David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Views of the oceans and seas
On my last morning before heading back home I stopped at Playalinda beach. A couple of folks were out fishing at sunrise when this tern flew past the sun.
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The rocking and rolling of the ship makes it difficult to make time-lapse videos of sunrise and sunset. Even with relatively light seas, the ship is constantly moving up, down, right, and left. I didn’t have access to a heavy-duty gyro stabilized camera mount. The first time-lapse video shows the impact of the motion with the horizon going up, down, and tilting. Nearly 600 images were taken every 3 seconds with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200 to 800, 35 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec) and then processed with Capture One Pro and the time-lapse video created with Photoshop CC.
On a previous voyage, Michael Mariant suggested that we use “warp stabilizer” software to correct for motion (reduce and smooth) when making time-lapse videos when using hand-held cameras. At that time a warp stabilization filter was included in Adobe After Effects. Now the filter is included within Adobe Premiere Pro. The above time-lapse video was reprocessed using the warp stabilization filter. It significantly reduces the motion of the horizon due to the ship’s motion.
I’ve also included a slide show of individual images (one per minute) of the sunset that were individually processed. Not viable for all 600+ images.
Individual images from the slide-show can be viewed here.
Panorama of Paradise Harbor and Brown Station (Estación Científica Almirante Brown) in Antarctica from the Deck of the Hurtigruten MS Fram. Composite of 16 mage takens with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 32 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 32 mm, f/16, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, Focus Magic, Photoshop CC 2015, and Kolor AutoPano Giga Pro 4.
Brown Station Panorama. Click on the above image to access the individual slideshow images in my gallery.
Northern Entrance to the Lemaire Channel in the Southwest Antarctic Peninsula. From the deck of the Hurtigruten MS Fram. In camera panorama taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 32 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 32 mm, f/8, 1/180 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro 8 and Photoshop CC.
Iceberg at Night Off the North-West Antarctica Peninsula. From the deck of the Hurtigruten MS Fram on New Year’s Eve. You want to stay clear of the icebergs at night. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/8, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, and Photoshop CC.
