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2 versions of the same sunset. Which one do you like best? (I lean toward the second) The first one is a time stack made from 330 photos, and the second was made from 210 photos. Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

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The ol' Polaris behind a tree trick.

I've got a better version coming, with a nicer looking tree, longer star trails and better color, but for now I'll leave you this version, which I also like.

I made this time stack with 427 photos, representing nearly 4 hours time.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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Lots of stars, and a few airplanes over Morton Bay.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

I made this time stack by combining 420 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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"Black Lightning" I thought it might be interesting to incorporate these tree branches in frame. I didn't want to go one the ice at this time of year, so I didn't have much choice unless I zoomed in, but since my focus is most often the sky, I also prefer to shoot as wide as I can to get more sky in frame. A more subtle, but interesting thing in this timelapse is the zodiacal light (which you can see at the beginning of the timelapse video if you visit my instagram page, @MattMolloyPhoto) At certain times of the year you can see a faint band of light which is produced by sunlight reflecting off of interplanetary dust (the dust between planets)

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Up close shot of a sun dog.

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The water is so rarely still in this section of Little Cranberry Lake, that getting an awesome reflection paired with an awesome sunset is a tough combo to catch. This sunset was decent, but the reflection was perfect. Maybe next time. As I was packing up after shooting this sunset, I heard the telltale symphony of honks that gaggles of Canadian Geese make. I saw that they were heading my way, so I quickly framed up a shot of where I thought they might land, switched to video and adjusted my settings. Only the four that did the close flyby landed on the lake, but the framing worked out fairly well anyway. As you can see, I applied the stacking technique I often use with my timelapses, creating the trails showing their flight paths.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video, instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto

I made the first time stack by combining 212 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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I jumped into frame after I ended the sunset timelapse in my previous post. I cropped and mirrored this one to make it more interesting.

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I went to Sand lake and found an interesting foreground with tire tracks leading to the sun, but the clouds didn't really show up, so the tracks didn't lead to a spectacular view this time.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video, @mattmolloyphoto

I made this time stack by combining 249 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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Here's the snow storm I spoke of in my previous post, as it passed overhead. Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

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This sunset ended early as a snow storm rolled in. I would've liked to see the reds during the finally, but watching the storm come in was cool too. Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/ I made this time stack by combining 195 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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I was quite happy with the way this time stack turned out, since I was rather unimpressed with this sunset. That's why I have a "stack 'em all" approach to time stacking. You never really know what you're going to get.

I'm almost exactly 1 year behind in posting photos online. I shot this timelapse on March 18, 2019, and it's interesting to see the difference in weather via the lake. In this shot from last year, it's completely frozen over, but today it's mostly open water. (I didn't even get to go on the lake this winter because it never seemed safe, but I'm also extra cautious and usually wait until it could hold a car, just to be sure)

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

I made this time stack by combining 238 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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One more shot from my ongoing series of iridescent clouds. This one reminded me of a famous Japanese painting. "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" which was actually a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833.

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Rainbow clouds! More formally known as cloud iridescence, which is an interesting phenomenon that happens when the water droplets or ice crystals in clouds scatter light in a way that that produces different colors, kind of like a prism. It happens most often with thin clouds, and it usually appears pretty close to the sun, which is why most people don't notice them, even though they're fairly common. This is a few of peoples favorites, but you can see them all on my instagram page. @MattMolloyPhoto

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Kingston city hall during sunset, as seen from across the river at RMC. I was hoping to align the setting sun with city hall, but that didn't work out. I was about as far south as I could go (without being in the lake) I also didn't get the sunset I was hoping for (almost no clouds) but it was nice to finally check out this spot. (I've been looking into potentially good spots for shooting the sunset in Kingston via Google maps)

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Since the north star is fairly high above the horizon at this latitude (about 44 degrees north) I decided to do one more timelapse of this snow spiral on the lake, using a portrait orientation (instead of landscape) and shooting a little longer to get longer star trails. My ideas almost never turn out the way I imagine, but after several years, and many attempts, this one is pretty close.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

I made this time stack by combining 330 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc

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One of the many problems I've had with trying to light paint a snow spiral is the weather. I want to photograph them at night, with the north star centered above, which means I need a clear sky at night. Sometimes it would cloud over, and even worse, it would snow, covering up the spiral. Even if it didn't snow, they would often get filled in with blowing snow, since I usually make them in open fields or on frozen lakes where it tends to be more windy, as you can see in this short timelapse. On the bright side, if I maintained the spiral frequently enough, my trail of footprints to the center (from when it was first created) would get erased.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

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Another big spiral I made on the lake during the day so I could come back at night to use it as a guide for light painting. This time I made it away from any street lights, and I also got to center the north star over the spiral as planned. I didn't get to shoot as long as I wanted to, so the star trails aren't as long as I'd like, and the north star is a little higher than I'd like, so there's another version of this idea on the way.

Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video,  www.instagram.com/mattmolloyphoto/

I made this time stack by combining 160 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use to make time stacks. https://youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc