After seeing Quadkid's time-lapse, i decided to give it a try. This is what i learned. 1. TURN OFF LIGHTS. 2. PUT YOUR BIRD IN TRIPOD MODE. 3. USE AN ND FILTER. 4. MOVE THE DRONE FOWARD AND NOT HOVER. 5. TIME-LAPSE CAN BE DIFFICULT. 6. IT TAKES A LOT OF PHOTO'S TO MAKE ONE. 7. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO EDIT. 8. PRACTICE, PRACTICE PRACTICE AND PRACTICE.

Awesome Video.. Keep it up!

The sky looked real cool there buddy. This is something I have not played with yet.

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 07:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpmMolu9vRg

Nice work. Indeed it can be difficult to shoot a timelapse with a drone as the biggest premise with timelapse photography is that the camera is solidly stationary for the duration of the shots.

Did you shoot in raw?  

Nice sky..

DJI Gamora Posted at 2018-6-13 09:02
Awesome Video.. Keep it up!

Thank you.
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Suren Posted at 2018-6-13 09:03
The sky looked real cool there buddy. This is something I have not played with yet.

I'm hoping to try again tonight.

seanie2322 Posted at 2018-6-13 09:10
Nice work. Indeed it can be difficult to shoot a timelapse with a drone as the biggest premise with timelapse photography is that the camera is solidly stationary for the duration of the shots.

Did you shoot in raw?

Yes I did shoot in Raw. I got a lot of movement even thought the wind was blowing 6mph.

mickongen Posted at 2018-6-13 09:15
Nice sky..

Thank you.

4. MOVE THE DRONE FOWARD AND NOT HOVER.

Is that for purpose of giving Time-Lapse a change in perspective?  Like watching a plant grow bigger, while backing away?

HedgeTrimmer Posted at 2018-6-13 16:16
4. MOVE THE DRONE FOWARD AND NOT HOVER.

Is that for purpose of giving Time-Lapse a change in perspective?  Like watching a plant grow bigger, while backing away?

. With all the moving I had in the hovering attempt, I figured not moving  is where I went wrong. Seanie2322 said stationary is the way to go. So I will give it a few more tries, to see if I can get that plant to grow and blossom .  

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 17:14
. With all the moving I had in the hovering attempt, I figured not moving  is where I went wrong. Seanie2322 said stationary is the way to go. So I will give it a few more tries, to see if I can get that plant to grow and blossom .

Thanks, I was trying to understand purpose.

HedgeTrimmer Posted at 2018-6-13 17:16
Thanks, I was trying to understand purpose.

This is my very first go around. What would you suggest?

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 17:17
This is my very first go around. What would you suggest?

No suggestions.  Was asking for understanding, and inspiration.

HedgeTrimmer Posted at 2018-6-13 17:23
No suggestions.  Was asking for understanding, and inspiration.

Ok. Was hoping you had some tips for me.

I have made a lot of timelapses, but so far never with the MP.
But you have sparked something here.
I will give it a go.
I did notice the text moving around. Did you apply stabilization (possibly from youtube) after rendering it?
Also it looks like you jump back in time after a few seconds.

Still good try and very hard to shoot this.
What settings did you use?

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-6-13 22:41
I have made a lot of timelapses, but so far never with the MP.
But you have sparked something here.
I will give it a go.

Thanks Monty. I missed a few frames in the fit to frame process. left on Ken Burns.

Shot in Raw. -1-1-0  

1 pic every 5 sec.

I think was a bit much. 266 pic in just over 25 mins.

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 23:21
Thanks Monty. I missed a few frames in the fit to frame process. left on Ken Burns.

Shot in Raw. -1-1-0  

Ah ok!
A lot of (hard) work, but it can be worth it.

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-6-13 22:41
I have made a lot of timelapses, but so far never with the MP.
But you have sparked something here.
I will give it a go.

Tried youtube stabilization but was little help.

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-6-13 23:24
Ah ok!
A lot of (hard) work, but it can be worth it.

I agree. But I will be trying it again

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 23:24
Tried youtube stabilization but was little help.

Yes, I can see that by the moving letters (youtube stabilization does that....)
What editor do you use?

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 23:26
I agree. But I will be trying it again

Practice makes perfect!

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 07:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpmMolu9vRg

Good video - thanks for sharing.

