Dakotalapse

If you have ever been in a wide open landscape the most interesting thing isn't necessarily the landscape itself, but what you see coming over the horizon. Growing up in South Dakota the landscape itself can be beautiful at times, but that doesn't compare to what the sky can do, especially at night. Combine that with the landscape, and it makes for great photo opportunities. More information and stills at http://dakotalapse.com/2013/06/horizons/ Watch the 30 minute feature on Vimeo On Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/horizons Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Defiance, Battlestar Galactica, etc) once again helped me with some original music for the video. This time he suggested adding vocals to the mix. Brendan McCreary and his band (Young Beautiful in a Hurry) did just that. They came up with “I Forever” The single is available on iTunes http://tinyurl.com/pgrq45p , Amazon and other online sources. I shot Horizons from April - October 2012 mostly in South Dakota, but also some at Devils Tower in Wyoming. From the rugged Badlands, the White River valley and the Black Hills, the horizons seem to endlessly change. Download the 30 minute long Horizons feature at http://dakotalapse.com/2013/06/horizons-feature Photography and Editing – Randy Halverson Production Assistants – River Halverson and Kelly McILhone Color Correction - Jeff Zueger - Spectrum Films Sponsors: Dynamic Perception – The Stage Zero and Stage One dollies were used in many of the shots. I can't recommend them enough for a quality product at a low price. http://www.dynamicperception.com/#oid=1005_1 Borrowlenses – Throughout the summer I got some great Canon and Zeiss lenses from Borrowlenses to use in the shoot. They have great service and every lens performed flawlessly. So if you ever want to try out a lens ,or just need one for an special shoot, give them a try! http://www.borrowlenses.com Granite Bay Software – I try to avoid flicker in sunset or daytime timelapse while shooting. But sometimes it is unavoidable. I used GBDeflicker to smooth out the flicker in some of the sunset timelapse. http://www.granitebaysoftware.com/ Equipment Used Canon 5D Mark III, sometimes with a 2nd from Borrowlenses.com Canon 5D Mark II Canon 60D I used a variety of lenses, many from Borrowlenses.com Canon 14, 16-35, 24-70, 50 F1.2, 70-200mm lenses Zeiss 21, 25, 35mm lenses Nikon 14-24mm with Novoflex Adapter Available in 4K Ultra HD resolution. Contact for licensing footage, shooting rates or anything else. My website http://www.dakotalapse.com Randy Halverson dakotalapse@gmail.com Follow: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dakotalapse

During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota, when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn't catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a "Milapse" mount on the panning ones. This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight. Canon 60D and T2i Tokina 11-16 Sigma 20mm F1.8 Tamron 17-50 Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly http://www.dynamicperception.com Shot in RAW format, the Milky Way shots were 30 seconds exposure F2.8 or F1.8 with 2 second interval between shots, for 3-4 hours run time. ISO 1600 Available for licensing in 4K Ultra HD resolution Ten seconds of the video is about 2 hours 20 minutes in real time. Simon Wilkinson from http://www.thebluemask.com created the soundtrack "Exodus" for the video More about Exodus on his site. http://www.thebluemask.com/blog/2011/06/new-time-lapse-video-featuring-my-music-exodus/ Wired.com article http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/milky-way-video/ Bad Astronomer article http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/03/gorgeous-milky-way-time-lapse/ For licensing contact http://www.dakotalapse.com Follow http://www.twitter.com/dakotalapse http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse