Hi Osama, i believe those photos were longer exposures, hence the lighting of the clouds and mountains by small amounts of light from either the near-by city or possibly the moon behind the camera. I think many of those shots are possible and only possible with constant long exposure shots put together into a sequence clip. With a good enough camera and lens, these shots can be achieved with 1+ sec exposure time, although with so much detail, I would expect longer exposures whilst the diaphragm can be less open so as to avoid overexposure.

On another note, doesn't the sequence of scenes seem like a modern version of the qatsi series?


>> ^osama1234:

I do like this video, but could someone with photography knowledge explain/verify to me that the kind of timelapse he's done is in many scenes impossible to see with the naked eye, or even a time-lapse consisting of (not two images meshed together) long exposure photos, without mixing together multiple pictures, and possibly pictures from different times (day vs night). (I find it impossible to imagine how he shot stars in daytime in between clouds (1:50), or the scene where the stars are visible in broad daylight while the mountain is also visible in daylight).

I do like this video, but could someone with photography knowledge explain/verify to me that the kind of timelapse he's done is in many scenes impossible to see with the naked eye, or even a time-lapse consisting of (not two images meshed together) long exposure photos, without mixing together multiple pictures, and possibly pictures from different times (day vs night). (I find it impossible to imagine how he shot stars in daytime in between clouds (1:50), or the scene where the stars are visible in broad daylight while the mountain is also visible in daylight).

you could always do it by hand... >> ^ponceleon:

>> ^Mookal:
>> ^ponceleon:
Anyone have any idea how he does the tracking with the time-lapse photography? It is clearly not just cropping, the camera is moving in some of those shots...

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>> ^Mookal:

>> ^ponceleon:
Anyone have any idea how he does the tracking with the time-lapse photography? It is clearly not just cropping, the camera is moving in some of those shots...

Floatcam slider:
http://www.abelcine.com/store/Matthews-Floatcam-DC-Slider/
Video of it in action:
http://vimeo.com/45248265
A real bargain at only $6k. Time to cash in the change jar!


YEOUCH!

Add to the list of stuff for when I win the lottery...

>> ^ponceleon:

Anyone have any idea how he does the tracking with the time-lapse photography? It is clearly not just cropping, the camera is moving in some of those shots...


Floatcam slider:
http://www.abelcine.com/store/Matthews-Floatcam-DC-Slider/

Video of it in action:
http://vimeo.com/45248265

A real bargain at only $6k. Time to cash in the change jar!

Anyone have any idea how he does the tracking with the time-lapse photography? It is clearly not just cropping, the camera is moving in some of those shots...

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>> ^Bruti79:

The orchestral rendition was awesome as well.


I believe it was from Video Games Live or some orchestra.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^EMPIRE:
I've always had this doubt... All those lights from the cities, shown in the video... we can only see it so bright because the camera had a big exposure time right? If a person is looking down from the ISS with the naked eye, can it really see those lights?

The video brightness is probably enhanced because of camera settings, but city lights are easily visible to the eye from orbit.


Ya, it is actually a good retort to someone who claims humans can't have that great of an effect on the earth (climate change stuff). I still don't know where to fall in that whole conversation, but stuff like this does make you realize that man has left his mark on this world, for better or worse.

>> ^EMPIRE:

I've always had this doubt... All those lights from the cities, shown in the video... we can only see it so bright because the camera had a big exposure time right? If a person is looking down from the ISS with the naked eye, can it really see those lights?


The video brightness is probably enhanced because of camera settings, but city lights are easily visible to the eye from orbit.

It's called laser adaptive optics, they're using it to get more detailed images by taking into account (and correcting for) the distortion caused by the earth's atmosphere (the twinkling effect stars have). You can use a convenient marker star if there's on in the right spot, but the laser lets you do it even when there isn't.

@deathcow can probably point you at a better explanation if you're interested.
>> ^PlayhousePals:

Wonder what the intermittent laser light was for =oI

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