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 12/31/2007 03:44:44 PM · #1
I have no idea what the heck time lapse is or how it can be captured in one shot for the upcoming member challenge.

Anyone care to elabourate and/or offer up examples?

thanks in advance!
 12/31/2007 03:48:31 PM · #2
Time lapse is using multiple photos to illustrate an event that occurs over a period of time:



Read description for details.
 12/31/2007 03:50:43 PM · #3
Word. I read the description but didn't get it.

Wow! This is be a hard challenge to do for me. Thanks for the post.

How do you put it all together?

Message edited by author 2007-12-31 15:51:09.
 12/31/2007 03:51:03 PM · #4
This is discussed at length in the announcement thread (and several others that popped up in the last 24 hours). We're trying to keep it to one thread.

Eh, OK... it's unlocked for the sake of discussing the current challenge, but I suspect it'll wind up being more about the rules than the topic itself.

Message edited by author 2007-12-31 16:41:29.
 12/31/2007 04:48:23 PM · #5
Ok, thanks for the unlock.

How are these shot put together? I am using PS.

Layers & masking? Some help please! I have a good idea but am unsure how to string it all together.
 12/31/2007 05:04:29 PM · #6
Layers and masking would be the simplest way to do it, yes.

For that moon shot, I'd assume that stacking layers in lighten mode would work, but would certainly afford you less control.
 12/31/2007 05:07:57 PM · #7
I have a very similar confusion I guess.

So are you looking for 12 shots that are all exposed properly? Or are you looking for 12 shots that when combined equal the correct exposure.

Example with 10 shots since I'm lazy and don't want a calculator:
Correct exposure - 20 seconds @ f/8
For time lapse - 10 shots which are set to 2 seconds each @ f/8

If the second case is true, this means that the background would be exposed correctly, but the subject might be underexposed.

I'm so confused!
 12/31/2007 05:14:00 PM · #8
Originally posted by mjwood0:
I have a very similar confusion I guess.

So are you looking for 12 shots that are all exposed properly? Or are you looking for 12 shots that when combined equal the correct exposure.

Example with 10 shots since I'm lazy and don't want a calculator:
Correct exposure - 20 seconds @ f/8
For time lapse - 10 shots which are set to 2 seconds each @ f/8

If the second case is true, this means that the background would be exposed correctly, but the subject might be underexposed.

I'm so confused!


I'm not really sure but I am guessing that both scenarios would work depending on what kind of final effect you wre looking for.

If you were trying to go for a flat look, than one exposure carried over for all 20 shots. BTW, you are only allowed up to 10 shots under the new rules.

If you were going for HDR look, than the exposures would differ from one shot to the other about a F stop +- for each.

Anyone more adept at answering this one give this a crack?
 12/31/2007 05:17:44 PM · #9
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We can't do this in advanced, but it's the same principle. The lighting/exposure is the same on each shot.. all "correct" exposure.

Each frame, three in all, the subject (me) moved in the frame. In photoshop, each frame was placed on a layer and through layer masks, each me was allowed to be seen.

It's quite easy if you keep exposure and white balance consistent.

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The biggest tip I can give is definitely use manual exposure and white balance controls. You will make your PP work sooo much easier.
 12/31/2007 05:23:50 PM · #10
I can't wait to vote 100% on this challenge. Yep, all 3 entries! :)
 12/31/2007 05:24:25 PM · #11
BTW, you certainly could divide the exposure among the shots if that would give the effect you wanted. PP, ofcourse, would be different and would probably use different layer blending modesand less masks.

Edit: you could get the same effect with multiple correct exposures, too.

Message edited by author 2007-12-31 17:27:09.
 12/31/2007 05:34:27 PM · #12
Here is a timelapse that I did with still photography and then put it together....!

Time Lapse
 12/31/2007 05:37:16 PM · #13
Originally posted by Judi:
Here is a timelapse that I did with still photography and then put it together....!

Time Lapse


Word! I saw this when you first posted. Pretty amazing! Not sure I got that kinda skill in my arsenal tho~ :P

Man! That was hard to admit! Gonna go crawl under a rock now.
 12/31/2007 05:39:24 PM · #14
I just attempted to set a camera up to take 5 pictures, one every 12 seconds, starting at 23.59, all superimposed.
Happy new year :-)
Ahem, which might have worked better if the camera wasn't set to summertime *blush*

Message edited by author 2007-12-31 18:11:11.
 12/31/2007 05:39:41 PM · #15
Originally posted by Judi:
Here is a timelapse that I did with still photography and then put it together....!

Time Lapse

I like that one a lot, judi! Well done. Also, I find myself compulsively dancing to the soundtrack! Oh yeah uh huh mm mm - yeah, I got some moves. :)
 12/31/2007 05:44:40 PM · #16
I haven't got a clue how to do this. But according to Art, if I enter anyways I'll get 4th place!
 12/31/2007 05:49:30 PM · #17
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Judi:
Here is a timelapse that I did with still photography and then put it together....!

Time Lapse

I like that one a lot, judi! Well done. Also, I find myself compulsively dancing to the soundtrack! Oh yeah uh huh mm mm - yeah, I got some moves. :)

Why do I hear Ken yodeling in my head? GOT OUT OF THERE DAGNABIT!

Yo-di-lay. Yo-di-lay. Yo-di-lay-yo-di-lay-yo-di-he-whoooooo!
 12/31/2007 05:51:32 PM · #18
Originally posted by hipychik:
I haven't got a clue how to do this. But according to Art, if I enter anyways I'll get 4th place!

You can take dat to da bank! Yo-Yo-Yo-di-lay. Yo-di-lay. Yo-di-lay-yo-di-lay-yo-di-he-whoooooo!
 12/31/2007 09:04:54 PM · #19
Oh my poor, poor ears!!
 12/31/2007 09:22:52 PM · #20
Went out today and taught myself how to do one of these with PSElements ... pretty nifty trick. I've got a placeholder entered now, and guaranteed the red so long as no one else enters! ;>P

Now its off to celebrate new years here on the left coast. Happy Trails everyone.
 12/31/2007 09:41:29 PM · #21
I alwys thought that time lapse had to be done in camera setting the camera to take one photo every so many seconds/minutes? photo shop? I dont believe it the things one learns on this site Wow
 12/31/2007 10:09:50 PM · #22
Originally posted by kiwinick:
I alwys thought that time lapse had to be done in camera setting the camera to take one photo every so many seconds/minutes? photo shop? I dont believe it the things one learns on this site Wow


Here is a tutorial to help you...but remember....it has to be of a motion subject...not separate, planned placements of a subject.

Mutliple Personality Editing Tutorial by levy413
 01/01/2008 09:24:37 AM · #23
Anyone else have any examples?
 01/01/2008 09:35:03 AM · #24
Originally posted by hipychik:
Anyone else have any examples?


I have one on my website, but it has a different form -animated gif- so it's not suited for a challenge on DPC. I did have a still of it in the Transition challenge though. This challenge was actually the inspiration for the project.

The animated gif

My 'Transitions' entry


01/01/2008 11:37:19 AM · #25
Originally posted by Judi:
Here is a timelapse that I did with still photography and then put it together....!

Time Lapse


Absolutely amazing piece of work Judi but it does not comply with the rules so does not really apply as a valid example as the entry must be a .jpg (as in a single still image for an end result to enter). Neither does levi413's tutorial for the reason you mention. HOWEVER, Levy413's tutorial just MIGHT work if the subject was NATURALLY moving from place to place, methinks. As maybe a poor example, say you just put your camera pointed at the couch and side chair and your cat was in the habit of finding diffent comfortable places to park it's butt on the couch and chair over a period of time, and you captured it and used Levy413 layering/masking methods. That might qualify for an appropriate naturally moving subject by the scorers or DPC judges. *shrug*. I don't know. I am more here to touch on possible methods and ideas for the challenge not to pretend to know what may or may not be deemed DQ-able or scored low.

An example of what might qualify IMO is a camera put on a tripod during the recent lunar eclipse with the shutter opened every 10 minutes or so. My lunar exclipse collage would not qualify as (although you cannot tell with a totally black background) the frame was not kept the same as I followed the moon and I edited and repositioned the moon captures to make them a consistant distance from each other). Many examples of the most recent eclipse where the frame WAS kept the same (with background scenery (trees and/or mountains and/or buildings and/or horizon) remaining stationary). Some of these images can be found on the internet by a quick image search of obvious keywords. Of course, strangeghost's image is such an example of a fixed frame time lapse merged series that would qualify for this challenge. Unfortunately I do not believe that there are any lunar eclipses predicted during this challenge.

Another image that would have been suitable to this challenge (as I suggested on the Team Suck Oasis thread) would have been up to 10 images of fireworks on New Year's Eve all merged together to make it look like the most incredible grand finale display of all time. I unfortunately was not able to be close enough to a fireworks display on New Year's Eve to have other than a very tiny much obstructed view.

Another example would be (say) a ball bouncing from one side of a room to the other hit with strobe lights to catch it every 1/4 second or so as to freeze it and show its path (one frame) or done with available light and with a camera that can capture a frame every 1/4 second or so.

I am not sure whether one LONG exposure capturing the flowing waters of say a rapids or a waterfall (or a LONG exposure of headlights and tailights of a busy roadway, or interchange) would qualify as a time-lapse shot or would be considered just a "LONG exposure" (we have had that challenge before). By searching the internet, I have found that many consider such a long exposure time-lapse photography.

These are some ideas that came to my mind and I hope they help spur your imagination. Would anyone else like to share methods or subjects or situations that they think might be valid for this challenge?

I personally think that there will be a LOT more than three entries for this challenge. I think that prediction underestimates the versatility of the photographers on this site. Note that there were 82 entries in the HDR challenge which is even a more esoteric concept than time lapse.

(edited to add strangeghost's eclipse example thumbnail)

me

Message edited by author 2008-01-01 11:56:27.
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