Crater Lake: A Time Lapse.
This video was created by photographing 300 digital images with a Nikon D5300. The camera was set to record one image every nine seconds. I choose the interval based on watching the subject, in this case the clouds, move across the sky.
I enjoy time lapse photography as it allows me to set up my camera and then enjoy the view, talk to visitors on the rim at Crater Lake and other locations.
The Process
- Set up a sweet location for photography
- Focus
- Choose the proper shutter speed and aperture, consider depth of field
- Set camera to manual
- Shut off auto everything
- Set up Intervalometer, it helps to have a minimum of 200 images for a good time lapse
- Upload to Lightroom
- Edit and export images as jpegs – I photograph RAW files (Nikon NEF)
- Place images in a timeline in iMovie
- Set duration of each photo to .1 or .2 seconds
- Add transitions, titles and audio
- Export .mov and share
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Hello melanys12, I have also used Final Cut, but find iMovie works pretty well for simple edits. And it’s easy to share.
Very nice! I’ve never used iMovie. Now i need to try it out.