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.
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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
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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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Temporal Distortion Extended Cut
See the Temporal Distortion short with Bear McCreary’s music here.
This extended cut excerpts video, features Simon Wilkinson’s music. Buy and download the 23 minute extended cut below.
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What you see is real, but you can’t see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of 20-30 second exposures edited together over many hours to produce the timelapse. This allows you to see the Milky Way, Aurora and other phenomena, in ways you wouldn’t normally see them.
In the opening “Dakotalapse” title shot, you see bands of red and green moving across the sky. After asking several astronomers, they are possible noctilucent clouds, airglow or faint Aurora. You can also see the red and green bands in other shots. This video has Milky Way, Aurora, Meteor and Moon lit night timelapse. This was shot entirely at night. If it looks like daytime, it is actually the moon lighting up the landscape.
This was shot with Canon DSLR’s as stills, and consists of over 33,000 stills shot in RAW format, at the highest resolution possible, on each camera.
Music on the Video
Featuring two original scores by Simon Wilkinson http://www.thebluemask.com and also some from his Royalty Free Collections. This does not have Bear McCreary’s music on it, his music is on this video.
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All downloads are for home or personal use only. May not be incorporated into a production, altered or uploaded to other web sites. For those uses contact.
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The Temporal Distortion feature is 23 minutes of night timelapse featuring the following segments
Milky Way Segment 8+ minutes
Aurora Segment – 2+ minutes
Desert (Colorado/Utah) – 2+ minutes
Moon Light – 6 minutes
Deer Lapse – 1.5 minutes
Fall Skies – 2+ minutes
Behind the Scenes (timelapse of timelapses)- 1 minute
You will see the same scenes as the online Temporal Distortion video. But this was a completely different edit, with the shots seen at full length, and you will see a bunch of new ones.
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The Aurora were shot in central South Dakota in September 2011 and near Madison, Wisconsin on October 25, 2011.
Most of the video was shot near the White River in central South Dakota in September and October 2011, but there are other shots from Arches National Park in Utah, and Canyon of the Ancients area of Colorado during June 2011.
Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 60D
Canon 16-35, Tokina 11-16
Shot in RAW format. Manual mode, Exposure was 30 seconds on most Milky Way shots, 15-30 seconds on Aurora. ISO 1600 – 6400 F2.8.
Thanks to Dynamic Perception for their support, and for making the Stage Zero Dolly, which I used on most of the shots.
I used a Kessler Crane pocket dolly and KC Lite Crane on a few shots as well.
Photography and Editing – Randy Halverson
Music – Simon Wilkinson
Additional Photography – River Halverson
Production Assistants – River Halverson and Kelly McIlhone
Opening title by Gus Winkelman // Winkelmedia LLC // Contact Guswinkelman@gmail.com for creative solutions
Available in 4K Ultra HD for licensing.
Contact for licensing footage, or anything else.
Randy Halverson
dakotalapse@gmail.com
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Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse
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Still frames of some additional shots on the extended cut.
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Temporal Distortion
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Featuring an original score by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, etc) Bear wrote about composing Temporal Distortion here. Thanks to Bear for taking the time to do this!
Download an MP3 of Bear McCreary’s Temporal Distortion on Amazon or on Itunes
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There is a 23 minute long extended cut, available for digital download here.
The extended cut is 23+ minutes of Milky Way, Aurora and other night timelapse, it has two original scores by Simon Wilkinson, as well as some from his Royalty Free collection.
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What you see is real, but you can’t see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of 20-30 second exposures edited together over many hours to produce the timelapse like taking . This allows you to see the Milky Way, Aurora and other Phenonmena in a way you wouldn’t normally see them.
In the opening “Dakotalapse” title shot, you see bands of red and green moving across the sky. After asking several Astronomers, they are possible noctilucent clouds, airglow or faint Aurora. I never got a definite answer to what it is. You can also see the red and green bands in other shots.
Order Prints and Gallery Wraps
At :53 and 2:17 seconds into the video you see a Meteor with a Persistent Train. Which is ionizing gases, which lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here.
There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one wasn’t backlit by the moon like the first, and moves out of the frame quickly.
Watch for two Deer at 1:27 (look for a quick flash in lower left)
Most of the video was shot near the White River in central South Dakota in September and October 2011, but there are other shots from Arches National Park in Utah, and Canyon of the Ancients area of Colorado during June 2011. The Aurora were shot in central South Dakota in September 2011 and near Madison, Wisconsin on October 25, 2011.
Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 60D
Canon 16-35, Tokina 11-16
Shot in RAW format. Manual mode, Exposure was 30 seconds on most Milky Way shots, 15-30 seconds on Aurora. ISO 1600 – 6400 F2.8.
Thanks to Dynamic Perception for their support, and for making the Stage Zero Dolly, which I used on most of the shots.
Production Assistants – River Halverson and Kelly McIlhone
Opening title by Gus Winkelman // Winkelmedia LLC // Contact Guswinkelman@gmail for creative solutions
Contact for licensing footage, or anything else.
Randy Halverson
dakotalapse@gmail.com
Follow:
Google + https://plus.google.com/115274420552571826637/posts
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dakotalapse
Behind the scenes of Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
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Tempest Milky Way
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Tempest Milky Way won Best Overall and Audience Choice at the 2011 Chronos Film Festival
Download an extended cut of this video here, with almost 1 minute of extra footage. 5$ See stills below.
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Stills from footage on the extended cut.
One of the challenges in making this video, was trying to get good storm and star shots. The opportunity doesn’t come along very often, the storm has to be moving the right speed and the lightning can overexpose the long exposures. I had several opportunities this summer to get storm and star shots. With good . In one instance, within a minute of picking up the camera and dolly, 70mph winds hit. One storm was perfect, it came straight towards the setup, then died right before it reached it.
At the 1:57 mark a Whitetail buck came in to check out the setup. It was caught on 20 frames, and was there for about 10 minutes. It was only 50 yards from the camera, dolly and light.
At the 3:24 mark, a meteor reflects on the water of the small lake, see still below in Photos. There are also quite a few other meteors in the timelapse.
Canon 5D Mark II for a few shots, Canon 60D and T2i
Canon 16-35, Tokina 11-16
Exposure on most shots was 20-30 seconds, ISO 1600 or 3200 F2.8.
Simon Wilkinson at thebluemask.com created the music and sound for it.
Download the MP3 on his site http://www.thebluemask.com/shop/tempest/?tid=tempestmilkyway
Available in 4K Ultra HD for licensing.
Contact for licensing or anything else
Randy Halverson
dakotalapse@gmail.com
Follow:
Google + https://plus.google.com/115274420552571826637/posts
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dakotalapse
Still frames from Tempest Milky Way
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Plains Milky Way
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During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn’t catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a “Milapse” mount on the panning ones.
This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight.
Canon EOS 60D
Canon T2i
Tokina 11-16mm
Tamron AF 17-50mm
Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly
Shot in RAW format, the Milky Way shots were 30 seconds exposure F2.8 or F1.8 with 2 second interval between shots, for 3-4 hours run time. ISO 1600, the opening shot was ISO 3200.
Ten seconds of the video is about 2 hours 20 minutes in real time.
Simon Wilkinson from thebluemask.com created the soundtrack “Exodus” for the video
Available in 4K Ultra HD for licensing.