I haven’t created as much time-lapse content as I would like. I continue to work with my GoPro to get better at it. I setup on the deck among the tomato jungle I created this season using the Alaskan Bucket System.
Here is new video I produced yesterday afternoon/evening: Weather over tomato jungle. I like the clouds most in the second half of the video.
Photo mode: 1 frame/30 seconds output @ 15 fps.
My honey and better half bought me a GoPro for Christmas. I can see many videos in my future. I’ve been playing around with it the last couple of days recording my commute to and from work. We’ll see what happens. The commute home (in good weather and light) was much more interesting than my snow-laden and dimly lit drive in this morning.
As you can see below I have it mounted up-side-down; facing out the passenger side of the windshield (w/rubber band stabilizers :-). There are so many ways to mount these things.
I’ve acquire a taste for time-lapse photography and have played around with it briefly from photographs taken at recurring intervals. I think time-lapse with video will be a bit easier to do as the camera just auto-magically figures out the exposure with the video. Speed it up with some software and you are all set. There is more to it than that, but not much…unless I have missed something. That happens.
Hollow Rock is located a handful of miles South of Grand Portage, MN on MN North Shore. Hollow Rock Resort is situated in between Hollow Rock Creek and Hollow Rock Road. The rock formation is located right off of the shore from the resort. Cyndie and I stayed in Cabin #5 – Moose; Hollow Rock was right out the cabin’s front door.
Being right on location was certainly nice. All that was needed was to wake up, have some coffee and then set up to shoot. The in-floor heat was a plus; it made the cabin nice and cozy. I was also happy to see the tank-less water heater. It is always good to have hot water. This is what I like to refer to as remote/comfortable. There is no cable TV, cellular service or Internet here. It was quite peaceful. A great place to get lost for a few days.
Here are a few other shots from the cabin and around the immediate area outside the cabin.
At this particular time of year, the sunrise lines up nicely with hole in Hollow Rock. We had a picture-perfect morning for a sunrise. The weather, clouds and color came together quite nicely. Here are four frames from that magnificent sunrise shoot.
I continued to practice my time-lapse photography at this location as well. I had the same issues as before, but I am pleased with the results.
Part One
Part Two
As luck would have it, our first morning of MN North Shore yielded a spectacular sunrise. The clouds and color were quite wonderful. I am very fond of Autumn sunrises as they happen much later than they do in the Summer 🙂.
Since we would be in position an hour or so before sunrise, I took this opportunity to practice some time-lapse photography again.
There are two parts. I was having issues with exposure; part way through I needed to adjust and that doesn’t bode well for a seamless end to end video. The two parts captured the clouds and color pretty well. I need to do more research on this and practice practice practice.
Part 1
Part 2
Here are a few frames from that lovely morning sunrise.
There is a very picturesque place not so far away from Grand Marais, MN; just up the Gunflint Trail approximately 30 miles on MN North Shore. Honeymoon Bluff overlooks Hungry Jack lake; if 
you are lucky you will witness a beautiful sunset. This site is easily accessible by a well-mark and maintained trail. Steep as it was, it is over very soon. A quick 1/2 mile and you are looking out over pristine wilderness.
Our first attempt during our stay in Grand Marais/Grand Portage was met with cloudy conditions – not optimal for a sunset. You come all this way and you sometimes make do with what is available. I took the opportunity to shoot some time-lapse photography. Since we were relatively close the second day we decided to have another go at it.
Time-lapse is interesting to play around with; clearly I need to perfect the process more. The output is a bit crude as I had some dust and dirt issues and I still have the trial version of the software. Sunset I think is easiest as you just end up with a black frame eventually. Sunrise is a whole different thing; more on that in a future post.
Cloudy version
Sunset version
