Tom Lowe - TimeScapes 4k

[Phil Bates]

WOWZERS!

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

Very smooth, very, very well exposed, composed etc... Wonderful stuff.

I wonder... if this film is successful (and it will be) then will you be doing similar projects overseas? That kind of perspective on Europe, for example, would be very interesting indeed.

 

[Daniel Kunz]

just nidpicking here... its not 2560p it's 1440p...
but elseway there is nothing else to say but WOW. very beautiful. too bad we have to wait 'till May for the whole thing! great job!

 

[Tom Lowe]

Absolutely breathtaking. Best timelapse work of all.

How do you shoot long exposures while floating down a river at night and get a fluid result? Crazy!

Very carefully :wink:

I used a Master Prime 16mm on a PL-converted Denz Canon 1D Mark 4. I planted the camera on the bow of our 26-foot deck boat and drove through the canyons with the outboard motor idling, which drove us about 1 or 2mph through the water, fast enough that our wake did not get out in front of the lens.

In reality, the key to this type of "astro boatlapse" shot is calm water and no wind. We almost did not get this shot, because of high winds, rain and unpredictable weather. We got these shots on our last night on Lake Powell. It cost me about $5,000 to stage this week-long shoot at Powell, so we got really lucky to get perfect weather on our last night! Interestingly, by the time we finally got a clear night, the moon was only at 84%! I usually shoot at full moon for drivelapse. But 84% moon was perfect. It meant the stars were brighter and more visible. At 100% moon, you can barely see the stars on camera.

Here is the boat the three of us lived on for a week to get these shots:

This is the Denz 1D4 camera with the 16mm Master Prime. I called that last photo "$30,000 hanging on by a string".

Here is me filming the sunset shot using Vincent Laforet's dual-KS-8 ATM gyro rig. Thanks, man. :cheers2:

 

[Antony M]

Posts like #104 are the reason I have so much respect for Tom Lowe.

Thank you for your generosity to people who want to learn.

 

[Lauri Kettunen]

Tom, your vision behind this is simply beyond the words. Such a wonderful work.

 

[Jon Chema]

Very carefully :wink:

I used a Master Prime 16mm on a PL-converted Denz Canon 1D Mark 4. I planted the camera on the bow of our 26-foot deck boat and drove through the canyons with the outboard motor idling, which drove us about 1 or 2mph through the water, fast enough that our wake did not get out in front of the lens.

In reality, the key to this type of "astro boatlapse" shot is calm water and no wind. We almost did not get this shot, because of high winds, rain and unpredictable weather. We got these shots on our last night on Lake Powell. It cost me about $5,000 to stage this week-long shoot at Powell, so we got really lucky to get perfect weather on our last night! Interestingly, by the time we finally got a clear night, the moon was only at 84%! I usually shoot at full moon for drivelapse. But 84% moon was perfect. It meant the stars were brighter and more visible. At 100% moon, you can barely see the stars on camera.

Here is the boat the three of us lived on for a week to get these shots:

This is the Denz 1D4 camera with the 16mm Master Prime. I called that last photo "$30,000 hanging on by a string".

Here is me filming the sunset shot using Vincent Laforet's dual-KS-8 ATM gyro rig. Thanks, man. :cheers2:

I'm not kidding when I say this Tom...I am truly blown away by this piece. I've never seen a nature video shot so well. Your boat and drivelapse shots took the cake for me. Sure anyone can make a timelapse of the stars look good, but while the camera moves?!?

Kudos to you man! Crazy that you used Master Prime to get the shot- thats one crazy expensive camera rig!

 

[Richard G]

i'm surprised only a single suction cup was needed. i guess your driving really slow on a paved road.

was there post warp-stabilizing as well? i'm doing drive lapses here in LA and i'm using a triangular system,

but i still get a lot of vibrations from the road as well as the vehicle. oh, and i think i'm in love with that lens.

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Must see in 4K.

RSH holiday party/screening perhaps?

Cheers - #19

 

[Adam Johnson]

Amazing! Would love to see in 4K!

 

[Yannick Verry]

One question. Some of these shots have been made with Canon 1Dmk4, what was the workflow to get these pictures match those made with Epic ?

As everybody else here, i'm extremely impressed with your work.

Though, i had the chance to watch this video on a 160' screen with a good projector, and the mp4 compression makes it not that impressive compared to some bluray i usually use for demo. Maybe it's mainly about Canon shots at night, but dark blues in the sky are pretty noisy due to compression.

 

[A. Bastaki]

Awesome.

 

[Ken Kosub]

Love it!

 

[Bastien Tribalat]

It IS absolutely AAAA-MAZING !
And I love the music too ! What a great piece !

 

[Dustin Sims]

I'm still trying to figure out how you got that exposure on those driving shots. I usually need like a 30 second exposure to get that kind of definition in the stars. Of course, I'm shooting on a less sensitive camera (7d) with a slower lens (2.8), but even a 3stop difference with lens/ iso would still require nearly 4 second exposures. That's way too long to come out sharp while driving down a dirt road. How do you do it?

 

[Yannick Verry]

Dustin, "it" might be flying, not driving. I'm not sure...

 

[JR Smith]

Truly inspiring!

 

[Tom Lowe]

I'm still trying to figure out how you got that exposure on those driving shots. I usually need like a 30 second exposure to get that kind of definition in the stars. Of course, I'm shooting on a less sensitive camera (7d) with a slower lens (2.8), but even a 3stop difference with lens/ iso would still require nearly 4 second exposures. That's way too long to come out sharp while driving down a dirt road. How do you do it?

Canon 1D4 with 16mm Master Prime f/1.2, 4/10 sec exposure at ISO 6400, shooting continuously. But the real trick is to drive very slowly, using a 4x4 LOW gear.

 

[Joe Taylor]

Love those shots, Tom. How often do find cars coming the opposite direction or even trying to pass you? That has to be rustrating.

 

[Glass]

Can you talk a little bit about the suction-cup-mechanism used.

Thanks