Time Lapse Videos

[viper1990]

I'm not a professional photographer/videographer. But i guess i've just found another super fun hobby anyone could do! One would require lots of patients and a little pinch of creativity! Its really fun watching movement that the human eye won't be able to capture. Speed up motions such as moving clouds, sunrise, sunset and flowers blooming.

I'm using a low end digital camera to do the recordings. The J27 Fujiflilm digital camera ,with 640x480 res. I'm sure most of you out there having DSLR cameras have a function to set shuttle speeds (Captures 1 picture per second).Which is good for making time lapse videos in high quality!

What i did was to aim at something i would like to capture. Place camera on tripod and resist the temptation to touch it for a couple of hours. Take video file and use WindowMovieMaker to speed up the video. Depending on what video was captured, there's an optimum speed to set so the video won't be too slow and boring or too fast and eyesore. Example 16x is good for capturing snails crawling, 32x is good for watching the clouds move across the sky, 64x to see the sun sets or rises. Even 150x to watch the caterpillar turn itself into a cacoon!

So forumers out there! Do capture some time lapse videos and post here for sharing. I'll start the ball rolling! , here are my time lapse video i made during the past few days.

Time Lapse of clouds outside my window
Time factor: 32x
Time taken: 12pm to 1pm


Time Lapse of cars at night
Time factor: 16x
Time taken: 7pm to 7:30pm


Time lapse of Floravale Swimming Pool Singapore
Time factor: 16x
Time taken: 4:30pm to 5:30pm

[edmond22]

Well done!

Very nice Viper,

Good choice of music there, I especially liked the first video, very relaxing to watch.

I would like to share a similar time laspe video with you that was done by a student of a Uni in UK. When I chanced upon it, It brought back many good memories of my time spent there.

[Nicholas]

LOL edmond! the third video cracked me up! damn funny, looks like many of those water skippers in a pool of water

Nice videos! you should go camp at changi at night man...

[MacDream]

Nice... I once did a science project with my son, time lapse video of crystal growth.. Got a crystal growing set from Science Center, set up a video cam on tripod and tape it over 1 week.. I forgot to account for changing light. the video came out unsatisfactory, nevertheless, it was an interesting project.

[pilot_bear]

great job.

[mh3400]

any video of stars ?

[edmond22]

any video of stars ?

I like this one best. You can see the Milky way very clearly, always an awesome thing to witness.

[viper1990]

Very nice Viper,

Good choice of music there, I especially liked the first video, very relaxing to watch.

I would like to share a similar time laspe video with you that was done by a student of a Uni in UK. When I chanced upon it, It brought back many good memories of my time spent there.

Thanks edmond

I like those time lapse videos that are placed infront of a vehicle travelling around, who's up for attempting to make a time lapse video from singapore to genting?

Anyway i've done one more Time Lapse video on clouds. A compilation of all my clouds video.

This is done by me


And here are some videos to share i found on the internet:

Time Lapse crystal


A guy who take picture of himself every 2 days for 17years


Time Lapse of ants eating a gecko!

[fudge2k85]

Wow.... Fantastic works!

[mh3400]

I like this one best. You can see the Milky way very clearly, always an awesome thing to witness.

thanks bro, very nice..........

[viper1990]

A new time lapse video i made, a time lapse of a lavalamp! Watch the wax go up and and down , bloop! bloop!

[etman]

Very interesting and creative, subscribed!

Please share how you power your timelapse system, camera, shutter control and all.

[viper1990]

i make time lapse video the unprofessional way! I do not use frame by frame capture. Instead i video down the whole process and video edit it to speed up the video. It looks simple and it is simple! If you are interested in time lapse photograph (which i am) go search some websites on googles about capturing time lapse videos! Lots of websites out there to guide you along.

http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/ultimate-guide-to-time-lapse-photography/

http://www.skytimelapse.com/storefront/

The camera is not running on battries as it will drain my battery everytime i want to make a timelapse video! So i connect to a power source.

In the picture attached:

1)I just place my digital camera on a mini tripod to capture the scene
2)Upload video file on computer
3)Edit it to speed up the video
4)Upload on youtube!

[etman]

Oh I see. Very simple indeed. It would limit the video capture time frame to memory card size or battery power or max video file size. Maybe max 1 hour?

I thought you used the camera's timelapse interval shooting function which would wake up the camera every how many sec/min and take a shot and go to sleep.

Difficulty is maintaining the camera in that same position undisturbed especially if done outdoors and for long duration.

[viper1990]

Leaving the camera at one position without touching is simple, Just make sure others around the house know you're making time lapse video! Anyway yep, you're right, the duration of my video is limited to it's memory card space which is up to 1 hour of video time. So if i do have to take a 4hour video, i will need to manually remind myself to click the button again! . After all mine is just a simple digital camera!