Almost after 18 months, i tried the time-lapse again from my apartment balcony, thanks to one of my friend, Lokesh who bought bunch of filters and timer remote (after having troubles with old remote) for me. Amazing sky and clouds made me to get out of my lazy mood and get started. Used newly bought GND filter and in fact it is the actual reason to go with time lapse. The GND result was good however there is problem with the edge drifting in to the frame (Cokin P-Series holder on a Canon 17-55 mm f/2.8) It is not bad and i am happy with the decision to go with P-Series holder. May be i will buy better filters and holder once i get a hang of it.

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I was supposed to post this 3 months ago. It was the day I left United States for good. Even though I was interested in Photography since childhood, I couldn't pursue it either because of financial issues or lack of enthusiasm or a good company.

It all changed in the year 2005, when i bought my first DSLR. Was in Auto pilot mode (Auto mode) for almost 3 years. When things got bit boring, I have started learning what real photography is. It is not capturing whatever comes in our path (some of you may disagree). It is about capturing moments, time and the life itself. I have learned many things during my journey by looking at other's photographs and practicing till i get what i want.

I will always be thankful to this country for it's great places, people and providing me opportunities. As life won't stop, photography is not going to stop here. Looking forward to travel and take my photography to next level in my own country, India.

BTW, this is a time lapse video shot when i was vacating my apartment. Loads of statements, papers piled up from 6 years to be shredded in 1 day ? It reminded me the benefits of Paperless Billing :-)

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This is my first try towards taking a Time-Lapse video. I think i did a mistake with the intervalometer setting. Haven't had enough time to do it all over again. I will try it again sometime in the future.

Geek Stuff : 302 frames at f/8 with an interval of 5 sec. 24 frames/sec video.

If you are interested to try it at home, here are some instructions:
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1. You need a tripod, intervelometer and camera of course.

2. Leave the setup unattended, if you are one of those rich guys.

3. Decide what you want to capture. If you want to capture just a plain time lapse with non varying lighting conditions then you can leave it unattended. Refer to step 2 before doing so.

4. Calculate overall capture time based on final length of the video and frames/sec.
e.g. If you want your final video to last 30 Sec at 30 frames/sec then the total number of shots you need are 900. Say if you add an interval of 5 sec between the shots then shooting time = 900 X 5 = 4500 Sec = 75 minutes. Enough. You need to have some math knowledge. Use that.

5. Set the camera to aperture priority mode/manual mode, ISO based on your noise tolerance level and White Balance to Manual. Do not leave anything on Auto.

6. User Mirror lockup feature to make the camera less sweaty.

7. Better to choose JPEG as the format with lowest possible resolution so that your memory card can accommodate your nnn number of images.

8. Program the time, interval, exposure and number of shots using the intervalometer. Start the intervalometer and watch a movie.

9. Use QuickTime Pro or equivalent program to open the image sequence and save as a video. Use the export feature to reduce the size.

10. Upload it to wherever you want and clean your hands.

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With an intention to get the best shot at the Horseshoe Bend, started the Time Lapse around 8 AM in the morning. Continued to shoot almost till Noon but finally gave up knowing it will take forever for those shadows to disappear.

Best time to visit this place is during noon. Sometimes you can get lucky with cloud cover though.

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Time-lapsing the drive

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