10 of my favorite stills from 2013. Most of these were taken from timelapse. Click arrows to navigate, click on photo to enlarge. Some of these are available as prints here.
See other stills from 2013 on this page.
Comet Ison
Comet Ison Timelapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
Above – Timelapse of Comet Ison – Taken 11-7-13 with Canon 6D and Canon 200mm f2.8 on Ioptron Skytracker. Their was some wind which resulted in some shake and jello stars at times. Stabilized with warp stabilizer. This was about an hour and a half timelapse of the comet.
2013 Still Photos
Most of these are frames from timelapses shot in 2013 in South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. The timelapse video will be released this winter. These are only some of the timelapse I shot. You can see more on my Facebook page.
2013 Stills
Horizons
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Horizons from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
If you have ever been in a wide open landscape the most interesting thing isn’t necessarily the landscape itself, but what you see coming over the horizon. Growing up in South Dakota the landscape itself can be beautiful at times, but that doesn’t compare to what the sky can do, especially at night. Combine that with the landscape, and it makes for great photo opportunities.
Get the 30 minute long Horizons feature here
Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Defiance, Battlestar Galactica, etc) once again helped me with some original music for the video. This time he suggested adding vocals to the mix. Brendan McCreary and his band (Young Beautiful in a Hurry) did just that. They came up with “I Forever” The single is available on iTunes, Amazon and other online sources.
I shot Horizons from April – October 2012 mostly in South Dakota, but also some at Devils Tower in Wyoming. From the rugged Badlands, the White River valley and the Black Hills of South Dakota, the horizons seem to endlessly change. I edited Horizons in 4K resolution and the feature is available in 4K.
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Photography and Editing – Randy Halverson
Production Assistants– River Halverson
Color Correction – Jeff Zueger – Spectrum Films
Equipment Used
Canon 5D Mark III, sometimes with a 2nd from Borrowlenses
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 60D
I used a variety of lenses, many from Borrowlenses
Canon 14, 16-35, 24-70, 50 F1.2, 70-200mm lenses
Zeiss 21, 25, 35mm lenses
Nikon 14-24mm with Novoflex Adapter
Available in 4K resolution for licensing.
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Contact for licensing footage, shooting rates or anything else.
Randy Halverson
dakotalapse@gmail.com
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Horizons Feature
Above: Preview the first 2 minutes of the Horizons Feature.
The Horizons feature is 30 minutes of new and never before seen Milky Way, Aurora, Clouds, Sunrise and Sunset timelapse. Set to the music “Frozen White Light” composed by Simon Wilkinson at http://www.thebluemask.com
If you have ever been in a wide open landscape the most interesting thing isn’t necessarily the landscape itself, but what you see coming over the horizon. Growing up in South Dakota the landscape itself can be beautiful at times, but that doesn’t compare to what the sky can do, especially at night. Combine that with the landscape, and it makes for great photo opportunities.
I shot Horizons from April – October 2012 mostly in South Dakota, but also some at Devils Tower in Wyoming. From the rugged Badlands, the White River valley and the Black Hills of South Dakota, the horizons seem to endlessly change. I edited Horizons in 4K resolution and this feature is available in 4K upon request.
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Equipment Used
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 60D
I used a variety of lenses
Canon 14, 16-35, 24-70, 50 F1.2, 70-200mm lenses
Zeiss 21, 25, 35mm lenses
Nikon 14-24mm with Novoflex Adapter
Available in 4K resolution
__________________________________________
Contact for licensing footage, shooting rates or anything else.
Randy Halverson
dakotalapse@gmail.com
Follow:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dakotalapse
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Horizons Teaser
A few short clips from my upcoming timelapse film titled Horizons. The online short will feature an original score by Bear McCreary. http://www.bearmccreary.com
There will also be an extended cut, available for download at https://dakotalapse.com
Music is “Nebula Drift” by Simon Wilkinson http://www.thebluemask.com
Sponsors:
Borrowlenses http://www.borrowlenses.com
Dynamic Perception dollies http://www.dynamicperception.com
Horizons Stills
Stills from “Horizons” timelapse – coming out soon
Order Prints and Gallery Wraps of selected stills.
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Click on the 2, 3 and 4 below the photos, for more pages.
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Meteor, Lightning and the Milky Way
While editing timelapse I shot July 2012, I noticed a meteor in a frame. I caught it on 2 Canon 5D Mark III cameras. Last July, I posted a photo of the lightning and Milky Way, but missed the meteor. Phil Plait wrote about that photo last July.
I also caught it on a second camera, with a 25mm Zeiss F2.0 lens.
Print or Gallery Wrap, is available of the second photo here.
I borrowed both of the lenses from Borrowlenses.com, who is also a sponsor for my next timelapse video, that will be coming out this winter.
2012 – Favorite Photos
Some of my favorites from shooting timelapse in 2012. These were all frames from a timelapse. The timelapse will be out this winter.
Click on Photos to Enlarge
Meteor Persistent Train – 2012
Update: Phil Plait also wrote this article about it.
What are the odds that you can catch a meteor with a persistent train, in the same spot, one year later? On October 6th, 2012, I setup timelapse, in the location that I caught this one.
2011 Meteor with persistent train – click to enlarge
I had not shot any timelapse at that spot, since October 2011. At 10:07 PM the camera caught a meteor, the following 40 frames show the persistent train drifting off to the east, then it disappears. It lasted over 20 minutes in real time. I don’t think it would have been visible to the naked eye, but with 30 second exposures, it is. Taken in central South Dakota with a Canon 5D Mark III, Nikon 14-24 with novoflex adapter, F2.8, 30 seconds, ISO 3200
Phil Plait wrote about meteor persistent trains, with my photos from last year, here.
The Meteor – click photo to enlarge
2 minutes 10 seconds later – close up of persistent train – click to enlarge
Meteor from 2nd Camera, a few hundred yards away – 5D Mark II with Canon 16-24
