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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Hehe... Timelapse Crane

Just an update.

I have been conducting further tests with this timelapse crane setup, running the motor in different modes and at different speeds, and it seems like I will be now be able to use this for dark-sky Milky Way shots. I am able to run the crane at very, very slow speeds and the shots look completely smooth, even in mild winds.

So look out!!!
 
F me sideways... (pardon my French, this a PG-13 forum?).

Side note: I am not 100% sure but I believe the instrument on the score for that test is a Quena, which forces me to ask if you would consider taking a (long) trip down to South America. Some seriously sick landscapes to get lost in Tom, just follow the Andes all the way down to Ushuaia, where I believe the sky is pretty clear. Did I mention the Atacama desert is on the way? Exchange rates can't hurt either. Of course the Himalayas wouldn't be too shabby, but that's been done. ;)
 
Crazy thing is....

Crazy thing is....

as I watch that video I have the weird feeling like I
am falling toward the universe and tumbling of the edge.

I mean imagine this in a IMAX theater. Man it would be
surreal.
 
You, sir, are a magician.

I am humbled by your skill and talent. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

Dillon
 
Sick looking stuff bro. Nice work.
 
A time-lapse crane is so f*cking cool.

And when you think about it - it's obvious, simple, almost surprising that no one has done this before. Nice one Tom.
 
Richard Foster said:
Awesome is the only word. Incredibly well done. What is the foreground lighting on the rocks - ambient light pollution or ?

Thanks for sharing.
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Out there I'm guessing it's moonlight!
 
Now that I look at it again it CANNOT be moonlight as the shadows don't move. And the light is hard and frontal and slightly from the right at the same level as the rocks so it must be some kind of tungsten light.
 
I think the light appears to be directly overhead, and it's too wide and even to be artificial light, unless Tom had a massive silk. The shadows are very short, so over the relatively short period of shooting, you may not see significant shadow movement.
 
The more recent shot I just posted was lit by a single $20 Coleman camping lantern with a $5 off-white-colored pillow case over it to warm and difuse the light. The light was perched on a rock about ten feet behind the crane on the camera right side, slightly tilted up.

I'm working on some newer and better light techniqes, which should start to turn up in my future shots in the months ahead. Lighting is very new to me! It's a challenge, but can also be very rewarding when you get it right.
 
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