Last week I played around with the time lapse feature on my GoPro Hero cam. This is the result. The gray sky didn’t add much to the scene but once we have some nice weather again, I will try again.
Summer Solstice
On the summer solstice, Christy and I ventured out to Bald Hill to take some photos and watch the sun set. I made a time-lapse which is at the end of this post. It turned out pretty well. Someday, I am going to make great time-lapse films when I get a good camera…
It is incredibly lush out at Bald Hill this year. The late rains alternating with hot weather has made the plants go wild.
It looks like all of the snow is gone from Marys Peak. Hopefully the Forest Service reopens the road soon.
There were hawks hovering far above us most of the evening, hunting for dinner.
I setup my tripod and camera with extended battery pack to take a time-lapse of the sunset.
Christy took shots with her fancy Nikon camera.
The sun rays bathed the hills and valleys between Bald Hill and Marys Peak in amber golden light as night drew near.
Goodnight sun, hello dusk. And thus ended the longest day of the year. It’s all downhill from here until we hit the depths of winter and the cycle repeats. I’m already looking forward to next summer solstice.
This is the time-lapse I made of the sunset and twilight.
Time-Lapses of Driving to Newberg, Llamas, and Chickens
Today I went up to Newberg to train some llamas on the farm. On the way up I took some time-lapse images of the drive. It turned out okay but it would be much better if I could take pictures more frequently than once a minute. My Canon S60 can only do one-per-minute intervals without being driven by a computer. Maybe someday I’ll buy a new dSLR that is more versatile.
On the farm I setup a time-lapse of some llamas grazing.
The chickens were also interesting. My camera doesn’t have the easiest of manual focusing options. Hence why you get to see the gate in focus and the chickens blurry in the background.