GBTimelapse User Malin Perfects the Time-lapse Holy Grail!

Christoph Malin, world-renowned night sky film expert, has perfected the time-lapse "holy grail!"  In the world of time-lapse photography, this is a really BIG deal!

Malin uses GBTimelapse for all of his shots in The ESO Observatories:  Atacama Transitions and Landscapes under the Southern Sky, his latest video from the ESO Ultra HD Expedition.  Malin's use of GBTimelapse allows him to achieve the elusive sunset, sunrise and overnight "holy grail."  This video is comprised of a collection of great and unique day to night to day transitions under the Southern sky in Chile's Atacama desert.

Well done, Christoph!


The ESO Observatories: Atacama Transitions and Landscapes under the Southern Sky from Christoph Malin on Vimeo.

About the Video
Malin was on the ESO Ultra HD Expedition, sponsored by Granite Bay Software, when he shot this latest video.  You can learn more about the expedition HERE.

About the Rig
The rigs he calls "bots" have GBTimelapse controlling an eMotimo TB3 pan/tilt and a Dynamic Perception dolly. GBT uses it's AutoRamp algorithm to control the exposure along with an "aperture pull" during sunset and sunrise. He is able to start the rig in the afternoon, leave it over night and return in the morning. The result is two "holy grail" overnight shots, unattended!

The rig was described in a previous GBS blog post HERE.

ESO Ultra HD Expedition Resources
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ESO
Hashtag:  #ESOultraHD
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ESOAstronomy
Flickr:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/esoastronomy
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory
Vimeo:  http://vimeo.com/esoastronomy
ESO URL:  http://www.eso.org/public/
Expedition URL:  https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/ultra-high-definition/

Just Hit 3 Million Views on YouTube

That should put my "Tlapse" YouTube channel in the top 100 all-time most-viewed director. Actually it should put me in the high eighties, but it's not showing up. I'm not surprised.

Queen Mary Slips In

Rather than watch the Superbowl last Sunday, we spent the day at the Golden Gate Bridge time-laps'ing Queen Mary 2's San Francisco arrival. It was my most ambitious time-lapse setup to date, with a crew of three running six cameras. The one minute film is on YouTube...



and also on BrightCove (much better quality)...



We expected a big crowd so we arrived at the bridge at 11AM to get parking spots and good camera locations. By the 3PM expected arrival there were thousands of spectators waiting and we had to vigorously defend our space to keep people from disturbing our camera setups.

I ran the cameras to the west of the bridge, Cynthia ran the ones from the Marin observation overlook, and Kristin was on the bridge.



Bill Owens joined me and shot his own footage of the crowd and the scene. Rosie helped Cynthia with crowd control and Kristin enlisted the aid of a SF couple in defending her bridge perch. We met a bunch of people and have some good stories about all this. Kristin found herself as the arbitrator of another couple's serious disagreement over where they should relieve their bladders.

Our gear included the six cameras, three laptop computers, various tripods and a couple of battery systems with AC inverters. Not shown in the photo was the other support gear - food, drink and chairs.