It’s a great piece of software from German timelapser Gunther Wenger, which allows you to create super smooth day to night transition, add keyframes and ramp the Lightroom settings within your shot and remove aperture flicker. It costs around 10$ and it’s a really nice app □ For details you can check their website: Day to Night Post Productionīasically there is one proper software that most of the timelapsers use: LRTimelapse. You can automate this process using the DSLR Dashboard app for IOS and Android, however it works ‘just’ with Nikon, Canon or Sony cameras. I wanted to keep the nice amount of motion blur – shorter shutter speed would make people blink in the frame, and longer would make them less visible □ I’ve got more jumps to compensate in post, however the difference is not that big, which is good for the result □ In the city hall shot above I was trying to stay with the shutter speed around 1″, so I was changing mostly the aperture and a few times ISO. I’m trying to do the exposure jumps smaller than 1EV (1/3 or 2/3 EV). With a DSLR camera I use just a built in lightmeter. Personally, when I use my mirrorless GH4 I like to use zebra stripes for checking exposure. Other techniques are mentioned at the bottom of the article So, you’re watching the camera lightmeter, histogram or just a photo you have already taken and if it’s getting too dark (in case of day to night shot), you compensate this change with shutter speed, aperture or ISO. Basically, holy grail is a technique, in which you manually change the camera settings during the shot, then compansate the exposure jumps in post production. I call it a mini tutorial, because there are more techniques for day to night timelapses, here I will cover the one I use mostly. You can check out the details of the project or full list of the shots. This is a shot from my 52 Timelapse Project. So, check out the shot below and then read my mini tutorial on holy grail technique. It was quite a pleasure to shoot, because together with my wife we found a beer garden next to the city hall, so I could sit next to the tripod and relax during the shot □ I ended up with this static, short day to night shot of the city hall. I had some plans for a few shots, however the weather made me change those plans. It lets you create smooth day to night (or night to day) transitions, so it’s perfect for shooting sunrises and sunsets. Holy grail is one of the basic techniques every timelapser should know.
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