Wow, this brings me back! I remember my first Internet experience vividly. The ksssshhhhhhh, ding ding ding, of the modem. The excitement when it got through. As far as I remember, it was the RTE Aertel site we visited. Things ran so slow but the thought of being able to access a mass of information on the web was awesome. Oh the days!
Take a minute to watch this spectacular time lapse footage taken from the ISS. In this screenshot you can see the shape of Ireland and England. Interesting to see the concentration of light around the major cities, relative to the less densely light countryside. Each orbit of the ISS takes 90-93 minutes and there are approximately 16 orbits per day (24 hours). Just puts space and time into perspective for those of use on the ground! Many thanks to Fstoppers for the post. More at http://fstoppers.com/timelapse-from-space-will-leave-you-humbled
Credits:
Music: “Manhatta” composed & performed by “The Cinematic Orchestra”
All rights reserved to their respective owners.
Edited by: Bruce W. Berry
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth”
eol.jsc.nasa.gov
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/
nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
On the face of it, this looks like a pretty good alternative to Google Reader. Feedly gives you the option to import your Google Reader feeds straight off the bat.
Long Term Construction Time lapse Project
I’m just back from setting up another long(ish) term time lapse for a construction project. Everything went fine, apart from the obvious problem of having a patterned window to shoot through! A quick summary of the setup is as follows:
Some tips:
Instead of regurgitating the details of a time lapse configuration, I’m going to outline a few quick tips I found important for this particular setup.
I’ll follow this up with an explanation of the GB Timelapse software, and all going well, a sample from my first shoot.
Came across this really useful tool to tidy up my inbox. The good guys at Technolicious provide a set of instructions on how to filter out a good share of the, what I like to call “Optional” emails.
Check out the tutorial at http://goo.gl/igy1b
For those of you that are slightly mathematically challenged like me, you’ll find this little online application very handy indeed. I used it today to record a 30 second time lapse sequence at 25fps on my GoPro Hero 2. Here’s a sample from the final sequence.
Aw man - now this is the kind of gadget that comes by rarely enough. The DJI Quadcopter promises to be a serious contender in the aerial photography/video fields…and at a keen enough price of around 600 bucks. I’ll have one please!
Some shots from the Villages Calendar 2013 - a local initiative to raise funds for Castletown Kinneigh Community Centre. Available in local shops.
Photos by Colum and Shane Cronin
I want one of these! Looks like such a handy piece of kit - portable and flexible. Watch this space.
