A History of the Sky
This is a year-long time-lapse study of the sky. A camera installed on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco captured an image of the sky every 10 seconds. From these images, I created a mosaic of time-lapse movies, each showing a single day. The days are arranged in chronological order. My intent was to reveal the patterns of light and weather over the course of a year. This video is designed to be viewed in a large format, so it's best viewed in full-screen mode at 1080p. More information on the project site: www.murphlab.com And my recent blog post: www.murphlab.com The music is "Aerial" by Moby, from www.mobygratis.com (royalty-free music for independent filmmakers).
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A History of the Sky: 126 Days
Help support this project! Matted printed stills and other cool stuff available here: murphlab.com/support "A History of the Sky" is a time-lapse visualization of the sky for an entire year. See my project site: www.murphlab.com/hsky. PS some of the more astute observers have already spotted my bad math! :-)
Pan-Lapse: Revolution Cafe, SF
This movie was shot using a rotating camera mount on the corner of 22nd and Bryant in San Francisco. The resulting footage was used to make this 360-degree panoramic movie. Viewing tip: this works best at full screen at 720p or better! Blog post about this movie: www.murphlab.com/?p=188 My website: www.murphlab.com
Pan Lapse: Billy Goat Hill, SF
This footage was shot from Billygoat Hill in the Noe Valley neigborhood of San Francisco, using a motorized camera mount set to make single revolution in 90 minutes, capturing images at 5-second intervals. I assembled the footage into this panoramic movie that shows a full 360-degree view at once. It works best in full-screen mode at 720p or better. Blog post about this movie: www.murphlab.com/?p=188 My website: www.murphlab.com Music: "Evelyn" by Goldmund www.unseen-music.com
Pan-Lapse: Pier 14, SF
This is a panoramic time-lapse movie I shot at Pier 14 in San Francisco This technique uses a motorized tripod head that slowly rotates during shooting. I then arrange the resulting footage so that each section (separated by the vertical lines) is slightly offset in time, so that together they create a moving panoramic image. More info about the technique and other movies here: www.murphlab.com
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LED Art
I make these LED Art Kits, which you can get from Make Magazine: www.makershed.com
Panoramic Time-Lapse: Wave Organ
This is a panoramic time-lapse movie I shot at sunset at the Wave Organ in San Francisco This technique uses a motorized tripod head that slowly rotates during shooting. I then arrange the resulting footage so that each section (separated by the vertical lines) is slightly offset in time, so that together they create a moving panoramic image. More info about the technique and other movies here: www.murphlab.com
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Dolores Park (Hyper-Stereoscopic Time-Lapse)
This is one of a series of time-lapse videos I created using a pair of digital cameras placed at a considerable distance from each other. This creates a greatly exaggerated sense of stereoscopic depth. More info here: www.murphlab.com
Pan-Lapse: Mendocino Headlands
This is a panoramic time-lapse movie I shot at the Mendocino Headlands This technique uses a motorized tripod head that slowly rotates during shooting. I then arrange the resulting footage so that each section (separated by the vertical lines) is slightly offset in time, so that together they create a moving panoramic image. More info about the technique and other movies here: www.murphlab.com
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Big Train 3D (with audio)
This is an excerpt from "The Big Train," ca. 1950. This was originally shot as a 2D film, but I was able to extract the 3D imagery by taking advantage of the sideways movement of the imagery, and presenting adjacent frames from the original to each eye. This creates the steropsis effect that usually requires two cameras. The original fillm was sponsored by the New York Central Railroad. I obtained it from the Prelinger Archive: www.archive.org
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StraylightUK's Glide 2 in 3D
I borrowed this very cool movie, shot from a train with a high-speed camera: www.youtube.com ...and converted it into a 3D movie. The 3D effect is created by presenting adjacent images from the original to each eye. Because the train is moving, each eye is seeing the scene from a slightly different position, just as if two cameras were used.
Church St., San Francisco (Hyper-Stereoscopic Time-Lapse)
This is one of a series of time-lapse videos I created using a pair of digital cameras placed at a considerable distance from each other. This creates a greatly exaggerated sense of stereoscopic depth. More info here: www.murphlab.com
Hyatt SF Atrium (Hyper-Stereoscopic Time-Lapse)
This is one of a series of time-lapse videos I created using a pair of digital cameras placed at a considerable distance from each other. This creates a greatly exaggerated sense of stereoscopic depth. More info here: www.murphlab.com
Time Lapse: 30th and Church, SF CA
Time-lapse footage out my window at the corner of 30th and Church Streets, in San Francisco.
Face in the clouds
An astute viewer of my "History of the Sky" video noticed this. It shows up at about 00:12...