake or rolling caused by the wind during the shots, will end up in a shaken take. If your tripod

is not sturdy enough, you can hang your camera bag on it, or use stones to give it greater stability and rigidity. This is

essential in long exposures.

4.- Framing is key. Most of the times we arrive to the locations very excited, with so much energy that we are not able to

visualize the scene, trying to find the right framing. Leave the backpack and tripod and take a walk around the area,

imagine the shot, take a look at the scene, try to find the best location and composition.

We must act as if we were going to take a single shot, as if we had brought a single roll of film in which, unfortunately, we

have only one exposition. The time-lapse technique is essentially photography, and we should think of it as such. If we

are thinking only of how the final video will look, well skip the details that make the difference between a good shot and

an epic image.

5 .- Basic camera settings. Some people will tell you that auto/priority mode and Jpg files are the best settings to make a

time-lapse. Just as no one uses those settings when taking some quality photographs, to achieve professional results in

time lapse we will use manual exposure and RAW files.

Both manual mode and RAW files will give us greater control over our camera and during the postproduction. We must

remember that the camera is shooting for a long time, so if we use any automatism, the camera will try to correct every

change of light and the color temperature. So if you shot it in JPEG, there will be no turning back.

6 .- Live View. If your SLR has a good battery that lasts long , I would recommend you to use the Live View. By using this

feature, the mirror will always stay up and not hit when the shutter fires, thereby avoiding possible camera shake. Also,

the Live View allows us to visualize our shot in real time. If you also activate the histogram, you will also have the exposure

under control.

W O R K

7 .- Focus accurately. It is very important to select the manual mode in both the camera and lens, if applicable. (If we have

an SLR with Live View, we can also focus with the magnifying loup at the desired point.) In most of my shots I usually focus

to infinity while I use wide angle lenses. In other cases, however, having elements of interest in the first or middle term, we

must ensure that this is where the focus will be. Knowing the hyperfocal of our lens is always important, since many of our

shots are of landscape and is in this case we want the longest depth of field.

8 .- Avoid flicker. No, I`m not talking about the popular photography website. By flicker is known as the unwanted

effect that occurs in the time-lapse due to slight differences in exposure between shots. This difference is that the

diaphragm of autofocus lenses remains fully open until the shutter closes it, not always with the same size. Incredibly,

there are tiny variations between takes.

We have two solutions to avoid this problem. First, using manual lenses, my favorite solution, to ensure that the

diaphragm is always kept fixed in the same position. The second and more accessible is to partially disconnect the lens

from the camera to cut the communication between them, selecting the desired aperture ourselves using the depth of

field button.

9 .- Choose the right lapse. This is perhaps the most important point when dealing with a time-lapse. The interval

between shots is what will determine the speed of our final video. The longer the interval, the quicker will be the

movement of the elements of our shot, and vice versa. But we must adapt the interval to the real movement of our

scenery.

Confused? Here are a few suggestions of lapses depending on the scene.

Clouds moving very slowly, interval of 10 seconds.

Clouds moving normally: interval of 5 seconds.

Clouds moving very fast: interval of 3 seconds.

People walking down the street: interval of 2 seconds.

Path of the sun on a clear day, nterval of 30 seconds.

Night landscapes, stars, moon, etc.: nterval of 20 to 30 seconds.

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10.- Knowing how long your time-lapse takes. This is the second major variable that we have to calculate. In many cases

we know it, as in a football game or a sunset. Well set an interval and clip duration that gives us an adequate number of

frames. On the contrary, if we are shooting a scene without beginning or an end, like a flowing of a river, the exposure and

interval will determine the length of the shot.

Some quick math: Knowing that we need 25 frames to create one second of video (in the European PAL system, in the

United States it would be 30) a standard length of 10 seconds of footage will need 250 frames. Therefore, we only have to

multiply 250 by our lapse to know how much time we need to invest in doing the time-lapse.

It can happen that you do not know the duration of the event or you want to capture a long scene, like a thunderstorm

formation. In these cases, the interval is the premium: choose the right one for the scene and select infinity or zero in

the number of frames of your remote. Now you just have to be patient.

