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Air 3s Amazing Arizona Skies is a hyper lapse experiment that took on a life of its own…

DaHawaiian

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This “experiment” ended-up taking 3+ years, condensed into 3 1/2 minutes (Arizona has mostly cloudless skies). Three drones, A2s, A3s, M3. Predicting whether a sky will blossom is nearly impossible. All the prediction Apps are as hit and miss as your own eyeballs. Peak colors last less than 5 min., so you have to be ready everyday you’re home. Controlling contrast, color temp, etc. is really difficult, as contrast ranges go beyond the ability of most cameras. A 25 min hyper lapse starts with one guessed setting, but the sky can change dramatically as the sun rises/sets!!
I learned a lot from reading these forums, and by trial and error — mostly error…
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Awesome video!
 
BRAVO! Beautiful skies! I love how your fixed exposures accurately showed the changing lighting. Great soundtrack & editing also! :)

You need to find a video competition that this might win!!!

Catfish ...
Geeeez, thanks a lot! The music is a variation of the theme from a British police drama called The Bay. I was looking for the right soundtrack, watched this show and Bingo! Very unique, underrated composer…
 

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