Sunrise - July 17, 2019

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[Proffy]

Awesome video! What was a full video time?

 

[Air_Joe]

Wow nice, how did u do it?

Any nd lens, settings?
Was it a photos stitch or a video fast accelerate?

 

[pmshop]

Awesome video! What was a full video time?

and @Air_Joe ,

Not a video this time...

Picture interval set to every 2 seconds.
Captured 5 series of images over 3 batteries.
Over 1000 pictures taken but only 3 usable series.
Stitched them together with Adobe Premire's image sequence feature.
No ND filters or manual settings.
Exposure locked to the first and second sequence, reconfigured for the third sequence.

Best estimate with 30 frames per minute is approximately 5000x normal speed.
Still trying to get the hang of it.

 

[Proffy]

and @Air_Joe ,

Not a video this time...

Picture interval set to every 2 seconds.
Captured 5 series of images over 3 batteries.
Over 1000 pictures taken but only 3 usable series.
Stitched them together with Adobe Premire's image sequence feature.
No ND filters or manual settings.
Exposure locked to the first and second sequence, reconfigured for the third sequence.

Best estimate with 30 frames per minute is approximately 5000x normal speed.
Still trying to get the hang of it.

Thanks for reply! Great experience! ?

 

[Air_Joe]

Thks for your reply! [emoji1360]

 

[Twocalf]

and @Air_Joe ,

Not a video this time...

Picture interval set to every 2 seconds.
Captured 5 series of images over 3 batteries.
Over 1000 pictures taken but only 3 usable series.
Stitched them together with Adobe Premire's image sequence feature.
No ND filters or manual settings.
Exposure locked to the first and second sequence, reconfigured for the third sequence.

Best estimate with 30 frames per minute is approximately 5000x normal speed.
Still trying to get the hang of it.

and @Air_Joe ,

Not a video this time...

Picture interval set to every 2 seconds.
Captured 5 series of images over 3 batteries.
Over 1000 pictures taken but only 3 usable series.
Stitched them together with Adobe Premire's image sequence feature.
No ND filters or manual settings.
Exposure locked to the first and second sequence, reconfigured for the third sequence.

Best estimate with 30 frames per minute is approximately 5000x normal speed.
Still trying to get the hang of it.

Nice! So did you have a nearby waypoint that you sent the AC up to after each battery change?

 

[pmshop]

Nice! So did you have a nearby waypoint that you sent the AC up to after each battery change?

Best guess.
On the DJI GO 4 app, I have all of the grid lines displayed and I line up the horizon with the map on the right of the display.

After loading the next battery, it's not perfect, but close.
Plus there is a jump of about 45 frames while I land, switch over, launch and get back into position.

 

[Twocalf]

Gotcha. I wonder if a person could have a 1 waypoint mission? You must have been like an Indy car pit crew landing, changing batteries, and takeoff!

 

[pmshop]

Gotcha. I wonder if a person could have a 1 waypoint mission? You must have been like an Indy car pit crew landing, changing batteries, and takeoff!

That is a possibility - launch, WP1, hold for XXX seconds, end mission,land.

 

[Dale D]

and @Air_Joe ,

Not a video this time...

Picture interval set to every 2 seconds.
Captured 5 series of images over 3 batteries.
Over 1000 pictures taken but only 3 usable series.
Stitched them together with Adobe Premire's image sequence feature.
No ND filters or manual settings.
Exposure locked to the first and second sequence, reconfigured for the third sequence.

Best estimate with 30 frames per minute is approximately 5000x normal speed.
Still trying to get the hang of it.

I love your Avatar image!!! A bald eagle with a Trump hairpiece? Good Photoshopping.

As far as the timelapse of the sunrise, I am assuming you did exposure every 2 seconds to get more images, but they had to be JPEG's. RAW images require 5 second intervals which are better for editing, but you get less images for your battery time. In order to process in Lightroom, the three series have to be consecutively numbered. Then, you can edit them as a unit. Once edited, they can be imported into Premiere.

So did you have to bring down the drone every time to change the battery and then try to re-assume the same position in the sky again? Can't imagine how that was done?????

 

[pmshop]

I love your Avatar image!!! A bald eagle with a Trump hairpiece? Good Photoshopping.

As far as the timelapse of the sunrise, I am assuming you did exposure every 2 seconds to get more images, but they had to be JPEG's. RAW images require 5 second intervals which are better for editing, but you get less images for your battery time. In order to process in Lightroom, the three series have to be consecutively numbered. Then, you can edit them as a unit. Once edited, they can be imported into Premiere.

So did you have to bring down the drone every time to change the battery and then try to re-assume the same position in the sky again? Can't imagine how that was done?????

Yes, every 2 seconds
I went straight to Adobe Premiere for the editing/ stitching.
You can import as an image sequence by selecting the first, check the box and Premiere does the rest.
I bring the drone down, change the battery and line up the grid & diagonals where I was.
Horizon is easy, lining up the rest is a bit more difficult.
You can see the jump in the video where the battery exchanges are.
Mainly because losing 45 frames in the process.

 

[Twocalf]

That is a possibility - launch, WP1, hold for XXX seconds, end mission,land.

Thanks for the tip...I may try that sometime.

 

[Smokieflies]

Very nice, thanks for sharing and techniques.