Day Timelapse

  • 1 of 2 | Late day Yosemite winter transforming into sunset

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    Scene notes:

    A winter view of Yosemite valley: a very small stratus of fog on El Capitan’s ridge plays slowly as the shadows rise at an also slow pace. The water of Bridalveil Falls still pours near the right of the frame, mostly shadowed by the land at clip’s end. Evergreen trees reside on every surface that is not too steep to grow on, and the valley becomes Tenaya Canyon further out, snow becoming more fulsome.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 2 frames.

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  • Over small sand dunes 100m away, the ocean below


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    Scene notes:

    …some fair-weather clouds in the mid-day blue sky. The shadows of sand dunes slowly creep longer on the sand. The ocean stretches away into the distance to the right. European beach-grass was introduced in the early 20th century- but its spread poses changes to the dune’s existence themselves. Its ability to live in sand is a double-edged sword for the local ecology. A largely cloudy Cirrus sky in the top third of the frame moves inland towards the right of the frame, but it has not yet fully shaded the foreground and beach beyond until late in the clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 5 frames.

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  • In Strokkur, Iceland, thermal vents with fall trees and hillside in the background under clouds

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    Scene notes:

    Near this grove of autumn trees, a many colored, a rocky and steep foothill looms to the upper-right of the frame, on which shadows of the clouds move slowly over. Nearer in the foreground, hints of steamy geysers pass quicy. The yellow trees seem to vibrate slightly in the wind.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 6 frames.

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  • Moving on small stones in the foreground with

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    Scene notes:

    A fog layer that seems to caress the tree line on a hilly ridge just beyond. The camera moves to the right on a dolly over the foreground ledge. A fog bank is contained by the ridge line half a mile away, which extends across the frame. The stratus layer flows over the ridge line slightly, while the sky-blue ceiling in the top quarter of the frame is unbroken by any clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 14 frames.

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  • A thunderstorm cloud high in the sky and in..

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    Scene notes:

    In the distance, transforming on convective currents. Very strong convection is shown building upwards and towards the point of view. Rain came shortly after the end of the clip. The pines and other tropical trees make the horizon on the very bottom of the frame. The storm towers many thousands of feet into the sky.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 13 frames.

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  • 3 of 3 | On Mt Pilatus by Lucerne, Switzerland, clouds on lake below with boats moving

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    Scene notes:

    Looking out onto Lake Lucerne from Esel, near the peak of Mt Pilatus. Just above orographically-influenced Cumulus clouds just below, with vapor beginning to pile onto the steep surfaces and sheer face of the peak.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 15 frames.

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  • Different cloud levels and densities in a blue sky on the wind transforming on time

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    Scene notes:

    An exemplar clip of Cumulus clouds (the lowest), Altocumulus clouds (the middle height level), and Cirrus of various kinds, such as Cirrocumulus. An example of how clouds also can move in different directions, the cerulean blue sky has high air quality as the smaller clouds meander around.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds.

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  • Light geyser steaming water rapidly into air

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    Scene notes:

    … on the wind in Yellowstone by a river with high contrast. A one second interval is used to capture the venting of these geysers in winter. With the colder temperature, more steam is visible, moving very quickly, in similar ways to a towering cloud on a small scale. A river runs through the lower portion of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 22 frames.

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