I plan to try again when weather and aurora forecasts are both good (huge aurora forecast last night, road closed due to snow, and cloudy skies). ![]() I went up a hill near Tekapo on the highway to find some dark sky. very dark over there, there was some aurora Lake Ohau is a great calm spot for astroscapes near Twizle 20mm f1.8, 20 sec iso 8000 D750 Nikon. Netherlands is like being in the centre of Christchurch. They call it: The most intuitive, compact and simple intervalometer + motion control for time lapse (sic) photograph. And it isn’t hard to see why when you watch their video. Jep I know Tekapo been there 3 times, well there are quite some places in that area that are just as suitable for astro. The creators of the new Astro Timelapse reached their 50,000 funding goal in just a couple of days. The best place to be though is probably Mt John by Tekapo, but they would charge you ~$140 NZ to go up there at night (pre-booked with a tour of their telescopes, tracking mounts free to use!) if the weather is good. The International Dark Sky reserve is Tekapo. When scouting for a location, head out in the daytime first, and use one of the smartphone astro apps which has an augmented reality function like PhotoPills or Starwalk to plan your composition with the stars. The bright area to the right is Christchurch light pollution. Here’s 10 points to consider when shooting a motion controlled astro time-lapse. I live in Christchurch, so my Akaroa time-lapse was a 1 hour drive. Where do you live in NZ? I have been four times in NZ. Astrophotography is one of the most spectacular forms of photography there is, and when you add motion to it by shooting time-lapse, you can capture these amazing visuals of the rotating night sky above dreamy landscapes. And yes you can use some software as well, but you loose the change in perspective. Syrp is awesome, you can even use it on your home made cable track or skateboard. Well I use a Genie mini and a Genie + Magic carpet slider from Syrp. Hi Chris, I saw you're from NZ, suberb country, also for astro, I'm jealous because Europe is too light polluted. Where you have your camera moving between frames smoothly, how did you do that? I hope you like it, there is also some daylight to give some info about the landscape. Coming weeks I'll post some Time Lapses containing astro made in the Dark Sky reserve in the Pyrenees. I had been quiet for some time, very busy at work.
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