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Time Lapse Edit Critique

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homestar
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What do you guys think?  What could I have done better?




Dec 7 2011 5:54PM
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Rob.
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A couple things I'd suggest:

Find some movement other than clouds.
Look into LRTimelapse, or set your camera's settings on manual to prevent flicker.
Don't repeat shots of the same scene (I'm guessing a view near your house) unless they are very different or unique in some way. At least compose the shots differently.
Dec 7 2011 7:17PM
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homestar
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Thanks, LRTimelapse looks like it's going to be really helpful.
Dec 7 2011 7:37PM
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Justin.B
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seems like all your shots the clouds are moving unnaturally fast for a timelapse, unless that was the look you were going for
if not try shortening your interval time by a few seconds
Dec 8 2011 3:26AM
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*pbartram*
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As said before LRtimelapse is a must in my opinion. Also some of the clips looked a bit jumpy not sure why, what fps did you set it to? Also maybe add some movement in there, makes it look more professional in my opinion. Other than that it was good and I enjoyed it.
Dec 8 2011 4:56AM
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hollygrove
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Find more interesting composition/locations. Most of the were pretty grey, stagnant, trees/clouds. Keep in mind that when you're makign a timelapse you're shooting a lot of pictures, which is what will ultimately kill the life of your camera. Just something to think about, the shutter will die, so make every shutter count and shoot some sweet stuff that you'll be down to use! I think like the chairlift one, composition and subject were great. Keep it up, and shoot your scene's carefully to make the most of it!
Dec 8 2011 12:09PM
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*pbartram*
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Although you are correct in saying that timelapses will vastly increase shutter count and therefore wear down the shutter, the average canon camera shutter has a life span of around 250,000 shots. So unless your doing 2 or three timelapses every day its not a huge problem.
Dec 8 2011 7:33PM
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hollygrove
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250,000? Nah man, pretty sure T2i's are clocking in at 80,000 - 100,000 average shutter life (You can always just replace the shutter for a few hundred bucks.) Sometimes they last way longer, I used to have an Xti and it had an average life span of 50,000 but mine kept kicking until about 130,000.
Dec 8 2011 8:42PM
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*pbartram*
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250,000 is just what ive heard. Apparently thats what canon claims it lasts
Dec 9 2011 7:00PM
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