Timelapse Photography
This is a mini-movie of the night sky, lightning, clouds, fireflies, and glow worms
This was taken over a period of 1-1/2 Years using a Canon 5d MkII digital camera.
Video clips were generated using Photoshop CS5.1 and Quicktime Pro.
Video clips were then combined into movies using Microsoft Movie Maker.

The opening sequence was taken during the height of the Geminiid Meteor shower in December of 2012.
The lightning storm animation was taken August 31, 2013
The lightning images were taken with a Canon 15mm lens and a Canon 50mm lens

The majority of the movie was taken with a Canon 15mm and Canon 20mm lens
The Camera and Lens were mounted on either on a Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly or an Orion Merlin Alt-Az head.
How'd I Do That?

This animation shows my camera on the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly.
This is a daytime panorama of the dark sky site
It was taken with a Canon 5d MkII digital camera using a Canon 15mm Lens. The camera was mounted on an Orion Merlin Alt-Az head using a Dynamic Perception MX2 Motion Controller.

This panorama shows what the site was like before the fence and extended parking area was added as shown in the September 7 panorama
The video clips was generated using Photoshop CS5.1 and Quicktime Pro.
This is a daytime panorama of the dark sky site
It was taken with a Canon 5d MkII digital camera using a Canon 50mm Lens. The camera was mounted on an Orion Merlin Alt-Az head using a Dynamic Perception MX2 Motion Controller.

This panorama was accomplished using more than 13k single images.
The video clips was generated using Photoshop CS5.1 and Quicktime Pro.
Music was applied to the clip using Microsoft Movie Maker.
This is a mini movie where I have combined pan with sliding on the dolly
I captured a bolide along with a long lasting smoke cloud from the resulting explosion
It was taken with a Canon 5d MkII digital camera using a Canon 15mm Lens. The Camera and Lens were mounted on either on a Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly, an Orion Merlin Alt-Az head, or both
The video clips was generated using Photoshop CS5.1 and Quicktime Pro.
Music was applied to the clip using Microsoft Movie Maker.
This is a mini movie taken during the summer of 2012 of the summer milky way and lightning bugs
It was taken with a Canon 5d MkII digital camera using a Canon 15mm Lens or Canon 20mm Lens. The Camera and Lens were mounted on either on a Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly, an Orion Merlin Alt-Az head, or both
The video clips was generated using Photoshop CS5.1 and Quicktime Pro.
Music was applied to the clip using Microsoft Movie Maker.
This was imaged on the night of 11-12 August 2024
It was taken with a Canon 5d MkII digital camera using a Canon 15mm Lens @ f2.8.
The Camera and Lens were mounted on a Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly
The video clip was generated using Photoshop 2024
My initial intention was to image Perseid Meteors, but then the Aurora Happened (All Night)
The first image was taken at 9:30 PM and the last one at 5:00 AM EDT.
I turned off the fountain lights, the red foreground light, and ultimately the Dolly Motor
The beginning and end of the frames was with 30 second exposures
with the most intense portion of the sequence was with 10 second exposures
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