Richard, I'm in total admiration of your Nightscapes. My recent retirement has been the trigger for the re-birth of a 50 year hobby for me and, throughout, you've been my inspiration. Many thanks for your clear, authorative and encouraging videos. You're an inspiration!
Thank you for the wonderful support NotByIntent. It's people like you who make all the effort it takes to make these videos worth it. It is very true that my intention is to inspire and encourage other photographers to get out there under the stars.
Richard. Some really great stuff here. Like several other subscribers, I find these tutorials quite inspiring. Ive been combining the TL+V that you employ here with the Zeapon trigger and a couple of their motors. A really lovely combination once you get your head around the signal flow, Anyway, more videos please, especially to do with night-cap Timelapse's. Ive already found your thoughts around low level lighting completely inspiring!
Thanks heaps Ben ... really appreciate your comments. I use the Panasonic G9 for filming my videos although I have sometimes added Nikon D750 for extremely low light stuff .. not recently however. I discovered your youtube channel today and have subscribed ... great work.
I have heard great things about the Panasonic G9, the fact it does 4K at 60fps is superb, my canon doesnt even have a 4K option. Thank you kindly for subscribing, I look forward to enjoy more of your videos Richard 😊
Great video Richard. Not overly complicated but very informative . You reinforce the basics. Know your subject, know your equipment, plan carefully and then the beautiful results will come as they have in this case . Lovely work.
As always incredibly fascinating pictures. It is always exciting to listen to how you put together the pictures and what you paid attention to. Stunning. Thumbs up.
Nicely done Richard specially bulb ramping because it requires long experience to set proper numbers. Hopefully i learned about new thing bulb ramping. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated. Some beautiful imagery and the timelapse was definitely worth the wait. Clear skies my friend! Rob
Timelapse worked out really nice and I remember seeing that first image on Insta last week and really liking it. What strikes me most about your videos is the production value! And the quality of your lighting while shooting at night is something I aspire to in my videos 👍🏻 Great work.
Thanks a lot Craig. I spend a lot of time working on production quality. You'd laugh if you saw me shooting these night videos with all the lights and tripods I have set up ...!!!
Just had a quick look at the Yongnuo video lights - seem very well priced. Might try something like that myself, rather than just shining a torch in my face haha
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you for the amount of effort and sharing of your expertise!!! I must try to find a spot here in Southern Ontario that has less light.....
Another great video... could you please mention what sort of intervalometer was used to have shutter speed change from 1/2000s to 15s over the time period? thanks in advance
Thanks so much for watching. I used the Timelapse Plus View Intervalometer which automatically ramps the exposure. You can see it at 2.30 mark in the video. Appreciate you watching.
What an inspirational man you are..Absolutely love your channel, have seen most of your videos now and reckon your channel has the least thumbs down of any photography site on the planet,{ i hope UA-cam recognise this rare achievement } now i must check out LLL and the Z96, Great work Richard, long may it last!!
Great video as usual... Please make a video about creating a time lapse video with all basic details.. that would be a great learning video for beginners like me.. Thank you
Amazing !! Your videos are truly informative and fruitful. For the aperture, why don't we use f1.8 but f2.8, is there a drawback when we use the largest aperture? Besides, how can I get the panorama of stars like yours as the stars are trailing. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching. You can use the lens wide open at f1.8 but it has sharper corners if you stop it down a bit. You need to keep the shutter speed fairly short and the various exposures close together to avoid star trailing in panoramas.
Amazing shots. I've got a question, did you leave same shutter speed for whole time laps or did you somehow change it throughout the process when the surroundings went darker?
Thanks for watching. By using the Timelapse Plus View intervalometer the shutter speed changes as the light conditions darkened. The shutter speed and iso are controlled by the intervalometer and it reads the light levels to make automatic adjustments.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thank you for answering, it explains how it works. I've discovered night photography quite recently, did some shots occasionally and feel like I love it, so I will definitely try to find some gear to make it more professionally.
Thanks so much for watching. The Nikon Z6 has been extremely reliable in the 12 months since I've been using it. I really like the D750 also but I think the Z6 is a better camera for nightscapes.
Been there for the first time in April '19. Thanks to Richard. Plenty of good shots from this area but no decent milky-way image because I arrived there too late for scouting.
G'day Richard, Beautiful Results mate. Very interested in this interelometer, not heard of it before. Is it a new product? My assumption is this would save you heaps of time in post adjusting the light flickering due to the difference in light as it progresses? Would that be correct? Anyway, that tool really looks good and will do some research on it and understand it better for my needs. Many thanks buddy, your work has inspired me to get myself back into more astro work.
