Balloons

Last weekend, some friends and I made out annual visit to the Sandy Balloon Festival.  It's always a good way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday morning.  This time, I decided to shoot things a little differently.  Instead of shooting stills, I shot video.  Part of my reason for shooting video was to play around with the 4K frame grab feature in the Canon EOS 1Dx MkII.  The way this camera captures 4K video means that each frame is literally an 8.8mp jpeg image.  Because of this, the camera allows you to grab those frames individually.  All of this is done in camera.  All of these images started their life as video frames.

In addition to shooting some 4K, I also shot a little bit of slow motion stuff.

The Ogden Raptors

I took the kids to a baseball game the other night.  Of course, I took a camera along to grab some shots.

While I was at it, I shot a bit of slow motion video.

Stars over Kolob

So, here it is, my first attempt at a time lapse of stars.  Be gentle, it's not perfect and has some issues.  But, overall, I'm pleased with how it turned out.  

This is in Kolob Canyon, part of Zion National Park in Southern, Utah.  The video was created using about 800 images that were captured over a period of just under 4 hours.

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