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By Andrew, January 19, 2012 10:12 pm

A short night sky time-lapse GIF-a-mation

Last night the power was out for over four hours in West Dover. After I used up the last of the energy in my UPS unit I had to find something else to do with the evening.

Since the power was off in the village the street lights were off as well. This created an interesting opportunity for some excellent wintertime backyard astronomy.

I used a flashlight to locate my camera gear and tripod. Once I had my tripod set up outside I changed the lens on my Canon DSLR camera to an 8mm Peleng circular fisheye lens. The Peleng lens is a lot of fun because it takes extremely wide angle photos. I set my Canon D60 camera to bulb mode and programmed my Canon TC80-N3 intervalometer to capture 90 second long exposures. In all I ran the camera for 45 minutes in the cold weather and captured 28 long exposure images before the batteries died. I think it is cool that the Peleng lens has such a wide field of view that it also caught the headlights of cars driving by on the highway.

This image is a stack of 20 photos @ 90 seconds each.

For the 26 image composite I used the maximum image stacking mode in Photoshop along with dark frame subtraction.

This image is a single 90 second exposure that shows Orion's Belt low on the horizon.

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By Andrew, September 2, 2011 6:13 pm

This is a cloud time-lapse sequence filmed in West Dover, Nova Scotia. To record the time-lapse photos I used a Canon Powershot SD780IS camera with CHDK and the countdown intervalometer script. The song is "El naixement de les flors" by Roger Subirana Mata.

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By Andrew, July 13, 2011 9:01 pm

This is a time-lapse recording of a thunder and lightning storm. The video was created from a series of long exposure photos and compiled into an image sequence. To capture the time-lapse sequence a Canon Powershot SD780IS camera was used with CHDK and the Countdown Intervalometer script. The audio track was recorded separately.

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By Andrew, June 9, 2011 10:37 am

This is a time-lapse of bamboo growing over 5 hours in my uncle's garden in East Dover, Nova Scotia. It is really amazing how much the bamboo shoots grow each day! It was recorded using CHDK on a Canon Powershot SD780IS Camera with the Countdown Intervalometer script and a Canon ACK-DC10 AC wall power adapter.

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By Andrew, May 11, 2011 1:58 pm

A short time-lapse clip of a morning sunrise over West Dover, Nova Scotia.

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By Andrew, March 27, 2011 8:58 pm

This is a time-lapse of shadows passing under an apple tree. It was filmed in West Dover, Nova Scotia over the course of a day. To create the time-lapse 1400 frames were captured, with a 15 second interval between photos, over a 10 hour period. A TC80-N3 intervalometer was used to control a Canon EOS D60 DSLR camera. The song is “What is Love” by Van Syla.