Thanks for the comments Angelo. The Timelapse Plus View is a fairly new product. It certainly does save heaps of time whilst shooting out in the field as it does all the work automatically for you. The lightroom plug in that is available with it is wonderful for taking out the flicker associated with timelapse. You'll notice I left the aperture at f2.8 for the whole time. It is possible to ramp the aperture with the View as well but I haven't done that as yet. I'm glad you are inspired to get back into astro ...!!!
Pretty interesting as that thing is not yet a product. They take pre-orders for March 2019 shipping. Alright, you've got it early, but at least give your viewers a hint and save their time browsing through the comments section to find out what made the shot possible. Or even give some insight on the device, how it works etc.
Thanks for watchingMichael. I used the Timelapse Plus View intervalometer. You input the basic parameters and the device automatically adjusts both the shutter speed and iso to suit. EG: While it's daylight I set the correct exposure, then I'll tell the machine what I want my maximum sgutter speed and iso to be for the night part of the timelapse. www.timelapseplus.com/
@@nightscapeimages.richard cool. I got. 2 Lume cube lights. Going to plug them into power and see how long they last on the first setting I live in Melbourne btw and enjoy milkyway photography
Richard, I have just got my Timelapse View+ and ready to shoot! Two questions: do you use LrTimelapse and do you have a post of the final video in this post?
Hi Ken, that's fantastic, you'll love it. I do use LRTimelapse but only to render out the final video from the Lightroom timeline. I've found the free lightroom plugin that is available from the Timelapse + View website to be great as far as working on transitioning the images from within lightroom itself. It's called Timelapse Workflow and here is the link. www.timelapseworkflow.com/
Nightscape Images wonder if the free version will compete or interrupt LRTimelapse? I’ve been using it for years and very familiar with it. Thanks for quick reply! BTW did you post day to night video from that outing?
Nightscape Images awesome, some how I got excited and accidentally exited too quick! I switched from an entire Nikon ton of gear to Sony, hope I can get it working well with View+!!!
Another great video! Question- So you plug in all the setting you want the intervalometer to start with and slowly change to? How did you get the whole thing sharp at 2.8 if you’re focused on the stars?? For the daytime shots I mean Did you start at a higher aperture?
Thanks for watching. For this shot I left the aperture at f2.8 for all the shots. I was far enough away from the trees for them to be sharp at 14mm. The Timelapse plus view cam ramp the aperture as well but I usually don't do that as it will most certainly introduce flicker.
Nightscape Images Thanks so much for the reply! Just to be clear, where exactly did you focus before you started shooting? Surely at 2.8 a compromise must have been made. Thanks again
@@AlexT1212 Yes that's what most people think. See my explanation of focusing on this video and the mention of the depth of field table. ua-cam.com/video/lqYf2w_BAQ8/v-deo.html
Richard, can you share what type of swivel you have between the tripod and the light mount please mate, I cannot find one that will sit between the light and the tripod on B&H site.
Hey Angelo. The Z96 video light comes with a small swivel with a thread at the bottom. I simply put it on a regular light stand but you could use a quick release plate with the 1/4 inch thread in it also.
Hi Ben, you can set the star adventurer to face vertically and do a pan. I did it once and it worked but there are far better tools for timelapse than that. EG: The Syrp Genie Mini.
Thanks for watching Keith. I find it easier to quickly do horizontal shots .. especially getting the camera level. There really isn't any great advantage either way and I do both depending on the situation.
Nightscape Photography is way more challenging than standard daylight photography so it need s a lot more thought and effort to get great results. As we practice it gets a lot easier. Thanks for watching.
Richard, I'm in total admiration of your Nightscapes. My recent retirement has been the trigger for the re-birth of a 50 year hobby for me and, throughout, you've been my inspiration. Many thanks for your clear, authorative and encouraging videos. You're an inspiration!
You're very welcome Nigel. I'm glad you find my work helpful.
Awesome 😎
Thanks for watching.
If I open UA-cam and I see a new post from...Nightscape Images...you're the first button I hit. You're a huge inspiration to night photography !!!
Thank you for the wonderful support NotByIntent. It's people like you who make all the effort it takes to make these videos worth it. It is very true that my intention is to inspire and encourage other photographers to get out there under the stars.
Richard.
