Time Lapse Movies

On this page you'll find a collection of my time lapse films which I recorded in the near past. If you're interested in the technique of recording time lapse movies please have a look on my technical article (only in German at the moment).

To give you an impression of the acceleration factor (the factor that indicates how accelerated you'll see the movie in relation to a ‘normal movie') I added some technical data to each movie. For example you'll find the recording time and the movie length.

The movies are quite large in their native format (around 100MB per movie). To keep download times on an acceptable level I compressed the movies either in resolution or by increasing data compression. The movies are now well below 10MB, however, the quality is sometimes quite degraded. I think the movies will still give an impression about what you can do using time lapse technique.

If the Flash Player is installed on your browser direct viewing within your browser is possible (make sure the security settings on your browser allow movie play back using the plug in). If security will not allow direct playback and you don't want to change them you may try to download the movies by right clicking on the small right preview window and the play them back locally using the Quick Time Player. The right window is for playback in Quick Time format, i.e. the Quick Time Player is required either for direct viewing onscreen or to view locally. Please note that further distribution is not allowed if you choose to download the movies.

All movies are embedded in Flash Format (lift, big preview window) and in Quick Time Format (right, small preview window).

Gallery

	Autumn 2004, Gornergrat In the autumn of 2004 I spent some days on the Gornergrat, an alpine station in the region of the Matterhorn in Switzerland . There I had time to observe the fast changing weather situations and was able to capture some with my digital SLR. The beautiful scenery with the Materhorn being the main actor is overwhelming. Interval: 10sec, Recording Time: 80minutens, Movie duration: 16 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 300 Quick Time Movie:
	Winter 2005, Wahlendorf, Switzerland, Risisng of Orion From our late home we had an open view to the east. The rising of planets and stars was very good visible and therefore I recorded many time lapse movies in this direction. In autumn, the rising of the Orion is a very special moment (a long lasing moment) to capture. Interval: 55sec, Recording Time: 3 hours 20 minutes, Movie duration: 7 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 1650 Quick Time Movie:
	Summer 2007, Cinque Terre, Italy During our last vacations at the west coast of Italy we were struck by the ever changing colour of the sea. We were quite unclear about the origin of dark areas in the sea. The time lapse movie gave a very simple explanation: Fast moving cloud throw shadows on the open ocean. Interval: 10sec, Recording Time: 57 minutes, Movie duration: 13 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 300 Quick Time Movie:
	Autumn 2007, Sweden, Stockholm Skärgarten In the summer of 2007 we rented a cabin at the beautiful coast of eastern Sweden : Relaxing while the SLR is busy recording time lapse movies. This is probably the most comfortable way taking pictures. Interval: 5sec, Recording Time: 57 minutes, Movie duration: 18 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 150 Quick Time Movie:
	Winter 2006, Lapland, Fire A burning fire is a good example of slowly but continuously changing action which is easily recordable with time lapse techniques. The accelerated playback is very smooth: Watching it the first time you'll probably miss all the changes and suddenly there is only charcoal. Interval: 10sec, Recording Time: 55 minutes, Movie duration: 11 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 300 Quick Time Movie:
	Spring 2006, Wahlendorf, Switzerland This is a movie of a whole day! You'll see the sun rise, the shadows move, the snow is melting, the moon rises, the lights get low, some airplanes pass and then the stars are rising... Interval: 52sec, Recording Time: 13 hours, Movie duration: 52 seconds, Acceleration Factor : 1500 Quick Time Movie:
	Spring 2009, Piran, Slovenia The bay of Strujan shows alot of action on a sunny Sunday. Many boats come to anchor in the sheltered location and people come to take a sunbath or take a swin. The monday morning after that, your alone again.... Intervall: 5sec, Recording Time: 2 hours 8 minutes, Duration: 52 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 150x Quick Time Movie:
	Frühling 2009, Piran, Slowenien Same vantage point as above: This time the movie shows people swimming. Intervall: 5sec, Recording Time: 36 minutes, Duration: 14 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 150x Quick Time Movie:
	Frühling 2009, Wien, Österreich This day showed a enormous cloud movement even though ground wind speeds remained well below 10km/h. This movie was recorded with a fish eye lens mounted on a APS-C sensor camera pointing vertically into the sky. Intervall: 3sec, Recording Time: 84 minutes, Duration: 56 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 90x Quick Time Movie:
	Autumn 2009, Scorpion and the Milky Way, Seychelles The Seychelles are a good place to take Astro Photos, as the Stray-Light is still very low and usually the sky is very clear. If you life on the north hemisphere, the constellation Scorpion is probably not a regular view. Intervall: 30sec, Recording Time: 2 hours 47 minutes, Duration: 14 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 750x Quick Time Movie:
	Autumn 2009, Clouds in two layers, Seychelles Clouds are frequently seen moving in two seperate layers. This is a fascinating thing to study but without acceleration, the observation is not that easy. The time lapse movie shows this scenario in a very impressive way. Intervall: 5sec, Recording Time: 46 minutes, Duration: 22 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 125x Quick Time Movie:
	Autumn 2009, Clouds above North Island, Seychelles On the Seychelles we were very happy renting a beatiful small cabin with a great view over the Beau Vallon Bay and the two islands Shilouette and North. Very frequently, clouds did built up on Shilouette with its large hills and mountains and did then drift over towards North; an impressive sight. Intervall: 5sec, Recording Time: 46 minutes, Duration: 22 seconds, Acceleration Factor: 125x Quick Time Movie: