Camera Move Test

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I love the way time-lapse can draw your attention to movement you wouldn’t otherwise notice, like the bits of litter flapping in the breeze. Next time, I’ll shoot at a slower rate to heighten the effect of the shadows creeping as the sun moves.

The point of this test was to see if I could achieve smooth movement by animating the camera by hand, then digitally stabilising the result.

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Time Lapse Test

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These are test shots for a technique I’m exploring with my friend Mark Wood. Not bad for a first effort, but a couple of bugs need ironing out. I added the tilt shift effect (selective blurring) to each frame individually, which caused slight glitches. I’m pleased to have got this far using only free software (entire budget = £3.70 bus ticket into town), but Photoshop and batch processing is the way forward, I think.

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