HDRI Footage

I often mention flickering as part of our time-lapse HDRI sky dome products – I don’t want anyone to have any unpleasant surprises prior to purchasing, and I’d like people to know what to expect if they choose a time-lapse that features flickering, so they can factor it into their …

How time passes eh? Well that went past in the blink of an eye! I certainly didn’t plan on these taking so long, but here we are! Looking back I’m glad I postponed so many times, as each time I did so, we realized a problem or improvement that I …

In case you missed it the other week, free HDRI time-lapse samples were made available to download by signing up here. Since releasing these day length samples, I’ve decided that they probably weren’t the best choice, as the super fast cloud motion means there is some fairly intense flickering visible …

Just completed finishing up the longest time-lapse I’ve put together yet. I’m quite happy with it, as its a blend from an interesting afternoon/sunset to night, with little flickering. Its 870 frames or 29 seconds at 30fps and featured a couple of complex blends around twilight/night time. To account for …

So I’m a ways overdue now aren’t I? I put Q4 as the release date and now that’s long gone. So what’s going on with the time-lapses? Good question! Initially I was testing the best shooting setup to capture the HDRIs as efficiently and accurately as possible, and since that …

So what I struggled with previously was flickering inside the camera due to the aperture not opening and closing the same amount every time. I’ve fixed that particular issue, and in this render below, flickering is actually caused by cloud movement blocking the sun every few frames or so: I’m …

Finally everything has come together, and what you can see below is the first footage of a day-length time lapse I shot a couple days ago, powered by a custom lead-acid battery setup that allowed me to shoot a gruelling 15 hours from pre-dawn to dusk! Here it is: First …

I’ve had a very technical week or so and have been unable to shoot much at all due mostly to weather. Even processing images has been slowed by a recent hardware upgrade and a couple of power failures – its been pretty stormy in Adelaide lately! In a nutshell, I’ve …

This is another older HDRI sky shot at f3.5. As a test, I developed the NEFs with -2 exposure per bracket in order to try and get more dynamic range. However, I’ve since been informed that changing exposure like this doesn’t exactly achieve much, and results in a slight loss …

So far I’ve been shooting 2EV gaps with the Promote Control for my HDRI brackets, and as the default recommended setting, this has worked fine. However a few things have made me want to test 3EV steps: Mostly unsure what the difference is between 2 and 3EV steps. I’ve heard …