This is the, i think, somehow impressive star time lapse at the Alois-Günther-Haus. As I said, i used the standard 18-55mm IS II and my Canon 600D. I’ve Magic Latern installed on my camera, to get the interval mode and some other useful features. I also did some tricks and tweaks with Photoshop and After Effects.
At the first day in 2014, I decided not to stay at home and to cure my hangover. The first idea i came up with: what’s about a timelapse with stars? So I loaded my camera and went on the hunt for some food and warm clothes. I had an idea for the Location: the Alois-Günther-Haus. Unfortunately, I was a bit late, so there was a climb to the summit is no longer in question. But, “no problem” I think to myself, i’ve a car! Once at the road to the house I realized the road was unfortunately completely covered in snow and I had no snow chains. After several failed attempts I decided to try the way backwards.
8 Kilometers and three breaks later (the car starts to overheat quickly, because of no cooling from the front), I arrived at a nice spot and started immediately build up my equipment. For the shots, I choose my standard Canon 18-55mm IS II. The 50mm 1.4 Sigma is for sure brigther but at my APS-C (and the resulting ~80mm) the stars will be streaks with a exposure longer than 20s.
After some test shootings i had my settings. I used ISO 1600 and an 25 seconds exposure. I also set the aperture to the highest value, that my lens allows: 3.5 at 18 mm. This is what i got:
Thereafter, I started a timelapse and sat in my car, waiting. Luckily i bought delicious ham and cheese for dinner. 🙂 Maybe I should buy a camping boiler.
After 1 1/2 hour I canceled my adventure, because -8 C and 80 km/h wind are no fun… But i think the result is quite impressive. I will upload this in the TIMELAPSE section later. So I took my stuff, drove to the house, get a coffee and hit the road straight to vienna.
Wine growing on the Kahlenberg.
I had just a short trip to the woods in vienna. This time i had a standard Canon EF-S 50mm 1.8. A pretty nice lens and also cheap. If someone want to go the first steps with a fixed lens, i can recommend this lens.
This is my first time lapse attempt. i think it’s quite OK for the first time. The music is from, Yellowcard – Believe. This video was shot with my 18-55 IS II and as usual my EOS 600D (with Magic Lantern). The location was the Alois-Günther-Haus.