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S U S A NPosted at 06:23h, 19 April Log in to Reply

Amazing photos. Very beautiful. Love the dark sky oneit doesnt look like Earth. Looks like Im

transported to someplace new.

S H A N I Q U APosted at 08:51h, 09 May Log in to Reply

its like the magical land of nuggets

S E R GPosted at 18:16h, 17 May Log in to Reply

Very good! Thanks.

S T UPosted at 20:19h, 06 June Log in to Reply

Thanks for the tips, your two time lapse tutorials really sped up the learning curve. Got any handy tips

regarding camera settings when shooting from day to night? What is the best way to handle that?

Cheers

P E D R O S N A T O SPosted at 08:55h, 09 May Log in to Reply

HEYA STU! i will always love you, you have a place in my mexican heart. COME VISIT ME IN

NEPAL

D P SPosted at 10:13h, 15 October Log in to Reply

Hey, i am visiting nepal in December. What about you?

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 18:33h, 21 October Log in to Reply

Sounds fun, I think I`m going to Cuba, a bit warmer

N A M E * J O V I N O A V A R I APosted at 19:19h, 14 July Log in to Reply

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Hoy tuve la suerte de ver programa en TV5(espaol), donde apreci el interesante trabajo de fotografiar

con lapsos de tiempo. Sin duda la tecnologa nos hace encontrar nuevos horizontes. Felicito al equipo

Escribo desde Chile,Concepcin, soy fotgrafo de aficin de algunas dcadas(Equipo Canon(anloga) y

ahora digital

Me impresion el trabajo por Uds realizado y agradezco la ayuda que prestan para aplicar la tcnica.

Estar atento a las novedades que informan

Felicitaciones

Jovino

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 20:56h, 18 July Log in to Reply

Gracias por tu inters.

Un saludo.

F R A N C I S C O M A R T I NPosted at 09:14h, 19 July Log in to Reply

Eduardo te felicito y te animo a que sigas sorprendiendonos a propios y extraos con tus magnficos

trabajo. Soy un aficionado a la fotografa que disfruta con la observacin de tus trabajos. Una vez ms,

reitero mi admiracin por el desarrollo de la tcnica as como por los emplazamientos elegidos. Las

auroras son impresionantes.

F R A N C I S C O M A R T I NPosted at 09:21h, 19 July Log in to Reply

Enrique te pido disculpas por el patinazo en el agradecimiento del comentario anterior.

Estoy trabajando con otro colega y su nombre es Eduardo y se han cruzado las neuronas. Un

saludo y mil gracias por las imgenes as como por el acercamiento de la tcnica con tus

sencillas explicaciones.


Muchas gracias, saludos.

C A R L O S D E L A C A L L EPosted at 00:27h, 14 August Log in to Reply

Hola enrique, fantasticos tus comentarios y tu trabajo. Tengo una duda. Cmo disparas, he leido algo de

un intervalmetro, qu es, se puede conseguir fcilmente? para Canon.

gracias por tu trabajo

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 10:08h, 15 August Log in to Reply

Gracias Carlos. Para hacer timelapse slo necesitas un intervalometro como este:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Timer-Remote-shutter-Realease-f-Canon-450D-500D-550D-

600D-60D-G12-G11-SLR-Camera-/150874483595?

pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item2320d1eb8b

Saludos.

J U A N T X OPosted at 16:35h, 27 September Log in to Reply

Hola Enrique,

Una consulta, me han encargado un time lapse de la construccin de una carpa que durara 20 das.

Estamos acostumbrados a ver muchos time lapse pero casi todos estn realizados en pocas horas, pero

cuando pasamos de un ida a otro y no queremos que la noche quede registrada en el video que vamos a

fabricar como debera programar este trabajo? haciendo 25 fotos por da me quedara bien? el tiempo de

exposicin cual seria? hay algn temporizador que ordene que empiece a fotografiar a tal hora y acabe a

otra y al da siguiente vuelva a empezar?