Some really great stuff here. Like several other subscribers, I find these tutorials quite inspiring. Ive been combining the TL+V that you employ here with the Zeapon trigger and a couple of their motors. A really lovely combination once you get your head around the signal flow, Anyway, more videos please, especially to do with night-cap Timelapse's. Ive already found your thoughts around low level lighting completely inspiring!
Thanks so much for watching my friend.
Spectacular shots!
Thanks again Tato
Amazing pictures
I'm so glad you like them Pedro, thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing, magic photos and time lapse, now to get myself out and have a play
Thanks so much for watching and commenting Kym .. really appreciated.
Stunning
Thanks heaps for watching Tony
Great video Richard, Im super impressed with the production quality and results
Thanks heaps Ben ... really appreciate your comments. I use the Panasonic G9 for filming my videos although I have sometimes added Nikon D750 for extremely low light stuff .. not recently however. I discovered your youtube channel today and have subscribed ... great work.
I have heard great things about the Panasonic G9, the fact it does 4K at 60fps is superb, my canon doesnt even have a 4K option. Thank you kindly for subscribing, I look forward to enjoy more of your videos Richard 😊
Thanks heaps Ben ... I'll look forward to following your work also.
Wow that was fantastic very cool indeed
Thanks heaps John ... really do appreciate your comment
Nice video. A new intervalometer. That is a clue. And all without a new mirrorless camera 😃
Thanks so much for watching Philip. I loved shooting with the D750 camera.
Excellent on all counts once again, Richard.
Thank you so much Doug .. always really appreciate your insight and encouragement.
Im from victoria to and this place is awesome
Very well done! You are a continual source of inspiration, I can't wait for the weather to clear to get out in the night sky again! Thanks Richard!
Thanks again Todd. Really appreciate that.
amazing shots
Really appreciate you watching Rochmad, thanks so much.
Beautiful as always !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So kind of you to say Milorad
Great video Richard. Not overly complicated but very informative . You reinforce the basics. Know your subject, know your equipment, plan carefully and then the beautiful results will come as they have in this case . Lovely work.
Thanks so much for your lovely encouraging comments John ... very much appreciated.
Always look forward to your videos Richard. Thanks so much for making them and sharing your adventures. Fabulous work as always!
You're very kind Mike. I do appreciate you watching and the support you give.
As always incredibly fascinating pictures. It is always exciting to listen to how you put together the pictures and what you paid attention to. Stunning. Thumbs up.
Thanks for watching Rudi. Really appreciate your comments.
One ive missed great video,beaut timelapse, magic photos ,watched this twice ,thanks again
Thanks again Phillip
Nicely done Richard specially bulb ramping because it requires long experience to set proper numbers. Hopefully i learned about new thing bulb ramping. Thanks.
Thanks very much Rajiv
Simply amazing pictures with simple and effective explanations. Thanks
Thanks very much for watching really appreciated
Stunning timelapse at the end. You achieved what you aimed for. Love it. 😍
Really appreciate you watching Talha, thank you.
Timelapse was fantastic.
Thank you very much Rajiv
Fantastic works. Congratulations
Thanks for your comments nicolo
Beautiful pictures and timelaps.
Thanks a lot for watching
Stunning day to night time-lapse . Well worth the effort and time.. Learning every day from your channel..
Really appreciate you taking the time to comment, thanks for watching
Beautiful!
Thank you very much Genaro
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated. Some beautiful imagery and the timelapse was definitely worth the wait. Clear skies my friend!
Rob
Thanks so much for your encouragement Rob, and also thanks for tuning in.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Wish I were there with you. Please submit more videos and great content
Really appreciate your comments Paul ... thank you.
Well, this is just gorgeous, congrats!
Really appreciate your comments, thank you
Timelapse worked out really nice and I remember seeing that first image on Insta last week and really liking it.
What strikes me most about your videos is the production value! And the quality of your lighting while shooting at night is something I aspire to in my videos 👍🏻 Great work.
Thanks a lot Craig. I spend a lot of time working on production quality. You'd laugh if you saw me shooting these night videos with all the lights and tripods I have set up ...!!!
Just had a quick look at the Yongnuo video lights - seem very well priced. Might try something like that myself, rather than just shining a torch in my face haha
Yes they are really good Craig. Some of them are have colour temperature control also.
Just loved your video! Great explanation! I would like to try this as well! Thank you sooo much!
Really appreciate your comments and for watching my videos .. thank you
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you for the amount of effort and sharing of your expertise!!! I must try to find a spot here in Southern Ontario that has less light.....
