Lately I've been doing a lot of experimenting with night photography and time lapse video. Three weeks ago I went out to the Campo Creek Viaduct, but the moon was nearly full, and the sky was partly cloudy. So I couldn't get the kind of night shots I really wanted.
I went back there Sunday night to try again. No moon, no clouds, lots of stars!
That second shot was from a series of time lapse photos. Each shot took 15 seconds, with another five seconds between shots. So it took nearly two and a half hours to get enough for 12 seconds of time lapsed video. Unfortunately there was frequent traffic on the highway under the bridge, and every time a car went by the headlights would light up the bridge. So the resulting video is not what I was hoping for.
These shots of the Milky Way were taken on top of the hill near one end of the bridge. I got some very nice time lapse of the Milky Way moving across the sky; however I had to cut it short when some damp air rolled in a fogged up the lens. I was up until 3 a.m. shooting all this stuff:
In the morning I flew my drone again and got some shots I'd missed the last time.
I'm still working on getting the video from both trips edited - and trying to locate some vintage pics to include with it.
Here are a couple shots of Megaweapon parked near the bridge:
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