Gracias y un saludo

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 00:08h, 28 September Log in to Reply

En esos casos se suele programar el intervalometro para que haga una foto cada hora o cada

media hora, la camara en prioridad a la abertura y despus retocar bastante.

Mucha suerte.

N I C O L A S W E I D B E R GPosted at 15:26h, 03 April Log in to Reply

Hola Enrique/Juantxomi problema es parecido, con el agravante de que s muy poco de

fotografanecesit sacar fotos cada hora en ciertos puntos la costa de Sudfrica, tampoco

necesito la noche, y el tiempo total rondara tambin los 20 dasdurante ese tiempo lo

tendra difcil para cargar bateras, hay alguna cmara con semejante autonoma? se pueden

configurar los periodos de reposo para que consuma lo mnimo posible? puede configurarse

el intervalometro para que no saque fotos durante la noche? Muchas gracias por adelantado

y felicidades por la pgina!

L U K EPosted at 23:15h, 16 October Log in to Reply

Thank you for the time you put into this tutorial! I found it very very helpful. Im having trouble shooting

night time shots of stars and whatnot. Do you have any special tips for shooting top quality clear shots of

the night time sky?

-Luke


Hi Luke, and thanks.

Best way is using a very fast lens, at least 2.8 and good camera, like 5DII. Iso 1600 and 30s is

the usual set up.

Good luck.

P H I L J O N E SPosted at 11:49h, 14 July Log in to Reply

Hi Luke. The star shooting bug got me some months back as well and yes, getting good

results is no easy task and absolutely not for the impatient. There is a free package on the

net called Stellarium which is a fantastic tool for planning. You can set location, date, time

and know exactly how the sky will look the night you shoot. (Clouds permitting) If you want

to go further then there are two other free packages called Deep Sky Stacker and

Registax for stars and planets. Seems that the astronomy world is not about making money

which is refreshing, these are all pretty sophisticated software packages. Tons of stuff on

YouTube if you decide to take that path.

My results so far have been fair but I also experiment a lot. Made the mistake of using long

lens at first and found that they emphasized star movement (duh.bit of a no-brainer really

but my loss) I have a photograph called sky sausages to remind me to do a bit more thinking

in future.

A wide lens will allow longer exposure. However, focusing becomes an issue because even

the brightest star is difficult to see through the viewfinder (I dont have liveview). I use an

18-55 lens, focus using the 55mm setting and then pull back to 18. Wide aperture and a high

ISO as you find acceptable. At 18mm Ive done exposures of 60 seconds ISO 1600 without

producing star-trails. I will be trying for longer exposures soon. If its timelapse you are after

then a measure of startriling might even improve results.

The stuff Enrique says about tripods is spot on. I got myself an astronomers tripod with an

equatorial mount and built my own adapter for the camera. Weighs a ton but nothing moves

it.

Light pollution is the biggest issue for me. Finding somewhere truly black is not easy and it

frustrating to find photographs showing a gradation from black to quite bright at the

horizon when even after an hour in the dark, it isnt apparent to the eye. Ive come to believe

that if you can see your camera then it aint dark enough.

It is about patience but the stars are going to be there for a while yet. Just keep making the

It is about patience but the stars are going to be there for a while yet. Just keep making the

changes to suit your kit and conditions. Good luck and sorry for the long reply.


Thanks for sharing your experiences Phil.

Cheers.

K E V I NPosted at 06:00h, 28 August Log in to Reply

Hi Guys,

Ive been doing this sort of stuff for a month (so ive learnt a small

amount of things :D) and i use a telescope for most of my work. As

said by Phil, if you want to get good pictures of objects in the sky

then find a computerized equatorial mount so that it not only

tracks left to right, up and down but also rotates with the sky so

that the object always has the same position and rotation on the

CCD.

Currently i dont have an equatorial mount so i get field rotation

after about 60 seconds (this depends on how high it is in the sky,

the higher the quicker it rotates with above 80 degrees being

terrible)

With the current setup, i have to put my ISO to the highest (6400)

and limit the exposure to 30 seconds or so. When i get a better

mount i can drop the ISO to 1200ish for less noise and do 5 minute

exposures. The light pollution sometimes can be very bad so check

when the moon is out and then stay home on those nights! Another

trick is to take off the eye piece and attach the eye piece cover (this

is a must).

