3 - Timelapse of the Australian Solar Eclipse

I was fortunate to view the eclipse from "The Granite' in far north Queensland this November. Inspired by Joe Cali's short but spectacular footage of the 2008 event (https://vimeo.com/51646602), I sought a high vantage point to capture the sweep of the shadow. Clear views north and east proved difficult to find, so I had to hike an 850m peak the night before and sleep on a rock ledge. The clip includes 3 timelapses at various focal lengths. The first used a constant exposure, while the latter 2 tracked the light in the final 2 minutes either side of C2/C3, using bulb scripting. Eclipse Orchestrator software managed the light curve, while the cameras were triggered by a custom microcontroller built by Thomas Bethel. Many thanks to Fred Bruenjes and Thomas Bethel. You can find out more about my eclipse experience here: https://www.facebook.com/ColinLeggPhotography

Australia had a solar eclipse last month. Photographer Colin Legg made this outstanding timelapse of it.

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4 - Traveling for 23 Years around the World in the Same Car

Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G Wagon. Now, with more than 800,000km (500,000 miles) on the clock, Gunther is still going.

With more than 800,000km on the odo,Gunther Holtorf is still going.

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my pick - 5 things to buy a shoestring traveller - Devereau Chumrau
my pick - 5 things to buy a shoestring traveller - Devereau Chumrau
Even though some of my picks may appear to be "un-shoestring like," the main concern here is that you "shoestring" the trip and not the preparation for the trip.  Anyone who has tried to skimp in the beginning will probably end up paying much more later on... Remember YOU are all you have out there.
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1 - Marker, pen and pencil portrait timelapse

about 2 or 3 hours drawing, not really sure about the duration. 12 x 12" , Finecolour marker, sakura micron pen and faber castell classic colour on 300gsm papper. recorded with iPhone 4s. song credit : The Wombats - Moving to new york ( Kyte remix )

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27-year old Indonesian artist Elfan Diary draws a new portrait using art markers, Sakura Pigma Micron pen and Faber-Castell colored pencils. 

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my pick - 5 Things to Buy an Aspiring User Experience Designer
my pick - 5 Things to Buy an Aspiring User Experience Designer

It may seem counter-intuitive to many, but designing digital experiences, for the web, iPhone and Android apps, doesn't necessarily begin with computer software. In my experience as a UX Designer, the really great designs are unlocked through a massive amount of exploration and communication.

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1 - Surf Lake Michigan

On Tuesday I was able to head out to Holland MI and experience some of the pure energy our great lakes can produce. Beautiful and graceful in Slow Motion. At real speed it made it made you feel small and out of control. Camera: FS700 Picture Profile 5 Graded in CS6 using magic bullet Mojo Music: Radiohead "All I Need"

Not your ordinary surf footage, this storm produced break off of Holland, MI this fall is pretty astounding.

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my Pick - 5 things to buy the Aspiring Surfer in your life - Ashton Goggans
my Pick - 5 things to buy the Aspiring Surfer in your life - Ashton Goggans

Surfing has such a place in our national imagination, and rightly so, if you ask me. It is addictive and simple. It is relaxing and exciting. It is showy and low-key. 

With that in mind, we've asked our surfer-cum-writer friend, Ashton Goggans to pick 5 things to get anyone aspiring to a wet life.

 
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My Pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring Videographer - Stephen McFadden
My Pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring Videographer - Stephen McFadden

Video is the new reading, the new literacy. And that makes videographers (camera operators, directors of photography, etc etc) the new scribes, wielding immense power in the capturing and communication of ideas and experiences. 

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5 - Timelapse, Long Exposure + Fisheye Lens of the Night Sky

610 shoots with a Nikon D3 and a Sigma 8 mm. Very lucky because the time-lapse was started only 7 minutes before a big meteor passes through the sky ...

Mesmerizing timelapse (and long exposure video) from French photographer Stephane Vetter capturing the night sky using a Sigma 8 mm fisheye lens on the night of Nov 17, 2012 in Champ du Feu, Alsace, France.

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1 - Spirits of Norway

This film was shot mainly around the Tromvik area of Northern Norway at approximately 70 degrees North. Tromvik is located right in the heart of the aurora belt and because of this even quiet displays of the Aurora Borealis will always be visible overhead on clear nights. I was very lucky in the time that I visited in that a CME (coronal mass ejection) from the sun hit on the first night I arrived. The earths magnetic field reverberated for the entire week that I was there and I was lucky to witness strong displays every night. The Aurora Borealis is the most beautiful natural phenomenon I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. I love astronomy, and for me there is nothing more tranquil that watching our own galaxy rise but the Northern lights was quite a different experience, one that was in some ways even more humbling. I was fascinated with how the aurora changed so quickly, from rolling like a never ending curtain of soft light stretching, weaving and contorting itself across the Arctic sky, to sharp fingers of green and red piercing the black to its own percussive rhythm. A friend of mine spoke to a native Norwegian shortly before I embarked on this trip and he told him that Norway "is good for the soul" And after visiting I could not agree more. All footage Copyright © 2012 Nicholas Buer All Rights Reserved Music composed by Fieldscarecrow: http://soundcloud.com/fieldscarecrow Motion control Dynamic Perception Stage Zero: http://dynamicperception.com/

Nicholas Buer gives us this superb timelapse, Spirits, shot in the north of Norway in the area of Tromvik, far enough north to capture the auroras.


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