Waterlollies Eclipsed
As most Australians saw, there was a total lunar eclipse recently and I took a few hours away from Waterlollies in order to set up my telescope. We made a night of it and we were joined by some friendly neighbours who brought vodka.
With binoculars, telescopes and cameras we saw plenty of the moon that night and I managed to get some amazing shots simply by aligning my camera lens to the telescope's eyepiece. By fantastic coincidence, my digital camera's lens fits quite neatly into the telescope's eyepiece. Here are my favs from about 75 shots.
High-power lens: The earth's shadow creeps in from top left.
Low-power lens: Taken about 10 min after the above shot.
Towards the end of the eclipse as the light starts to reappear. Increased the exposure (+1.3) here in order to see detail in the darkness.
My favourite. Same shot as above but decreased exposure (-1.0). I have this one as my desktop wallpaper.
I took this photo from the window of my home-made spaceship, shortly after lift-off.
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Waterlollies progress
oO0oh.. contractions are very close together now. The biggest and most difficult scenes are finished. Part C has 85 scenes and there are 13 to go. Here's the graph:
As you can see, storyboard is complete and we're days from finishing..
Flash Forward People's Choice
Thanks everyone who voted for 30 shorts. People's choice voting closed on August 30 so now we sit tight and wait for September 19-21. The Flash Forward Film Festival ("FFFF!") night is held at the end of the conference and the winners of the individual categories are announced.
To stay up to date on the conference itself, keep an eye on the Flash Forward site over the coming weeks.
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By next update, I'll be finished Waterlollies and music/audio should be in its final stages. Talk to ye then!
-Phillips
With binoculars, telescopes and cameras we saw plenty of the moon that night and I managed to get some amazing shots simply by aligning my camera lens to the telescope's eyepiece. By fantastic coincidence, my digital camera's lens fits quite neatly into the telescope's eyepiece. Here are my favs from about 75 shots.
Note: as seen through a refractor telescope, the moon appears upside-down in these shots.
High-power lens: The earth's shadow creeps in from top left.
Low-power lens: Taken about 10 min after the above shot.
Towards the end of the eclipse as the light starts to reappear. Increased the exposure (+1.3) here in order to see detail in the darkness.
My favourite. Same shot as above but decreased exposure (-1.0). I have this one as my desktop wallpaper.
I took this photo from the window of my home-made spaceship, shortly after lift-off.
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Waterlollies progress
oO0oh.. contractions are very close together now. The biggest and most difficult scenes are finished. Part C has 85 scenes and there are 13 to go. Here's the graph:
As you can see, storyboard is complete and we're days from finishing..
HOWEVER..!
.. don't organise your Waterlollies party just yet. Nathan McCree is working on Part B music right now. Here's what his to-do list looks like:
- Part B music
- Part B sound effects
- Part C music
- Part C sound effects
Flash Forward People's Choice
Thanks everyone who voted for 30 shorts. People's choice voting closed on August 30 so now we sit tight and wait for September 19-21. The Flash Forward Film Festival ("FFFF!") night is held at the end of the conference and the winners of the individual categories are announced.
To stay up to date on the conference itself, keep an eye on the Flash Forward site over the coming weeks.
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By next update, I'll be finished Waterlollies and music/audio should be in its final stages. Talk to ye then!
-Phillips
Labels: Eclipse, Flash, flash forward, people's choice, Waterlollies
16 Comments:
I almost jumped out of my chair when I saw that graph. I seriously wasn't expecting it to be that close to completion, as I had the assumption that you were taking some time off for health reasons. Waterlollies seems to be progressing exceptionally.
I was watching that eclipse now and then. It got to the point where it was mostly red, but I didn't have a telescope so I didn't get as good a view. Those pictures, however, are amazing. I don't think we've ever had it look this good before; no clouds in the way or anything like that.
I'm going to see how long it takes for my dial-up speeds to download your well-taken images. Keep up the good work, in life and other places.
yay! it's almost done! Can't wait to see it, Adam
-evan
Hooray !
~ Insert Generic cheer of encouragement and delight here ~
Spectacular photos! I bet the sky looked incredibly celestial after a few shot of the vodka! haha. I am so impressed about the amount of work you have completed in such little time, your work ethic is encouraging. I am ecstatic over Waterlollies and get wonderful chills each day it comes closer!! This is my guarantee in this comment that I will purchase some old/new merchandise once Waterlollies has premiered. Wonderful, wonderful shit. Oh and 1 more thing, the music you use is wonderful, but have you ever looked into a band called Fintroll?? They have a Finnish heavy metal touch, but they kind of reminded me of Brackenwood :p. Anyways, till next update!
-Mike from NJ
Hey, Sept 20th! Take your time, take your time.
Polished is sooooooo much better than rushed. The wait only multiplies how much this will kick virtual butt.
omg i saw the eclipse because I live in New Zealand, also good progress on Waterlollies, suprised to see if jump that far
congrats on the photo's that look great i aligned my camera with my telescope but it was hard to keep it aligned
Cant wait till waterlollies im constantly checking back on your progress keep up the good work.
cool photos and thanks for teasing us with the graph... I thought that was the entire movie not just the animation complete.
Will you be attending the Flash Forward in Boston?
WOOOOOOOOOO! I know I've never posted before, but as a die-hard fan of your work (all of it, including the stories and your pictures), I simply cannot wait for Waterlollies to come out!
Good luck with Flash Forward, as always, you have my vote ;)
-Josh (NY)
P.S. Awesome photos of the eclipse! I was actually interning for instructables.com when it happened, out in Alameda, C.A. (you can read about that here ) I was situated in the CEO's sunroom, so I just opened my eyes and there was the eclipsed moon. Truly stunning.
Alright, have a good one!
My goodness, I cannot wait to see this movie, I've been waiting so long to see it.
So who's "we" when you talk about watching the eclipse? I don't know about everyone else, but I'd certainly be interested in knowing more about your personal life.
Amazing photos! I especially love the last one. :)
Best of luck with Waterlollies, we all appreciate your hard work. :)
September release would be most excellent, but real life comes first...I wish more people understood that. :P
Cheers.
You should animate an Lunar eclipse in the final scene of Waterlolies, that would be cool.
Awesome Adam, how much did your spacecraftness cost?! i want one.
The graph looks really nice, LOTS OF BLUE!
Hug from your norwegian fan.
yes, i'm an air condition fan ;)
i blow like the wind.
deadly like a ninja, and i crouch like a kitten..
hhhhuuuuh?
ohh... nice pics...
so Waterlollies is almost complete... congratulations... I want to see the movie on Newgrounds, It is going to have the best score ever man...
awwww man!
Im eager to see it!!!
Just have to sit tight and wait!
Congratulations for having it ready and much luck in your conquering the world plans!
Include me as one of your goons xP
I'm very excited, any chance you could talk to your people and give us an update? ;)
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