@@sdagruma2730 Thanks again for your support. I am blessed with nice dark skies here in Australia that's for sure.
Another great video... could you please mention what sort of intervalometer was used to have shutter speed change from 1/2000s to 15s over the time period? thanks in advance
Thanks so much for watching. I used the Timelapse Plus View Intervalometer which automatically ramps the exposure. You can see it at 2.30 mark in the video. Appreciate you watching.
What an inspirational man you are..Absolutely love your channel, have seen most of your videos now and reckon your channel has the least thumbs down of any photography site on the planet,{ i hope UA-cam recognise this rare achievement } now i must check out LLL and the Z96, Great work Richard, long may it last!!
You're a very kind man William, thank you so much for your comments.
Great video as usual... Please make a video about creating a time lapse video with all basic details.. that would be a great learning video for beginners like me.. Thank you
Thanks for your comments Santosh
Truly "Inspiring & Captivating Photography" as the end logo says
Thanks so much Pratik
amazing ! would you please share some more info about that timelapse device ?
Thanks for watching. Here's the website. www.timelapseplus.com/
Amazing !! Your videos are truly informative and fruitful.
For the aperture, why don't we use f1.8 but f2.8, is there a drawback when we use the largest aperture?
Besides, how can I get the panorama of stars like yours as the stars are trailing. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching. You can use the lens wide open at f1.8 but it has sharper corners if you stop it down a bit. You need to keep the shutter speed fairly short and the various exposures close together to avoid star trailing in panoramas.
Understood, Sir! Hopefully I can get my own style of nightscape!
Bro make plz some videos for mobile photography,,,
Good work😊
Thanks heaps for watching my friend. Unfortunately I don't use my phone for photography.
Amazing shots. I've got a question, did you leave same shutter speed for whole time laps or did you somehow change it throughout the process when the surroundings went darker?
Thanks for watching. By using the Timelapse Plus View intervalometer the shutter speed changes as the light conditions darkened. The shutter speed and iso are controlled by the intervalometer and it reads the light levels to make automatic adjustments.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thank you for answering, it explains how it works. I've discovered night photography quite recently, did some shots occasionally and feel like I love it, so I will definitely try to find some gear to make it more professionally.
I appreciate the videos thank you so much , can you please tell us about the nikon z6 long term over the nikon d750
Thanks so much for watching. The Nikon Z6 has been extremely reliable in the 12 months since I've been using it. I really like the D750 also but I think the Z6 is a better camera for nightscapes.
Great Video Richard Where to get that new intervalometre
Thanks heaps Alex. As far as I know they are only available from the website here: www.timelapseplus.com/
Hi Richard, can you please let me know a bit about the intervalometer or if any link to any site selling it. Thanks. As always excellent video.
Thanks for watching Avijit. Here's the link: www.timelapseplus.com/
Nices shots and fantastic content! I think I have to visit Australia.
When would be the best season for nightscape?
I'd say April - May or September - October
Been there for the first time in April '19. Thanks to Richard. Plenty of good shots from this area but no decent milky-way image because I arrived there too late for scouting.
G'day Richard, Beautiful Results mate. Very interested in this interelometer, not heard of it before. Is it a new product? My assumption is this would save you heaps of time in post adjusting the light flickering due to the difference in light as it progresses? Would that be correct? Anyway, that tool really looks good and will do some research on it and understand it better for my needs. Many thanks buddy, your work has inspired me to get myself back into more astro work.
Thanks for the comments Angelo. The Timelapse Plus View is a fairly new product. It certainly does save heaps of time whilst shooting out in the field as it does all the work automatically for you. The lightroom plug in that is available with it is wonderful for taking out the flicker associated with timelapse. You'll notice I left the aperture at f2.8 for the whole time. It is possible to ramp the aperture with the View as well but I haven't done that as yet. I'm glad you are inspired to get back into astro ...!!!
Pretty interesting as that thing is not yet a product. They take pre-orders for March 2019 shipping. Alright, you've got it early, but at least give your viewers a hint and save their time browsing through the comments section to find out what made the shot possible. Or even give some insight on the device, how it works etc.
How did you have batteries for 720 shots?
I have no problems with the Nikon batteries lasting. With the later cameras you can power them via usb also.
What device did you use to increase the shutter speed, and how did you come up with the settings, just trial and error? great video!
