[Cdt-l] CDT Timelapse Video

[Bob Sartini]

Way to geeky for me.
On Oct 20, 2012 6:50 AM, "Pete E. Michelinie" <michelinie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think this is a neat idea.  Here are my two cents on the downside issues
> Thomas bought up.
>
> If you had a program that could align the horizon and trail up in the same
> spot on each picture it would make the phole time lapse much more fluid.
> With a bit of post production the shaky issue isn't one at all, just
> something that would need addressing. Image recognition software is readily
> available these days.
>
> Part two, I think the beauty of the CDT is that there are boring
> parts. You walk through them and then get to enjoy the nice parts that much
> more.  Plus it would be really important in this project to be able to see
> the progression of landscapes; the way you climb up into the San Juans from
> New Mexico or how the Winds just seems to appear and disappear out of
> nowhere.  If you just made a highlight reel it would end up looking like
> the CDT is something it's not.  Embrace the gravel road walks.
>
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> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM, thomas hogeboom <thogeboom at fairpoint.net>wrote:
>
>> While this is an interesting idea, there's a couple of things to consider.
>>
>> One is that taking a frame every 10 seconds as the camera is moving and
>> the scene is changing will result in an extremely shaky video that
>> induces motion sickness. Viewers will need an airsickness bag. The thing
>> to remember is that time lapse that is worth watching requires a stable
>> camera.
>>
>> Another consideration is that there are boring sections of trail that
>> aren't worth seeing or remembering. There are certainly a lot of those on
>> the CDT.
>>
>> I'm not trying to discourage the idea, but it would be a shame to do a
>> huge amount of work on a project like this only to find that no one wants
>> to watch it.
>>
>> The concept might work well as a slide show if the dull scenes are edited
>> out.
>>
>>
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