Nice Job Woe, sunsets are difficult, may I suggest alway shoot in manual mode using the first frame as you base setting for the entire series. You will always get some movement as the drone compensates for Lat/Lon lock and any wind. Once you have your finished product, create the video, stabilize and render it, then stabilize it again and render, this will help, doing it more than twice typically will not have any advantage. Remember the shorter the interval the smoother the time lapse. You are restricted if you are shooting in RAW as the P3 series and MP series write speed is only 60Mbs whereas the P4 series & MA are 100Mbs which will allow shorter intervals.

nice sky .  I've done the time lapse video with DSLR camera but have never tried to create one with drone.  

an other way , not really a timelapse is fly in between 2 waypoints(very slow) and record video, then speedup the video 3x- 3.5x times  in your edit program, looks the same but no stabilization errors, here some other ways

Jos A Posted at 2018-6-14 01:35
an other way , not really a timelapse is fly in between 2 waypoints(very slow) and record video, then speedup the video 3x- 3.5x times  in your edit program, looks the same but no stabilization errors, here some other ways
https://youtu.be/CkDh4fJxieQ?list=PLf-mASi2dNrX1mIGSdFD4zfkCvWoZcwS3

Thanks for the detailed description!

Jos A Posted at 2018-6-14 01:35
an other way , not really a timelapse is fly in between 2 waypoints(very slow) and record video, then speedup the video 3x- 3.5x times  in your edit program, looks the same but no stabilization errors, here some other ways
https://youtu.be/CkDh4fJxieQ?list=PLf-mASi2dNrX1mIGSdFD4zfkCvWoZcwS3

Thank you so much for the Video.The last possibility of WayPoints was new to me.

But I have another question. I tried to do a time-lapse some time ago.

For the time-lapse, I kept the slider pressed to the left all the time.
Is there any way to do this automatically?
When I fly with WayPoints, the MavicPro always turns in this direction, but I want it to fly sideways, as in my example video.

Jos A Posted at 2018-6-14 01:35
an other way , not really a timelapse is fly in between 2 waypoints(very slow) and record video, then speedup the video 3x- 3.5x times  in your edit program, looks the same but no stabilization errors, here some other ways
https://youtu.be/CkDh4fJxieQ?list=PLf-mASi2dNrX1mIGSdFD4zfkCvWoZcwS3

Thanks for this!

Woe Posted at 2018-6-13 07:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpmMolu9vRg

WTF wow I have never looked at that mode on the Mavic wow the sky looked excellent looked like water, loved the vid thanks for sharing

Beautiful work there buddy, fabulous sky, loved it. A lot of hard work paid off in my opinion. Superb.

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-6-13 23:39
Yes, I can see that by the moving letters (youtube stabilization does that....)
What editor do you use?

iMovie  for now.

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-6-13 23:40
Practice makes perfect!

Looks like it's going to take a lot of practice

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-6-13 23:47
Good video - thanks for sharing.

Thanks David.

QuadKid Posted at 2018-6-14 00:09
Nice Job Woe, sunsets are difficult, may I suggest alway shoot in manual mode using the first frame as you base setting for the entire series. You will always get some movement as the drone compensates for Lat/Lon lock and any wind. Once you have your finished product, create the video, stabilize and render it, then stabilize it again and render, this will help, doing it more than twice typically will not have any advantage. Remember the shorter the interval the smoother the time lapse. You are restricted if you are shooting in RAW as the P3 series and MP series write speed is only 60Mbs whereas the P4 series & MA are 100Mbs which will allow shorter intervals.

Thank you Quadkid. I did shoot manual mode, I just forgot to turn off the lights. I will take this advice and see what I come up with. Thanks buddy

Jason WAI Posted at 2018-6-14 00:44
nice sky .  I've done the time lapse video with DSLR camera but have never tried to create one with drone.

It was very interesting and intriguing.

Jos A Posted at 2018-6-14 01:35
an other way , not really a timelapse is fly in between 2 waypoints(very slow) and record video, then speedup the video 3x- 3.5x times  in your edit program, looks the same but no stabilization errors, here some other ways
https://youtu.be/CkDh4fJxieQ?list=PLf-mASi2dNrX1mIGSdFD4zfkCvWoZcwS3

Thank you for this.

Jakob Kühne Posted at 2018-6-14 04:58
Thank you so much for the Video.The last possibility of WayPoints was new to me.

But I have another question. I tried to do a time-lapse some time ago.

Cool

Exib Posted at 2018-6-14 05:15
WTF wow I have never looked at that mode on the Mavic wow the sky looked excellent looked like water, loved the vid thanks for sharing

Thank you