Not trying to grab money but this is my best work yet

Thanks,

Kevin

K E V I N

K E V I NPosted at 06:01h, 28 August

Looks like the link is a bit off but the last two lines will

take you to where i was aiming.

R I C A R D O A R M E N G O LPosted at 19:06h, 17 October Log in to Reply

Muy buena informacin para los que estamos empezando con el Timelapse. Muchsimas gracias.

M I C A H B U S HPosted at 05:34h, 20 October Log in to Reply

For a time-lapse that I would want to do of the sunset and also have a nice transition to photograph the

stars all in one continuous shot, how would I go about doing that?


You need a little brumper. Google it.

Good luck.

L O Q U E D E B E S S A B E R D E T I M E - L A P S E S G R A U L U M I N O T E C N I APosted at 07:36h, 23 October Log in to Reply

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C A R L O SPosted at 19:45h, 24 October Log in to Reply

Buenisimo. Gracias por compartir.

Un saludo

J O S E M A R A M O R E N OPosted at 18:48h, 31 October Log in to Reply

Gracias, Enrique, muy bueno.

Una curiosidad, para evitar flickeos: cmo desacoplas parcialmente la conexin cmara-objetivo,

dejando un diafragma fijo a tu eleccin?, En objetivos manuales no hay problema, pero en el resto la

seleccin de la abertura es siempre por los contactos y se desacoplas parcialmente la pierdes. no?

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 21:01h, 03 November Log in to Reply

En Canon hay que pulsar el boton de profundidad de campo y desacoplar la optica, pierdes

la conexin pero asi bloqueas el diafragma y evitas el flickeo.

J O S E M A R A M O R E N O S A N T I A G OPosted at 16:19h, 04 November Log in to Reply

Llevo toda la vida haciendo fotos y usando casi toda la cacharrera imaginable,

pero no lo saba!. Nada habitual dar con gente con talento y generosa,

muchsimas gracias! El flickeo es uno de mis mltiples problemas con los time-

lapses, muy difcil de resolver bien en edicin. Estos tutoriales de lo mejor que

he encontrado. Gracias.


Muchas gracias, me alegro que te fuera til.

Saludos.

M A TPosted at 18:49h, 08 December Log in to Reply

Hi Enrique!

Great tips and great time-lapse clips.

Just one question: do you drag your shutter or not?

Thanks!

Regards,

Mat

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 17:29h, 11 December Log in to Reply

Hi Mat, yes, always.

cheers

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P E T E R W O L F G A N G E S P I N E LPosted at 00:51h, 17 January Log in to Reply

Gracias por los consejos amigo. Me fueron muy tiles!

M I H A IPosted at 09:19h, 17 January Log in to Reply

Hi! Great tips and beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing. Regards!

S I M O N F R E OPosted at 10:47h, 17 February Log in to Reply

your advice in section 9 regarding timelapse of Clouds is reversed to what it should be

Clouds moving very slowly, one frame every 20 seconds. (should be 5 seconds)

Clouds moving normally: one frame every 10 seconds. (not sure what you mean by normal ? but perhaps

1 second)

Clouds moving very fast: a frame every 5 seconds. (should be 20 seconds)

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 18:02h, 18 February Log in to Reply

I`m talking about the interval, maybe you got it wrong. Clouds moving very fast interval of

20s? no way!

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S E R G I O R O J A SPosted at 09:17h, 27 February Log in to Reply

Un tutorial completsimo! Enhorabuena por tu trabajo y por tu web Enrique. Un abrazo

R O D O L F O P E ZPosted at 15:54h, 27 February Log in to Reply

Como siempre tu trabajo es excepcional.!!

