UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine

Trond Saetre · April 1st, 2015, 12:34 PM

After struggling with crappy weather for a while (don't think we have had a single day (or maybe one or two) without any kind of wet elements falling from the sky so far in 2015), I grabbed my gear when the opportunity came.

Had the mountain all by myself while filming the sunrise. The colors weren't as great as I hoped for, so then I had to hike up one of the other mountains surrounding my hometown, Bergen, Norway.
What a reward I got! The sunset was amazing.
No color correcting or filters used, but the final shot was under exposed about 1 stop.

I am missing a lot of the shots I planned to actually make a story out of the video, but hopefully you enjoy watching anyway.

Feedback level 1.
Especially what I could have done better, given the very little footage and lack of variation of shots I have.
When filming the tree during sunrise, at 0:08, there is some flickering of the background image. Anyone knows what might cause this? Usually I only see this if I am using too much of the "shadow / highlight" filter, but no editing or filters were applied to this shot at all.

Kevin Railsback · April 1st, 2015, 03:16 PM

Trond,

It looks just like compression artifacts to me.

Mike Sims · April 1st, 2015, 04:01 PM

Actually, I think you did an excellent job of making an interesting story out of these shots and I rather enjoyed it. To add some shot variation you might have done one of the shots we have seen you use before with you walking on the trail to go with the line “Up another mountain I went…” I thought the colors were well saturated but the shot at 0:22 looks a bit soft. Perhaps because of the morning haze? I agree with Kevin that the tree clip has some compression artifacts. If you are seeing the flickering you mentioned in the native footage I think it may be because the light is low and that shot has such complex shadows. You may be seeing more color noise than you are used to seeing from your camera (which is otherwise very good in that respect). The added noise will also lead to the problems in compression. All in all, I think you made a great video. Thanks for showing us how it is done!

Trond Saetre · April 1st, 2015, 10:46 PM

Thanks guys. The "noise" in the tree clip is barely visible in the original footage. So I guess you are right, that the compression is to be blamed.

Vishal Jadhav · April 3rd, 2015, 12:28 PM

Trond,

I like the starting against the light shots an also the sunset , very lovely.

Not sure the panning is jittery or it appears to be so when i replay it.

Some of the shots are so nice that i felt i needed some more of them , would like a bigger video from you .

About the processing bit, i am very much a novice.

vishal

Trond Saetre · April 3rd, 2015, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vishal Jadhav

Not sure the panning is jittery or it appears to be so when i replay it.

You are right about the panning. It is actually played 4x normal speed, and this caused it.
Original panning was done very slow, but I desided to speed it up to include a little more of the scenery.
Compression/encoding for vimeo also made it a little worse quality than I hoped for.

Mick Jenner · April 5th, 2015, 02:33 AM

Hi Trond.

I can't add much to what has already been said. I did like the colours you have achieved without adding any enhancing effects.You have some good stock footage there, well done.

Mick

Andrew Hood · April 5th, 2015, 04:29 AM

Well Trond, it looks like you got a good workout trekking up the local hills. The sunset footage was definitely worth it, the colours came out very well, and I don't think 1 stop under is a problem there, it is getting dark after all, so it's fine if it looks like it.
Hopefully the weather is more helpful next round.

Trond Saetre · April 6th, 2015, 01:27 AM

Mick and Andrew, thank you for the feedback.

Marj Atkins · April 6th, 2015, 11:25 AM

Hey Trond

I am so glad to see that your last weekend finally brought you the good weather you had been hoping for and that you were able to film such a fabulous sunset even if at the eleventh hour. Your entry is short and sweet. Hope you will have better success next time though. :)

April 1st, 2015, 12:34 PM	#1
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre After struggling with crappy weather for a while (don't think we have had a single day (or maybe one or two) without any kind of wet elements falling from the sky so far in 2015), I grabbed my gear when the opportunity came. Had the mountain all by myself while filming the sunrise. The colors weren't as great as I hoped for, so then I had to hike up one of the other mountains surrounding my hometown, Bergen, Norway. What a reward I got! The sunset was amazing. No color correcting or filters used, but the final shot was under exposed about 1 stop. I am missing a lot of the shots I planned to actually make a story out of the video, but hopefully you enjoy watching anyway. Feedback level 1. Especially what I could have done better, given the very little footage and lack of variation of shots I have. When filming the tree during sunrise, at 0:08, there is some flickering of the background image. Anyone knows what might cause this? Usually I only see this if I am using too much of the "shadow / highlight" filter, but no editing or filters were applied to this shot at all. UWOL 33 - Golden Sunshine on Vimeo

April 1st, 2015, 03:16 PM	#2
Kevin Railsback Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Posts: 1,544	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Trond, It looks just like compression artifacts to me. __________________ --==Kevin==-- http:naturephotostudios.com.com

April 1st, 2015, 10:46 PM	#4
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Thanks guys. The "noise" in the tree clip is barely visible in the original footage. So I guess you are right, that the compression is to be blamed.

April 3rd, 2015, 12:28 PM	#5
Vishal Jadhav Major Player Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Pune, Mah , India Posts: 445	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Trond, I like the starting against the light shots an also the sunset , very lovely. Not sure the panning is jittery or it appears to be so when i replay it. Some of the shots are so nice that i felt i needed some more of them , would like a bigger video from you . About the processing bit, i am very much a novice. vishal

April 5th, 2015, 02:33 AM	#7
Mick Jenner Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: West Sussex England Posts: 843	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Hi Trond. I can't add much to what has already been said. I did like the colours you have achieved without adding any enhancing effects.You have some good stock footage there, well done. Mick

April 1st, 2015, 04:01 PM	#3
Mike Sims Major Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 880	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Actually, I think you did an excellent job of making an interesting story out of these shots and I rather enjoyed it. To add some shot variation you might have done one of the shots we have seen you use before with you walking on the trail to go with the line “Up another mountain I went…” I thought the colors were well saturated but the shot at 0:22 looks a bit soft. Perhaps because of the morning haze? I agree with Kevin that the tree clip has some compression artifacts. If you are seeing the flickering you mentioned in the native footage I think it may be because the light is low and that shot has such complex shadows. You may be seeing more color noise than you are used to seeing from your camera (which is otherwise very good in that respect). The added noise will also lead to the problems in compression. All in all, I think you made a great video. Thanks for showing us how it is done!

April 5th, 2015, 04:29 AM	#8
Andrew Hood Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Latrobe Valley, Vic Posts: 320	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Well Trond, it looks like you got a good workout trekking up the local hills. The sunset footage was definitely worth it, the colours came out very well, and I don't think 1 stop under is a problem there, it is getting dark after all, so it's fine if it looks like it. Hopefully the weather is more helpful next round.

April 6th, 2015, 01:27 AM	#9
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Mick and Andrew, thank you for the feedback.

April 6th, 2015, 11:25 AM	#10
Marj Atkins Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Johannesburg South Africa Posts: 768	Re: UWOL #33 - Golden sunshine - by Trond Saetre Hey Trond I am so glad to see that your last weekend finally brought you the good weather you had been hoping for and that you were able to film such a fabulous sunset even if at the eleventh hour. Your entry is short and sweet. Hope you will have better success next time though. :)