You know that erupting volcano in Iceland whose name nobody can pronounce? Here’s an AWESOME (all caps and bold because the video deserves it) time lapse video created by photographer Sean Stiegemeier using a Canon 5D Mk II and a motorized dolly.

His Vimeo page is here: Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

I tried to do several low light time lapse sequences tonight but had focusing problems. This is the only one I am happy with.

If you go up this road, you will hit McKinley Hill, one of the swanky residential/commercial developments near our condo. Further up (this leads west), you’ll reach several Philippine Army buildings. This is Fort Bonifacio after all.

When I have an opportunity, I will revisit what I tried to shoot tonight but failed to capture.

I had meant to either hit the mountain bike trail or go boxing this afternoon, but the weekend call for lazy lounging about got the better of me.  Instead of getting physical, I chose instead to flex my photography muscles by setting up this shoot.

Taken from inside our condo, this is about an hour and a half worth of time lapse photos edited as a vertical video. The camera was behind the safety glass, hence the reflections and flare. One of these days, I’ll shoot this from the roof for a really clear view.

Gear used: Canon 350D, Phottix Intervalometer and a Sigma 70-300 f/4.0. Oh, and an el cheapo tripod.

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