D A V I DPosted at 08:39h, 19 March Log in to Reply

Muy buen tutorial. Me ha servido de muchsimo ya que estoy recopilando toda la info posible. He hecho

algunos timelapses pero siempre han sido a modo de vdeo, no foto a foto, con toda esta info ya tengo, al

menos, para volver a casa con algo que hacer despus de una larga noche jejeje.

Enrique, una preguntita, y al hacer as fotos en Raw, disparamos a calidad total? como bajamos ese frame

(5600px a 1920px) de tamao? Simplemente escalando en el editor de vdeo? o lo haces foto a foto con

el Photoshop antes de pasarlo al editor de video.

Tengo una Canon 5D mk II y un Carl Zeiss 18 Dsitagon 3.5

Aunque no hace el efecto fisheye, si que estira a los lados, tu corriges esto de alguna manera o lo dejas tal

cual? Lo digo porque si no disparo en horizontal, ensancha de abajo y estrecha de arriba o viceversa.

Muchas gracias por toda la info!!!

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 13:16h, 19 March Log in to Reply

En el tutorial de revelado con Lightroom explico todo el proceso.

Nunca utilizo ojos de pez, odio las lineas curvas.

Saludos.

D A V I DPosted at 11:02h, 23 March Log in to Reply

Pacheco, el mio no es un ojo de pez, no ahueva los extremos pero si es

arquitectnico, y las lineas son rectas, lo que si no pones la cmara en

horizontal, se nota esa curvatura. Que objetivo recomiendas? Veo que en tu

video tambien tienes la cmara en horizontal, pero si quisieras coger mas cielo

que tierra no te quedaria la imagen algo doblada? Que objetivo angular usas

normalmente?

Muchisimas gracias!!


Yo uso un 16-35mm, si levantas la camara con mucho angular

obtienes distorsin de perspectiva, pero se puede arreglar en parte

con LIghtroom. Yo es lo que hago.

Saludos.

S H A W NPosted at 16:01h, 15 April Log in to Reply

How long is the dolly your using?

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 22:07h, 15 April Log in to Reply

One meter.

V I N A YPosted at 05:28h, 04 May Log in to Reply

liked it.good

D A V I D A H NPosted at 01:55h, 08 May Log in to Reply

Thank you so much for your work and this tutorial. I just got bitten HARD by the timelapse bug. Still

playing with camera settings, but auto exposure leads to flicker as you state as the exposure meter

responds to the amount of sunlight vs. clouds, but I fear manual will lead to over/underexposure as light

levels change, as I love sunrise/sunset (doesnt everyone?) timelapses. Am I overthinking this?

I suppose you overexpose the setting sun to get more color out of the night sky, or expose properly for

pre-dawn and overexpose the rising sun a little? I suppose bracketing would allow you to choose which

exposure, but then theres the nightmare of transitioning from the -1EV to 0EV to +1EV I know youve

worked all this out, so any guidance would be awesome.

Also, my 5DII manual warned against shooting into the sun do you worry that the live view will

damage your sensor? I know what a magnifying glass does to insects.

Thanks again for your tutorial, and thanks in advance for any help.

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 16:04h, 08 May Log in to Reply

I always, always shoot in Manual. Expose correctly at the beginning of the sunset and let it

go to dark. And the other way around in sunrise.

Never have problems with sun agains my sensor.

Good luck.

D A V I D A H NPosted at 17:21h, 11 May Log in to Reply

Thanks for your reply!

I just tried a sunset off my veranda, f/11, 1 s, ISO 100. Even at 1 second, it was

underexposed at 5:10 am, way overexposed by 7 am. I guess Ill have to further

underexpose when dark! Ill keep experimenting.

Thanks again, Enrique!

W W W . M O N T A N - L A G O . N LPosted at 14:33h, 07 June Log in to Reply

Hi there, just wanted to say, I liked this article. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!

N E H M A NPosted at 19:52h, 07 June Log in to Reply

hi.iam new to all this ,i have a question.what is attached to the lens and tripod in the picture overlooking

water falls..

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 09:41h, 09 June Log in to Reply

Thats a matte box with rails, allow you to put high quality filters and block the light.

