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So, I haven't done much with LRT for a longggg time. Now that I have a "new" Sony a7ii, I've been looking to utilize my LRT v4 copy to do timelapses again. I intend on upgrading it to the latest license - again, I only recently bought an a7ii to do timelapse stuff over the past few months. The latest LRT5 improvements appeal to me incredibly, so glad this application has lasted this long!
ANYWAY!
I think this is more of a composition/device setup a7ii issue than a problem with LRT directly.
I am HUGE on astrophotography, lightning and sky photography.
Unfortunately, with my Sony a7ii with a 28mm f/2 lens, there's no way I can do anything without including foliage in the shot at home because my balcony on my apartment has a lot of trees in view.
Night astrophotography shots work out awesome, example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhTmBkrNng
Now, I have been trying to do a day->night->day timelapse, from the same location.
The following is a video example with the images processed by LRTv4, a portion I captured during a 20 hour session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j98tRj7rCEA
I added the image sequence to the standard deflicker workflow, because the clip above is really only day->early dusk. The original video had significant issues mainly with the way the trees are essentially vibrating. I tossed the output video through an after effects pixel motion blur filter to try to make the movement of the foliage less of a problem, which helped some, which is what you are seeing in that video, but obviously there is still some flicker.
I am wondering for situations like I am in, if using the spot metering mode on my camera may not be the right option when foliage is involved. It's great for astrophotography however the variations of the amount of light on the foliage, and when clouds are involved in the shot, it can cause dramatic exposure differences when using the spot method.
Should I be using perhaps "multi" metering mode given my situation? There are so many variables to consider.
Shooting in manual mode with static settings works awesome, but without making manual adjustments, as you guys know a day->night sequence will just not work out too well.
For day->night stuff, I have been shooting in aperture priority mode as I have not played around with exposure ramping or any software/device to do that yet. I guess that would be the ideal method. Aperture priority naturally causes a significant amount of variation with the exposure and ISO, which is why I'm wondering about the metering mode, if that could reduce such dramatic changes that spot otherwise would cause when clouds are present.
I really need to play around with silhouetting for the "vibrating" foliage as well. To overlay a silhouette to make the foliage static, when the sky is the primary thing I'm trying to capture...
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks!
ANYWAY!
I think this is more of a composition/device setup a7ii issue than a problem with LRT directly.
I am HUGE on astrophotography, lightning and sky photography.
Unfortunately, with my Sony a7ii with a 28mm f/2 lens, there's no way I can do anything without including foliage in the shot at home because my balcony on my apartment has a lot of trees in view.
Night astrophotography shots work out awesome, example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhTmBkrNng
Now, I have been trying to do a day->night->day timelapse, from the same location.
The following is a video example with the images processed by LRTv4, a portion I captured during a 20 hour session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j98tRj7rCEA
I added the image sequence to the standard deflicker workflow, because the clip above is really only day->early dusk. The original video had significant issues mainly with the way the trees are essentially vibrating. I tossed the output video through an after effects pixel motion blur filter to try to make the movement of the foliage less of a problem, which helped some, which is what you are seeing in that video, but obviously there is still some flicker.
I am wondering for situations like I am in, if using the spot metering mode on my camera may not be the right option when foliage is involved. It's great for astrophotography however the variations of the amount of light on the foliage, and when clouds are involved in the shot, it can cause dramatic exposure differences when using the spot method.
Should I be using perhaps "multi" metering mode given my situation? There are so many variables to consider.
Shooting in manual mode with static settings works awesome, but without making manual adjustments, as you guys know a day->night sequence will just not work out too well.
For day->night stuff, I have been shooting in aperture priority mode as I have not played around with exposure ramping or any software/device to do that yet. I guess that would be the ideal method. Aperture priority naturally causes a significant amount of variation with the exposure and ISO, which is why I'm wondering about the metering mode, if that could reduce such dramatic changes that spot otherwise would cause when clouds are present.
I really need to play around with silhouetting for the "vibrating" foliage as well. To overlay a silhouette to make the foliage static, when the sky is the primary thing I'm trying to capture...
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks!