Tag Archives: TIME LAPSE

More Sky Time Lapse Videos

Posted by on February 28, 2013 No comments

After a really cool propane drum construction time-lapse in the last post, here’s a few more. The first is a time-lapse of the daylight sky with two layers of clouds crossing each other in different directions.  It made for a really cool effect:

After the “read more” are two other time-lapse videos I’ve made.  The first is of a place called “Lake Clinch” in Frostproof, Florida, and the other is a night sky time-lapse video.  I’ve shown the second video before while reviewing the equipment I used, but the first is new to JcoPro. Read more »

Servo Pan-Tilt Assembly and First Use

Posted by on January 9, 2013 5 comments

I’ve been working on something interesting involving a laser, the pyMCU, and this pan-tilt assembly from Servocity.  Here’s the basic assembly in action – certainly an improvement over my “Python-head man” contraption.

The servos are controlled using a pyMCU board, which I’ve been experimenting with quite a bit.  In this trial, I used the code directly from the “Python-head” experiment, which basically just makes a styrofoam “head” nod in different directions.  As for how the pan-tilt assembly goes together (in glorious time-lapse), check out the video below of everything being assembled: Read more »

New Time-Lapse Photography Equipment Reviewed

Posted by on December 6, 2012 2 comments

If you’ve been following this blog, you might have noticed that I’ve done a few time-lapse videos recently.  After doing some shopping on Amazon, I purchased a new tripod and an intervalometer (picture timer) for my Canon DSLR.  I also got another webcam (which can be a really cost-effective time-lapse setup).  Below is one of my first videos using the tripod and timer:

I’m quite pleased with these results, but read on to see my full initial thoughts on each of these accessories:

Ravelli 61 inch Tripod: At under $20 from Amazon, Read more »

Unboxing and Setup of the RAD Cycle Products Bike Stand

Posted by on December 4, 2012 2 comments

After the 2×4 wooden bike stand debacle, I decided that it was time to actually buy a stand.  I found this bike stand from “RAD Cycle Products” on Amazon for around $50.  Some reviews were good, some were bad.  To hopefully answer some questions about whether it’s hotornot, here’s a time-lapse video of its unboxing, setting up, and use for some simple bike maintenance.

Despite a few negative reviews on Amazon, I was quite pleased, and the stand seems really solid so far.  It’s fairly heavy, which is fine, maybe even desirable for garage use. If portability is a factor, Read more »

How to Make a Stop-Motion Video in Ubuntu Linux

Posted by on November 14, 2012 1 comment

This would also apply to time-lapse videos.  As I use Ubuntu now, my stop-motion technique of creating animated GIFs in GIMP, then importing them into Windows Movie Maker is no longer an option.  This feature doesn’t seem to exist in Windows 7 either, so a new solution had to be found.  Here’s a stop-motion video of me trying to tie a monkey’s fist knot using Openshot Video Editor in Ubuntu to combine the shots:

The video is kind of a cross between a stop-motion and time-lapse as I wasn’t using an intervalometer (here’s some from Amazon if you’re wondering what that is) to time the shots.  Combining the photos into a video was done without GIMP.  The photos were imported into Openshot, Read more »