A N H S T A RPosted at 04:21h, 28 January Log in to Reply

what brand is that filter holder? amazing tips by the way.

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 11:07h, 29 January Log in to Reply

Thanks. Its a pro aim matte box.

P E M U D APosted at 08:44h, 09 June Log in to Reply

Hi. I have a question. When shooting night scene and using the motorized slider, how to avoid blur that

cause by motorized slider when my camera take photos?

Sorry for bad English.


If the movement is slow enough you wont have blur. You can also do move shoot move.

M A R K E T I N G A N D A D V E R T I S I N GPosted at 16:58h, 09 June Log in to Reply

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your further

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A D R I A NPosted at 16:06h, 25 June Log in to Reply

Una pregunta,con que velocidad a de realizarse el time lapse

T H O M A S H A R B O R GPosted at 17:36h, 26 June Log in to Reply

Hey. Regarding using raw as file format. What write speed do you recommend. Im currently looking at a

lexar 1000x 32gb. But its pretty expensive. Aldo looking at a transcend 1000x32gb. A bit cheaper but

maybe its not as good as the lexar.

Any recommendations.

I currently have a Canon 40d but will upgrade to a canon 5d mark ii in a year or so.


That will depend of your interval, but usually is not a problem. I use x533 an works fine.


Depende de la velocidad de tu escena, tienes ejemplos en el tutorial.

T H O M A S H A R B O R GPosted at 07:58h, 28 June Log in to Reply

First thx for the reply. The other day i tried a 1 second interval of

people skating. I have a 4gb 400x cf card. And that couldnt even

process medium jpg. But ill kerp investigatong what speed is

necissary.

Good times

D I E G OPosted at 22:24h, 08 July Log in to Reply

Hola. si voy a fotografias un atardecer y parte de la noche que settings deberia usar? porque al inciia en

al tarde tendre una luz fuerte del sol y al llegar la noche sera demaciado oscuro para pode regristrar la

noche

Saludos y gracias por el Blog


Si quieres registrar correctamente tanto el dia como la noche, tendrs que usar prioridad a

la abertura, eso si, preparate para corregir el flickeo despus.

Suerte.

C S A R G M E ZPosted at 13:42h, 09 July Log in to Reply

Que gran tecnica y muy bien que explicaste. Felicitaciones por tu trabajo es excelente.


Gracias Csar.

J O S E A N T O N I O D I A Z C H IPosted at 00:53h, 16 July Log in to Reply

Gran trabajo hecho , los timelapse me han cautivado yo tengo un nikon d40 es posible poder usarla para

hacer timelpase soy de Cancun y sin duda hay paisajes increibles playa ciudad y muchas cosas mas y me

gustaria hacer felicitaciones por la pagina


Gracias Jose Antonio.

Claro que la puedes usar, slo necesitas un intervalometro, un tripode y mucha paciencia.

Un saludo.

C I N E L E R R A # 1 3 : C R E A R U N T I M E L A P S E | L I N U X - O S . N E TPosted at 14:52h, 16 July Log in to Reply

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R A M O NPosted at 12:38h, 22 July Log in to Reply

look at this, it is the greatest ive ever seen, the mountain http://vimeo.com/22439234 by TSO

Photography

M A N IPosted at 08:44h, 05 August Log in to Reply

Could you explain your gear in the last picture? What is the thing hooked on to the camera lens in front.

Thanks


Thats a matte box, used to hold filters and block the light from the sides.

P A U L A L E D D APosted at 14:49h, 05 August Log in to Reply

Enrique como estas? soy de Mendoza Argentina tengo que hacer un time lapse de un edificio que van a

pintar de colores. Cada cuanto debo poner el intervalmetro? saludos!


Depender de cuanto vayan a tardar en pintarlo, horas, das, semanas?

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R I C H A R D R O S S IPosted at 20:44h, 11 August Log in to Reply

In tip #8 Avoid Flicker in Top Ten Tips for shooting a Time-Lapse, you suggest partially disconnecting

your lens from the camera. How is this done? Im not sure how to do it. Would you please let me know?


My friend Dustin Farrell will show it to you. https://vimeo.com/30974031

C M O H A C E R U N T I M E L A P S E D E T U S V I A J E S C O N T U M V I L A N D R O I DPosted at 10:13h, 14 August Log in to Reply

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J A V IPosted at 11:16h, 28 August Log in to Reply

hola Pedro,

tengo una duda encuanto al enfoque, bueno no tengo reflex, tengo una powershot sx50hs, el caso es que

he leido por ahi lo del enfoque infinito, hay que usar enfoque infinito en los timelapse? o solo en larga

exposicion?

mi camara no lo tiene y tengo que andar jugando con el CHDK.

saludos.


Lo mejor ser que te hagas con una DSLR.

Saludos.

D E N I SPosted at 18:42h, 30 August Log in to Reply

Iceland; beautiful to the bare eye, but in that magnificent timelapse breathtaking!

T I M E : T E C H N I C A L U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F T I M E L A P S E S | M Y P H O T ON O T E SPosted at 20:53h, 12 September Log in to Reply

[...] Lengh of shoot. This was a bit more difficult. But I used this to help me and my calculator: Knowing

that we need 25 frames to create one second of video (in the European PAL system, in the United States

it would be 30) a standard length of 10 seconds of footage will need 250 frames. Therefore, we only have

to multiply 250 by our lapse to know how much time we need to invest in doing the time-lapse. See

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S H E L D O NPosted at 19:20h, 13 September Log in to Reply

Great tips and amazing photos and videos. A question on night photographydoes the 20-30 second

interval include the actual exposure time. Most night shots seem to be around 30 sec exposure per shot,

so is the interval added on to that , meaning 1 shot every minute or so? Thanks .

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 19:48h, 13 September Log in to Reply

No interval between shots at night. Maybe 1 or 2 seconds.

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J U A N J O V A L L SPosted at 21:06h, 15 October Log in to Reply

Hola Enrique! Mira llevo poco tiempo haciendo Time lapses, y mi problema es el fickeo, trabajo con

prioridad de velocidad de obturacin, marcndole yo la velocidad siempre por debajo de 1/30 y dejando

ndiafragma muy alto para que no haya problema en abrir los pasos que sea necesario segn necesite si

es anochecer, atardecer Pues bien siempre me sale el flickeo cuando edito el time lapse. Que es lo que

pasa? Te estar infinitamente agradecido si me puedes aclarar algo. Me gusta mucho tu trabajo. Muchas

gracias de antemano.


Debes bloquear el diafragma de la optica, y despus procesar con LR Timelapse, que evita el

flickeo.

Muchas gracias.

Saludos.

J U A N J OPosted at 15:31h, 25 October Log in to Reply

Gracias Enrique, voy a ver como bloqueo el diafragma. No saba que haba un

LR Timelapse, as de espec

fico vaya. Gracias de nuevo, un saludo.


De nada.

Saludos y suerte.

T I M E L A P S E T U T O R I A L | D E R M O T D O H E R T Y C R E A T I V E D I G I T A L M E D I APosted at 15:20h, 17 November Log in to Reply

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P A T C H W O R K C A R P E TPosted at 19:29h, 18 November Log in to Reply

really usefull tips! i do a lot of timelapse photography, was happy to read tips from professionals

G A V I N H A R D C A S T L EPosted at 16:13h, 21 November Log in to Reply

Brilliant video and brilliant article Enrique. For the shot at 2.10 did you use any lights to light the icy

foreground or was that purely moonlight?


No lights were used. Just moonlight.

P E T E R G R A YPosted at 01:37h, 02 December Log in to Reply

Hello Enrique

Im setting up a time-lapse film festival next year.

I am also a time lapse photographer, but I am looking for other people to showcase on the festival

website. As a lead up to the festival next year, I would like to include techniques and tutorials for people

interested in entering the festival/awards.

Would I be able to republish this tutorial on the festival website? (with full attribution and links to your

website.)

I would also like to add links to your work in the Showcase part of the website.

