If I had to guess (and by looking at their website) this was shot with a camera that costs less than most of our bikes. Truly amazing work! Thanks for posting Francois.
As I watched the first seconds of the video I groaned at the panning time lapse video and thought how cliched/templated outdoor videos on vimeo seem to be. Somewhere along the way I got over it and wondered if it was a commercial for MSR instead. :-)
Anyone know how the long exposure but moving stars are done at 1m17s or 3m19s? Is the motion (blur) effect from compositing the time lapse images digitally? I haven't done any seriously long exposures on my D-SLR, and can't get my head around how you'd get the blur in camera, yet maintain the time laps motion.
Anyone know how the long exposure but moving stars are done at 1m17s or 3m19s? Is the motion (blur) effect from compositing the time lapse images digitally? I haven't done any seriously long exposures on my D-SLR, and can't get my head around how you'd get the blur in camera, yet maintain the time laps motion.
If you read the comments on the vimeo page, a lot of people are asking that same question, how they achieved those shots of the stars "smearing". Some were suggesting that it was done in After Effects or something similar but the company didn't say.
I thought it was a commercial for MSR too. The music was a bit overly dramatic for my taste but I definitely respect the amount of time and effort that went into making something like that. There are a ton of DSLR time lapse videos on vimeo and that is definitely one of the best I've seen to date.
Here it is. The production by our very own Genshammer aka Lieutenant. Dangle. He lives in San Diego now but came up to animate the singlespeed cross race and this video.
If I had to guess (and by looking at their website) this was shot with a camera that costs less than most of our bikes..
and you'd be wrong
Here is Ben Canales -National Geographic award winner and photographer of the (famous) Crater Lake shot seen @ ~2:45 on that vid. I also suspect that many 'lapses' in that vid are his as well - which use EXPENSIVE tracking equipment on gimbals.
In the 'beginner' vid below, I can see over $5k worth of gear...
Here it is. The production by our very own Genshammer aka Lieutenant. Dangle. He lives in San Diego now but came up to animate the singlespeed cross race and this video.
Reppin Homebrewed Components chainrings, I see.
and a shout out to East Zayante, a local roadie favorite.
Here it is. The production by our very own Genshammer aka Lieutenant. Dangle. He lives in San Diego now but came up to animate the singlespeed cross race and this video.
"HELL NO! You better lose that Singulator Chief!"
Props for working in a Sheldon Brown reference, too!
I've no idea what head he has on his tripod, or what the state of the art is, but a motorized panning head needn't break the bank, and there are plenty of homebrew ways to make something like a Manfrottto 303 turn.
A Canon 5D2 body is only ~$2300 these days. I know he said his max aperture was f2, which at least on Canon wide lenses would rule out it being an L-series lens, and make it a $300-500 lens max.
I'm a bit surprised he wouldn't know why a lens would focus beyond infinity. In my experience the Nikon lenses I used growing up (so all film based, passed down from my dad) all focused beyond infinity.
I do think it's an impressive video and would like to emulate some of the shots. I haven't taken a long exposure of the stars in at least two decades, and am hoping it's easier with a DSLR than it was with a film camera (open the shutter, go to sleep, hope you wake up before the shot is ruined).
Originally Posted by highdelll
and you'd be wrong
Here is Ben Canales -National Geographic award winner and photographer of the (famous) Crater Lake shot seen @ ~2:45 on that vid. I also suspect that many 'lapses' in that vid are his as well - which use EXPENSIVE tracking equipment on gimbals.
In the 'beginner' vid below, I can see over $5k worth of gear...
Here is Ben Canales -National Geographic award winner and photographer of the (famous) Crater Lake shot seen @ ~2:45 on that vid. I also suspect that many 'lapses' in that vid are his as well - which use EXPENSIVE tracking equipment on gimbals.
In the 'beginner' vid below, I can see over $5k worth of gear...
ubercool, thanks for sharing that, I remembered my first xmas bike under the tree xmas morning and just how that One gift has been such a blessing for me though-out my life
Here it is. The production by our very own Genshammer aka Lieutenant. Dangle. He lives in San Diego now but came up to animate the singlespeed cross race and this video.
LOL hilarious! I like the Reno 9-1-1 getup!
one by nine works just fine but single speed is all ya need
playing with the gopro on my fascinating morning ride.
no easy way to ask...crotch cam? err, pov? By the way, admire your ability to converse with MP without coughing "******bag" at the end of every sentence.
my son now 'fits' in his FF....riding a pump track complete with 'VROOM VROOM' moto noises....
he's gonna be better than me by age 5
Chum - That is sweet! He is already better than me. Great video.
I am looking for a small pump track like this to take my 4 year old to. Do you now of anything like the track in the video over in the SJ / LG area? I've been trying to talk a friend of mine into using some of his (unused) backyard over near Los Gatos... but neither of us have enough time to do all the digging.
Cool lil' tune by these fine young people...perhaps this has made it's rounds though:
Certainly you’ve heard of the late great Michael Hedges before, yes? One man doing the work of many on one six-string guitar. His nickname was The Guitarist from Another Planet.
one by nine works just fine but single speed is all ya need
Got the pleasure of helping arrest and then walking this young man to his jail cell! Was a pretty good day and the wonders of technology helped nab this d-bag.
Got the pleasure of helping arrest and then walking this young man to his jail cell! Was a pretty good day and the wonders of technology helped nab this d-bag.
Got the pleasure of helping arrest and then walking this young man to his jail cell! Was a pretty good day and the wonders of technology helped nab this d-bag.
This guy slams is legs into a cliff he barley clears, besides spending time in the hospital I'm sure it took a while to get the stains out of his shorts
This guy slams is legs into a cliff he barley clears, besides spending time in the hospital I'm sure it took a while to get the stains out of his shorts
The greatest daredevil of all is lucky to be alive. 5 weeks bed-ridden. I heard he stood up yesterday.