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Raleigh Time Lapse

Published on April 30, 2009 in photography. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

I recently got the bug to try and do some time lapse photography when I saw this post over at Digital Photography School.  It’s a good intro to what you are getting into and links to various attempts around the web.  I had considered doing this previously but never really got around to it.  This work by Ross Ching is pretty much the ULTIMATE time lapse I have seen out there.  It’s combining the use of tilt shift lenses and telescoping mounts along with crop panning to create an even more unique and dynamic experience.  Amazing.

I don’t own a dedicate intervalometer at the moment.  I will soon.  Using my laptop with the Canon EOS software hooked up to my Canon XSi allowed me to employ the basic concept of doing time lapse.  The result is interesting, it does not really meet my artistic vision though.  The biggest issues was that the fastest interval I could accomplish was a shot every 5 seconds.  This combined with a 1-1.3 second exposure time just didn’t give me the shutter drag I really wanted.

So there will definitely be more to come on this topic.  I have a big plan in my head of exactly where I would like to go with the concept.  I’m looking forward to implementing it and sharing it with everyone.

Photo Time

Published on April 20, 2009 in photography. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Tiny Fields

It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted any photos on the blog.  I’ve been really into photography again lately so I figured I would share a few.  This first shot was taken with some friends at an old burned down hotel.  All kinds of strange plants were growing out of the concrete foundation that looked pretty cool.  Here are some tiny ones that I shot with my 28-75 which is not Macro, but it’s pretty close.  I really liked the depth of field here and the look of the tiny little forest of trees.

The shot below was taken while I was on vacation in NYC over the winter.  New York had gotten a pretty good snow the day before.  It was FREEZING out on the bridge but I soldiered on.  I took over 200 shots just crossing the bridge, which is excessive even for me.  Only a handful were really interesting to me, this is one.  Architectural style photos are not my thing, but this turned out well I think.

Arches