Ocean Magic Hours

  • 2 of 3 | Ocean flight at sunset over waves

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    Scene notes:

    The UAS floats and moves slowly over the ocean at sunset without focusing on the sun. A light haze tones the highlights to moderated brightness. Not time-lapse. No interval, since the source is video.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    33 seconds and 16 frames

  • 3 of 3 Waves splash on rocks ocean flight at sunset

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    Scene notes:

    … over waves, with takeoff from the ground. As is evident by watching, no interval is used, since the source is video that is full motion.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    1 minute, 29 seconds and 26 frames.

  • 2 of 2 | Waves splash on rocks of beach in Kauai, Hawaii, at sunset under congestus clouds

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    Scene notes:

    The continuation of another full motion clip where no interval is used.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    1 minute, 11 seconds and 8 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Waves splash on rocks of beach in Kauai, Hawaii, at sunset under Nimbus clouds

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    Scene notes:

    Glowing, the Nimbus cloud is pink and purple moving away toward the visibly setting sun. No interval is used (this is a full motion clip). The volcanic landscape that is this ocean side is teeming with plants and life.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    1 minute, 10 seconds and 1 frame.

  • Shifting, growing thunderstorm over sunrise waves

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    Scene notes:

    A morning Nimbus cloud, with leading edge glowing in the morning light. The short storm (due to the fact that the time of day is morning, and this is likely the remnant of a more active storm from the previous day) plows forward left-right. In the lower third of the frame, the calm ocean waves reflect much of the sky, and many small birds, sandpipers, run around on the sand, mainly halfway through the clip. Rain can be observed under the cloud. There is a
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    29 seconds and 13 frames.