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I’m going through some old stuff and looking for interesting blended stills. I will most likely just add them to this post as I get them done.

This is from a movie I was never able to finish. It’s the only scene that never moved fast enough to be interesting. I wrote some code to skip over frames in order to speed things up, but it’s not working yet. In the meantime, I love this.

I’ve been using the blending in movies sparingly, but I really love the effect in stills. This took about six hours on my laptop and I think it’s pretty nice. Notes: The sunlight across the ocean was never so strong in any single image. The cranes, ships and whatnot really benefited from the blending as well. I think the ocean takes on a nice quality, though not spectacular.

Enjoy-

Nothing too special about this one — other than the content that is.

This was added after the original post — it was taken the same evening — the same clouds.

This too was added later… I had a big day.

Finally… the produced version of the trains we filmed when we stayed at the Izaak Walton Inn in Montana. Oh, Karen also recorded the train sounds she used there too. –Thanks Karen!

Without further ado…

There was a total lunar eclipse August 28th. I spend the early hours of morning on the sand with a couple of cameras setup to capture the event. Luckily for me I brought my binoculars and made sure I enjoyed the sight in person. The photos of the eclipse were a complete bust. even with eight megapixels the moon was so tiny you couldn’t make it out. Only a telephoto lens would have helped.

Fortunately, I suspected this would be a problem and I aimed one camera out at Long Beach. The exposure wasn’t exactly right and this isn’t lovely, but it’s alright.

We spent Saturday afternoon at The Pike — across from The Queen Mary. I made a few movies while we were there. Some blended some not. Watch for the fireboat — what a surprise that was.

Unblended first (It’s the best)

Now blended — a little goofy.

Zoomed for the fireboat.