Just for a change: Some time-lapse photos I took on holiday!

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Hi all,

I did say I’d make posts more often, but I’ve had a very busy Summer if that counts as a decent excuse XD

Anyways, I thought I’d do something a bit different this time, and make a post on some time-lapse photography I did while I was on holiday in Cyprus earlier this year. There are some pretty good ones, and as always, a few duds. I did all of these by pointing the camera at some kind of light source, like streetlights, and then moving it during exposure. My camera only did exposures of 8 seconds, so it was quite difficult to make some of them interesting, but I think they turned out okay 🙂

Photos taken with old camera

My first attempt at a time-lapse, which is actually not too bad!
My first attempt at a time-lapse, which is actually not too bad!
The 2nd try, finding the streetlights in the distance, and then moving it to the left, I think.
The 2nd try, finding the streetlights in the distance, and then moving it to the left, I think.
I think this one has some rotation, but I can’t remember XD The white is from the reflection of the Sun’s light off the moon.
I think this one has some rotation, but I can’t remember XD The white is from the reflection of the Sun’s light off the moon.
I can’t remember how I did this at all XD
I can’t remember how I did this at all XD
This one was just simple rotation with the moon and streetlights. I hadn’t noticed the weird blurry cloudy effect by the streetlights until just now.
This one was just simple rotation with the moon and streetlights. I hadn’t noticed the weird blurry cloudy effect by the streetlights until just now.
I can’t remember how I did this either. Maybe it was shaking from side to side and accidentally moving forward or backward a bit?
I can’t remember how I did this either. Maybe it was shaking from side to side and accidentally moving forward or backward a bit?
I really like the reddish haze around the left side of this one.
I really like the reddish haze around the left side of this one.
This is the light from a swimming pool, it’s a bit of a dud XD
This is the light from a swimming pool, it’s a bit of a dud XD

Photos taken with new camera

A while after my holiday, I got a new camera and took some different photos trying the same thing:

Bridge Lights (1)
Bridge Lights (1)
Bridge Lights (2)
Bridge Lights (2)
Not sure what this one is.
Not sure what this one is.

Conclusion

I did mean to post this a long time ago, like months ago. I forgot XD I hope you liked these photos, and I have some more news to share with you soon as well. By soon, I mean next week perhaps, I’ll seriously try to get it done this time, but I do have a lot going on right now 🙂

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About Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty

I'm a self-employed software developer working on Free Software projects, as well as studying for my degree with the Open University. Being pedantic when it comes to detail is fortunately useful for both of these things! A strong believer in free software, I have a few pay-for programs available under the GPLv3 and enjoy reporting bugs and helping to improve various open source projects, including volunteering at Wimborne Model Town to work on their river control system.

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