Air 2 Denver Rail Yard - A Hyperlapse

[Bufface]

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[MA2 317]

Too cool.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ArthurC]

Never thought I'd call a rail yard "Mesmerizing" but when you speed it up, that's a great watch. I particularly like the "car sorting" technique near the beginning.

 

[RockyMtns]

What was your frame rate? It was just right!
Thanks

 

[Bwill211]

Man, that’s great especially when speeded up. Like the engines humping the cars from one track to another, creating a line up.

 

[DaveS]

Who says we don't have true high speed rail in America...those babies were flyin'! Very clever idea for a TL. I especially like watching that thing (don't know what they call it) that loads the contains on to the train cars. Great job!

 

[SteadyEddie]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing this and inspiring to try new things.

 

[PHZ]

Way cool. You must have gone out there with a truckload of batteries. I am guessing each segment was a battery?
Your frame rate was spot on for a great video. You should show that to the railroad (Northern Pacific?).
I enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 154956]

Nice! That was very well done! Now ima gonna go to the railyards here in Kansas City and try it, down line if ya know what I mean!

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

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Hello from up here in Estes Park! Very cool video. One doesn't realize how busy a rail yard is until you see all of the activity from this perspective. Loved it!

 

[Greatbonsai]

One of the best education by a Drone.

 

[twickers14]

You’ve shown me just how brilliant our MA2 is. really enjoyed it and it just goes to show how industry and capitalism makes the world go round-not to everyone’s taste I know!! Let us know the frame rate and number of batteries you used. Would love to know.

 

[Bufface]

Way cool. You must have gone out there with a truckload of batteries. I am guessing each segment was a battery?
Your frame rate was spot on for a great video. You should show that to the railroad (Northern Pacific?).
I enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

I have 4 batteries and 2 chargers in my truck. It was filmed on 3 separate days. If you notice that some of the scenes had much more/less snow, that was because the snow melted in between days.

 

[PHZ]

Can you share your frame rate? You may be the Hyperlapse Jedi.

 

[Bufface]

You’ve shown me just how brilliant our MA2 is. really enjoyed it and it just goes to show how industry and capitalism makes the world go round-not to everyone’s taste I know!! Let us know the frame rate and number of batteries you used. Would love to know.

It is 24fps with one shot every 3 seconds.

My technique uses heavy ND filters. Each of those frames was a 1.3 second exposure with an ND-2000 filter.

I haven’t seen anyone else use those filters for this purpose. Most people use very fast exposure times for their hyperlapses.

I dislike using short exposures for these type of hyperlapses involving vehicles, because it makes it look like the vehicles are teleporting around the frame.

 

[Bufface]

Can you share your frame rate? You may be the Hyperlapse Jedi.

See my last post

 

[Bufface]

Hello from up here in Estes Park! Very cool video. One doesn't realize how busy a rail yard is until you see all of the activity from this perspective. Loved it!

Yes, when I was scoping this place out, I was worried it would be too boring even for a timelapse, because most of the trains rarely move.

It was only after I had done a few flights, looked at the results, and realized what was moving that I figured making the rest of the video would be interesting and knew what to focus on.

 

[ackdrone]

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Most excellent job!!

 

[Bsnyder]

Thanks for sharing great hyperlapse.

 

[MA2 317]

Man, that’s great especially when speeded up. Like the engines humping the cars from one track to another, creating a line up.

Reminds me of the "Recognizer" vehicle from the movie TRON.