My first timelapse post is from yesterday. I travelled to Barnegat Bay on the New Jersey coast. I was hoping to get a video of the Barnegat Lighthouse. The scenery was amazing with fast moving clouds and great sunshine. When I got there, I was surprised on how many fences were around the area but I found a nice walkway where I could do a hyperlapse instead of a normal timelapse.
I decided to back up a few hundred feet and move towards the lighthouse by moving a single step each photo. I put my feet right along the edge on the wood beam. I realized that I had some elevation changes since there was damage along the way on the ledge. I think this messed up some of the smoothing in the end. Looking back would’ve been easier on the sand but it was straight for a guide. The photos were about 3-4 seconds apart in the end. I took about 350 photos which ended up being too slow for the final hyperlapse so I deleted every other photo for the final result. The most ideal would have been about 200-250 photos but I didn’t have any clear dividers to step off photos. The cloud movement was really cool and it turned out smooth. I’d give this a B-. I would love to go back to this location for a sunrise/sunset in the future!
Camera Settings:Nikon D7100, 18.0-55.0 f/3.5-5.6, UV Filter
Manual Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/14, ISO 100, 18 mm