I got the timings wrong for this one, as it turned out. Had I run the sequence for another ten minutes it would have been rather spectacular. As it was, by the time I realised and tried to reset the P2, the moment had passed. Maybe next time. DarthSLR, comments welcome.

Still pretty nice. It's always hard to have the patience to let it run "forever"

Depp Posted at 2-9 23:10
Still pretty nice. It's always hard to have the patience to let it run "forever"

Hi Depp. Thanks. I've just been out to catch the dawn with the Mini1. Hovering at 100m I burned through one entire battery, so I'm hoping for good results when I edit

Very nice Mr B.   

DAFlys Posted at 2-10 00:40
Very nice Mr B.

Thanks David. I need to improve my timing - and get lucky with the cloud movements.

It's still really nice.    

DowntownRDB Posted at 2-10 03:40
It's still really nice.

Thanks mate

Blériot53 Posted at 2-10 00:27
Hi Depp. Thanks. I've just been out to catch the dawn with the Mini1. Hovering at 100m I burned through one entire battery, so I'm hoping for good results when I edit

Ah, I thought it was the P2.

Depp Posted at 2-10 07:40
Ah, I thought it was the P2.

Yes, you're right - this post was done with the P2 yesterday evening. My previous comment refers to this morning's flight of the Mini1

OK Blériot you've confused me but no matter what still interesting to see those clouds. That jet was he moving

Decent effort, how long were you filming for? I love seeing the clouds move across the sky.

very nice video

ShiuRao Posted at 2-10 21:39
very nice video

Thank you

sky wombat Posted at 2-10 16:47
OK Blériot you've confused me but no matter what still interesting to see those clouds. That jet was he moving

Haha yes.  Timelapse does have a time-warp effect doesn't it

ChrisJG Posted at 2-10 16:47
Decent effort, how long were you filming for? I love seeing the clouds move across the sky.

I set the P2 on its tripod and rigged it to run for 20 minutes. But I was a little early, and half-way through it became apparent I needed to change the camera angle. So that part was about ten minutes'worth.
I should have set it for 30 minutes. Live and learn

Blériot53 Posted at 2-10 01:27
Thanks David. I need to improve my timing - and get lucky with the cloud movements.

Im trying out an app called Skycandy to see how accurate it is at predicting nice sunsets. So far Ive not had any false positives from it.   But the nicest sky seems to be a good bit after sunset time.

DAFlys Posted at 2-11 00:44
Im trying out an app called Skycandy to see how accurate it is at predicting nice sunsets. So far Ive not had any false positives from it.   But the nicest sky seems to be a good bit after sunset time.

I read somewhere that it's due to the curvature of the earth and the speed of light. About 8.5 minutes' delay for light to reach us from the sun, so it actually disappears eight or nine minutes before we see it happen.  That messes with my mind a bit, I have to admit

Blériot53 Posted at 2-11 00:52
I read somewhere that it's due to the curvature of the earth and the speed of light. About 8.5 minutes' delay for light to reach us from the sun, so it actually disappears eight or nine minutes before we see it happen.  That messes with my mind a bit, I have to admit

Id assumed it was to do with the Rayleigh effect and light reflecting under the clouds.

DAFlys Posted at 2-11 00:59
Id assumed it was to do with the Rayleigh effect and light reflecting under the clouds.

I like that effect best (as per my Fiery Dawn post last week.)

Blériot53 Posted at 2-11 00:36
I set the P2 on its tripod and rigged it to run for 20 minutes. But I was a little early, and half-way through it became apparent I needed to change the camera angle. So that part was about ten minutes'worth.
I should have set it for 30 minutes. Live and learn

Amen. All good fun though, I set it up and use a little power bank to plug it into to keep the battery charged ; they deplete quickly in the cold.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-11 00:52
I read somewhere that it's due to the curvature of the earth and the speed of light. About 8.5 minutes' delay for light to reach us from the sun, so it actually disappears eight or nine minutes before we see it happen.  That messes with my mind a bit, I have to admit

Wait and till you learn about earthshine on the moon, you see the moon with light directly from the sun, but also with light that's reflected from the Earth onto the moon, those photons have a longer journey to hit your eyeballs, so ...

ChrisJG Posted at 2-11 05:13
Amen. All good fun though, I set it up and use a little power bank to plug it into to keep the battery charged ; they deplete quickly in the cold.

My P2 is fairly new. I reckon about 1 hour's worth of Timelapse @  1FPS should be doable. Judging by my earlier attempts.

ChrisJG Posted at 2-11 05:15
Wait and till you learn about earthshine on the moon, you see the moon with light directly from the sun, but also with light that's reflected from the Earth onto the moon, those photons have a longer journey to hit your eyeballs, so ...

A kind of visual Doppler effect

Blériot53 Posted at 2-11 07:29
A kind of visual Doppler effect

I think it was great - brief indeed - but great, and I think the powerbank idea is excellent

Droffarc Posted at 2-11 07:34
I think it was great - brief indeed - but great, and I think the powerbank idea is excellent

I think we have one somewhere for the mobile phones -s0 long as the output is compatible.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-10 03:54
Thanks mate

My pleasure.  

I certainly wouldn't classify this as a failure despite the timing mistakes, it still looks pretty breathtaking to me :-)

HGDC84 Posted at 2-13 12:42
I certainly wouldn't classify this as a failure despite the timing mistakes, it still looks pretty breathtaking to me :-)

Thank you. It's something to practice when the next sunny evening comes along

Blériot53 Posted at 2-13 14:04
Thank you. It's something to practice when the next sunny evening comes along

As they say, practice makes perfect. My Pocket 2 hasn't seen much use lately, but I do have an idea for a shot related to one of my hobbies, and I will wait and see if the local community college will get through with their plans for a photography course on March... :-)

HGDC84 Posted at 2-14 08:08
As they say, practice makes perfect. My Pocket 2 hasn't seen much use lately, but I do have an idea for a shot related to one of my hobbies, and I will wait and see if the local community college will get through with their plans for a photography course on March... :-)

Good luck

Blériot53 Posted at 2-14 08:20
Good luck

Thanks, that is always useful :-)

I like it.
How long was the actual capture?

Montfrooij Posted at 2-18 00:14
I like it.
How long was the actual capture?

This part was just ten minutes' worth.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-18 00:28
This part was just ten minutes' worth.

Ah yes. That explains it.
You can always set it much longer and stop the sequence when you think it is 'good enough'.

Montfrooij Posted at 2-18 00:37
Ah yes. That explains it.
You can always set it much longer and stop the sequence when you think it is 'good enough'.

I set a 20 minute exposure but the first half wasn't any good. So I just posted the second half.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-18 00:43
I set a 20 minute exposure but the first half wasn't any good. So I just posted the second half.

I usually just leave it on 2h or so.
And stop when I want to.

Montfrooij Posted at 2-18 01:03
I usually just leave it on 2h or so.
And stop when I want to.

Next time I'll try 30 minutes - but loitering there for such a long period of time raises a few eyebrows from pedestrians.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-18 01:09
Next time I'll try 30 minutes - but loitering there for such a long period of time raises a few eyebrows from pedestrians.

I know.
I try to find a place with a seat or something that I can set next to the tripod.

Montfrooij Posted at 2-18 01:10
I know.
I try to find a place with a seat or something that I can set next to the tripod.

I did one like that - then found my elbow kept appearing in the end result

Blériot53 Posted at 2-18 01:16
I did one like that - then found my elbow kept appearing in the end result

Whahahahahahahaha.
That is something you can prevent next time!
Don't let them rush you!