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
