Air 2s sunrise timelapse jan 12 2022

[sarimento1]

short clip, air2s at 300ft, breeze, ground level, about 12mph.
timed single shots at 10 sec, auto everything.
total elapsed shooting time about 17 minutes.
processed in LR and LRTimelapse.
a little help from adobe 'auto align layers'.
will try again sometime in hopes a bit more color.

 

[OkDrone]

Very nice. I have been waiting for the same look in my sky's sunrise to shoot. Did the 17 minutes exhaust your battery?

 

[Bufface]

I would suggest drastically lowering the shot interval from 10 seconds to 2.

Then you will get a good 20 second video clip at 25fps.

Your clip is about 5fps.

Only reason to use 10 second interval is if you want a really short and fast clip. 17 minute flight with a 10 second interval would have given you a clip of 4 seconds at 25 fps

 

[Wumpus_NJ]

Another suggestion - raise the gimbal so you get more sky and less ground (usually nothing happening so early on ground).

Below is a link to a sunrise timelapse from about a month ago. This one was made with my Mini2 from a series of 5-second exposures, gimbal pitch @+10degrees, altitude 180 feet, a bit chilly @32°F (ground temp), winds light @3-5mph (@180 feet). Video created in DaVinci Resolve.

Sunrise timelapse on a frosty morning.

 

[Dale D]

short clip, air2s at 300ft, breeze, ground level, about 12mph.
timed single shots at 10 sec, auto everything.
total elapsed shooting time about 17 minutes.
processed in LR and LRTimelapse.
a little help from adobe 'auto align layers'.
will try again sometime in hopes a bit more color.

So at an interval of 10 seconds, that equals 6 frames per minute. Multiply 6 fpm x 17 minute=102 frames. At 24 frame per second frame rate, 102 divided by 24= about 4.2 second show. I would try to vary the intervals. Try 2 or 3 seconds to slow down the jerkiness. You will definite have to take more shots, but at interval of 2 seconds=30 frame a minute x 17 minutes flying time=510 frames divided by 24 (frame rate) = 21.5 second show, and you can alter that speed in post. I use LR timelapse 5.8. You could fly lower to lessen buffeting winds at about 150 feet.

Dale

 

[Marco Cantieni]

short clip, air2s at 300ft, breeze, ground level, about 12mph.
timed single shots at 10 sec, auto everything.
total elapsed shooting time about 17 minutes.
processed in LR and LRTimelapse.
a little help from adobe 'auto align layers'.
will try again sometime in hopes a bit more color.

Impressive cloud movement and colors!

 

[sarimento1]

So at an interval of 10 seconds, that equals 6 frames per minute. Multiply 6 fpm x 17 minute=102 frames. At 24 frame per second frame rate, 102 divided by 24= about 4.2 second show. I would try to vary the intervals. Try 2 or 3 seconds to slow down the jerkiness. You will definite have to take more shots, but at interval of 2 seconds=30 frame a minute x 17 minutes flying time=510 frames divided by 24 (frame rate) = 21.5 second show, and you can alter that speed in post. I use LR timelapse 5.8. You could fly lower to lessen buffeting winds at about 150 feet.

Dale

Thanks for the good thoughts, Doc!
Indeed, I use LRT5.8 (a bit reluctant to jump to LRT6 and relearn everything).
This shoot was a 'first time' for a timelapse from the drone, so it was a bit experimental.
BTW, always enjoy your video projects!

 

[sarimento1]

here's another sunrise timelapse attempt from this past Wednesday.
3 sec intervals, about 370 shots, also auto everything.
altho very slight breeze, the resulting frames still needed alignment.
that's where my photoshop program froze; the only solution for me was to shorten the stack to 270 frames.
i suppose i'm bouncing against the limits of my computer despite 64gb ram.

 

[Bufface]

here's another sunrise timelapse attempt from this past Wednesday.
3 sec intervals, about 370 shots, also auto everything.
altho very slight breeze, the resulting frames still needed alignment.
that's where my photoshop program froze; the only solution for me was to shorten the stack to 270 frames.
i suppose i'm bouncing against the limits of my computer despite 64gb ram.

I think you need to use a dedicated video editor.

Photoshop is designed for still images,

Not sure photoshop can handle that many seperate images.

 

[Wumpus_NJ]

OP should try DaVinci Resolve. Free edition is full-feature video editor and creating timelapse video clip from a series of still images is EZ-PZ.