Thanks for watchingMichael. I used the Timelapse Plus View intervalometer. You input the basic parameters and the device automatically adjusts both the shutter speed and iso to suit. EG: While it's daylight I set the correct exposure, then I'll tell the machine what I want my maximum sgutter speed and iso to be for the night part of the timelapse. www.timelapseplus.com/
What is mobile application with you used in this video ?
The mobile app is called Photopills. Thanks for watching.
how long does that battery last in the light would it last all night? Did you buy it with a battery pack to not go flat?
Thanks for watching Patrick. The battery in the Z96 video light will easily last all night .. it's on a low level which helps.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks I'm guessing you bought the Stand separately
@@PatrickGuerrisi Yes the stands are cheapies I bought from ebay.
@@nightscapeimages.richard cool. I got. 2 Lume cube lights. Going to plug them into power and see how long they last on the first setting
I live in Melbourne btw and enjoy milkyway photography
@@PatrickGuerrisi Good on you Patrick
9:51 música ?
It's a track called "Last sunrise in the Wasteland". I get my music from Epidemic sound.
@@nightscapeimages.richard obrigado amigo!
Hey Richard, awesome video and time-lapse, we're you using RAW to shoot that one? Huge card needed for 700+ shots
Thanks Riley, yes I actually shot raw & jpeg but I processed the raw files for the timelapse. Total size of 23gb. I use a 32 gb card.
Richard, I have just got my Timelapse View+ and ready to shoot! Two questions: do you use LrTimelapse and do you have a post of the final video in this post?
Hi Ken, that's fantastic, you'll love it. I do use LRTimelapse but only to render out the final video from the Lightroom timeline. I've found the free lightroom plugin that is available from the Timelapse + View website to be great as far as working on transitioning the images from within lightroom itself. It's called Timelapse Workflow and here is the link. www.timelapseworkflow.com/
And sorry forgot to comment on your second question. My completed timelapse is shown at the very end of this video.
Nightscape Images wonder if the free version will compete or interrupt LRTimelapse? I’ve been using it for years and very familiar with it. Thanks for quick reply! BTW did you post day to night video from that outing?
@@KenToney I haven't had any conflicts with LRTimelapse on my system. Yes the completed timelapse is at the end of the video.
Nightscape Images awesome, some how I got excited and accidentally exited too quick! I switched from an entire Nikon ton of gear to Sony, hope I can get it working well with View+!!!
Another great video!
Question-
So you plug in all the setting you want the intervalometer to start with and slowly change to?
How did you get the whole thing sharp at 2.8 if you’re focused on the stars?? For the daytime shots I mean
Did you start at a higher aperture?
Thanks for watching. For this shot I left the aperture at f2.8 for all the shots. I was far enough away from the trees for them to be sharp at 14mm. The Timelapse plus view cam ramp the aperture as well but I usually don't do that as it will most certainly introduce flicker.
Nightscape Images Thanks so much for the reply! Just to be clear, where exactly did you focus before you started shooting? Surely at 2.8 a compromise must have been made. Thanks again
@@AlexT1212 I focused on infinity but with a 14mm lens at f2.8 that is quite close to the camera.
Nightscape Images Ah I see. Here’s me thinking infinity meant really far away. Thanks for the info 👍🏻
@@AlexT1212 Yes that's what most people think. See my explanation of focusing on this video and the mention of the depth of field table. ua-cam.com/video/lqYf2w_BAQ8/v-deo.html
Richard, can you share what type of swivel you have between the tripod and the light mount please mate, I cannot find one that will sit between the light and the tripod on B&H site.
Hey Angelo. The Z96 video light comes with a small swivel with a thread at the bottom. I simply put it on a regular light stand but you could use a quick release plate with the 1/4 inch thread in it also.
How do you do a moving time lapse with a star adventurer
Hi Ben, you can set the star adventurer to face vertically and do a pan. I did it once and it worked but there are far better tools for timelapse than that. EG: The Syrp Genie Mini.
Nightscape Images thanks for the reply, was out last night but all I got was a steamed up lens and some light pollution. Thanks new sub
For your panoramas, why do you use multiple rows of horizontal images rather than a single row of vertical images?
Thanks for watching Keith. I find it easier to quickly do horizontal shots .. especially getting the camera level. There really isn't any great advantage either way and I do both depending on the situation.
Way too complicated for me.
Nightscape Photography is way more challenging than standard daylight photography so it need s a lot more thought and effort to get great results. As we practice it gets a lot easier. Thanks for watching.