Regards,

Peter Gray

Keyframe Festival

Canberra Australia

E . P A C H E C OPosted at 09:34h, 17 December Log in to Reply

Of course Peter.

Regards.

P E T E RPosted at 19:40h, 02 December Log in to Reply

hello, thanks for the tips. i have one question. i want pratice timelapse photography witha slider. how

large in mm should be the distance between two shoots?

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P A C O R O M O T O R R E SPosted at 19:47h, 08 December Log in to Reply

Gracias por este hermoso reportaje, pues ayuda mucho a la gente del mundo fotogrfico .Un cordial

saludo

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P E T E RPosted at 18:26h, 30 January Log in to Reply

I love your work. Heres a great web app that will calculate the precise interval to set to achieve a certain

video length: Time-lapse interval calculator

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S H A N EPosted at 03:45h, 15 February Log in to Reply

Wow learn some thing new every day, thanks I didnt know rigidity was a real word

Also big help on the math side of it braking frames in to seconds helps a lot for my timelapseses

Thanks

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R E N A T A TPosted at 21:05h, 17 March Log in to Reply

Te felicito Enrique por tu excelente trabajo, yo soy fotgrafa aficionada y he hecho pequeos Time Lapse

sobre todo de noche pero en muchas oportunidades he tenido el problema que se me empaa el lente de

la cmara, donde vivo es fro y hay mucha humedad , como puedo solucionar este problema?? Muchas

gracias de antemano


Hola Renata, tienes que poner unos calentadores elctricos para las lentes.

Saludos.

D A N I E L A A .Posted at 07:44h, 16 May Log in to Reply

Hola Enrique, gracias por tan genial post, nunca intente hacer time lapse, me

atrae pero no me siento segura, sin embargo la pregunta de Renata atrajo mi

atencin. Vivo en Uruguay, cerca de la costa y estamos teniendo humedades

impresionantes, Podras decirme que es un calentador elctrico para la lente?

La verdad que no hay electricidad en la playa asi que ni idea como resolver lo

de la humedad Ojala sigas publicando de este tema, es super interesante. Mil

gracias por tu generosidad! Un saludo cordial.


Gracias Daniela.

Aqu tienes lo que buscas. http://www.dew-not.com/time-

lapse.htm

J O S FPosted at 18:21h, 18 March Log in to Reply

Hola amigo, muy buen post. tengo una consulta, quiero hacer un timelapse ( nunca he hecho uno) de un

evento en un local y quiero hacerlo desde que abren la puerta hasta que el local ya este lleno. en un

intervalo de cuanto tiempo crees que deba hacer cada fotograma?


Usa unos 10 segundos, suele funcionar.

Suerte.

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H A N SPosted at 11:01h, 11 April Log in to Reply

Hola Enrique, muy bueno el trabajo que te has tomado. Muy didctico. Solo tengo una pregunta. Cual es

el programa que se usa habitualmente para editar un Time Lapse o cual me recomiendas. Gracias


Yo uso lightroom y quicktime.

Saludos.

D A V I DPosted at 02:36h, 24 April Log in to Reply

Amazing timelapses Enrique! I have three questions:

1 What is the silver thing coming out of your upper tripod in the fifth image?

2 I did a time lapse two nights ago of the stars, and unfortunately I got the strange flicker in a circular

formation in the middle of the frame. I shot with a Canon 70-200 F2.8. My Canon 17-40 F4 hasnt shown

this problem yet So Im confused about disconnecting the lens partially do I just press the release

button and turn the lens a little bit?

3 Where are most of the timelapses on this site shot?

Thanks

O N L I N E K R E D I T IPosted at 07:03h, 27 April Log in to Reply

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T H O M A S H A V E R K A M PPosted at 19:38h, 06 May Log in to Reply

Great blog. It showed me clearly where I was making the misstakes in my own Timelapses. Using the

auto priority mode was one of my errors, and yes, I see a nice flickering of my movie due to the exposure

differences.

T A N I E W Y N A J M O W A N I E S A M O C H O D W W M I EC I E T A R N WPosted at 14:02h, 10 May Log in to Reply

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