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500 Knots on the Houston Ship Channel

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Upper ship channel, anyway. This is a time lapse video I made using a computer to control an old Olympus camera. The gear was set to record a 1024x760 photo at medium resolution every six seconds. To make the video I used Mac's Quicktime Pro program to consolidate and replay the individual photos at 15 frames per second. The camera was placed on an upside down trash can (my wife is painting the house and my small tripod has mysteriously disappeared). The episode is truncated about half way through the trip due to Flickr's 90sec/150mb video limitations. The second half of the trip is in the next video over I tried to figure out how fast the ship appears to be going. 1 frame each 6 seconds played at 15 frames per second yields a 90:1 speed ratio. So 6-10 knots should look like 540-900 knots, but it doesn't look that fast. Probably because a ship is so big it throws off your intuition about speed. The ship is the Champion Star. About 600x106' or 180x32m. So there's about 500' out to the foremast there. Since it was recorded at 1024x760 I really recommend clicking on the little button on the lower right side of the image above to take advantage of the full screen mode. Enjoy. P.S. One of the viewers gave me this link to a similar trip through the Panama Canal: www.metacafe.com/watch/1063460/through_panama_canal_in_75...
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smokykater says :31/Jul/2010 02:23:49
this is really stunning!

mschmidt62 says :29/Jul/2010 15:16:09
Harrowing!

alǝxH3o says :29/Jul/2010 06:46:00
That's very cool video !

picsnreal says :29/Jul/2010 06:39:04
sign me up as OneEighteen's biggest fan!!

666isMONEY ☮ ♥ & ☠ says :28/Jul/2010 19:33:13
Excellent! (Saw on flickr Blog.)

Wendy "Awesome" says :28/Jul/2010 19:11:14
I like this a lot! But I couldn't help thinking "I'm flying, Jack!".

Stan Laundon says :28/Jul/2010 17:36:31
Excellent. Great to see. -- Seen on blog.flickr.net (?)

Simon Saint says :28/Jul/2010 15:02:06
That is just brilliant, well done, I love it! Simon

timtom.ch says :28/Jul/2010 13:38:55
Wonderful, one of the best videos I've ever seen on Flickr!

i.have.hissy.fits says :28/Jul/2010 13:05:50
Awesome!

rsr418 says :28/Jul/2010 11:48:19
So AWESOME! Great idea.

ebotunes says :28/Jul/2010 11:14:01
awesome! can i ask what software you used for the actual capture - ie. to control the camera? was it specific to the Olympus camera? i'd love to do more time lapses but with my proper camera instead of the builtin webcam! Thanks! Iain

Arnesahn says :28/Jul/2010 10:51:37
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

Epidemiac says :28/Jul/2010 09:01:25
Now that's incredible- you could watch that again and again! =)

Emily_Amber says :28/Jul/2010 06:51:04
wow.. very cool! :)

pkingDesign says :4/May/2010 18:40:44
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr HD Video, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

salva1745 says :16/Dec/2009 10:55:10
Wow !! Wow !!

AA <α>photography² says :26/Oct/2009 00:32:44
lovely~

Fabarillo says :12/Oct/2009 18:23:37
Maravilloso!!!! Marvellous!!!

Mike Krukowski says :15/May/2009 10:38:21
way cool!!

Gra del Carmen says :10/May/2009 12:05:14
Da vértigo! Está muy bueno, Bill.

City Eyes says :6/May/2009 11:44:54
These are excellent! I've done time lapses, but nothing even near this interesting. So cool.

Mike Le Gray Photography says :6/May/2009 07:26:27
Fantastic!!!

Lusername says :27/Apr/2009 15:17:16
Brilliant :-)))

ai922 says :10/Apr/2009 23:51:46
Awesome work! Gives us non shippers a look at what it's like navigating though the Houston ship channel.

Zeroth says :6/Apr/2009 19:47:55
I had dropped by a while ago and viewed one of these amazing videos. I just had a look at your India Set, and decided to have another look at this one. Still as amazing, but my eyeballs feel dizzy now. The speed is deceiving, but still feels like a low flying jet through there.

Kurt Preissler says :9/Mar/2009 15:53:58
Workboats and Tugboats Award . Tugboat POST 1, AWARD 1

daveawac says :10/Jan/2009 00:21:51
just watched it again, 3 times.....'wow'

OneEighteen says :8/Jan/2009 13:53:28
Sierra2u - That group doesn't allow video.

sierra2u says :8/Jan/2009 10:04:03
*You are invited to post your photo in the group* Ship,Ship,Ship

lizcarol58 says :9/Dec/2008 10:40:13
Fanbloomingtastic!! ..this had me spellbound through the whole journey! Fabulous video, many thanks for the thrill!

Tommok says :20/Nov/2008 08:22:21
Fabulous time-lapse video!

SmoPho says :8/Oct/2008 07:27:42
Incredible Video. It's great seeing this from a perspective that few will ever get to experience firsthand. Thank you for posting.

PeterEdin (Tag Man) says :27/Jul/2008 09:43:53
When viewed full screen and sitting back from the monitor, the result is awesome. If there were a time-lapse competition, then this would be a winner. :-)

tinamathis says :16/Jul/2008 19:42:44
Amazing videos. For someone born and raised in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and not far from the port, this is a treat!

gsgeorge says :10/Jul/2008 05:20:57
wow, this is one of the most incredibly timelapses I've seen. Stellar work!

jwhimages says :2/Jul/2008 15:34:37
great! Well done!

gtj-45 says :25/Jun/2008 02:58:03
I really, really enjoyed that trip. Great time-lapse.

traumlichtfabrik aka Eddi says :23/Jun/2008 08:10:31
fantastic!

oledoe says :20/Jun/2008 10:18:35
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vanishing point videos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Stones 55 says :24/May/2008 10:07:36
Way cool!

e.schlumpf says :22/May/2008 14:01:02
Great!!

prefers salt marsh says :21/May/2008 07:44:55
Wow. This was great to watch!

iano50 says :20/May/2008 23:00:43
Fantastic! Bring it on! Want more!

Tom Turner - SeaTeamImages / AirTeamImages says :20/May/2008 20:08:18
Outstanding!! Really enjoyed it. Thats a heck of a lot of ships in that channel. Thanks for posting, Tom

46 willys says :20/May/2008 18:06:52
That is great!

Antonio.J.F. says :20/May/2008 17:59:15
Excellent

Leo Roubos says :20/May/2008 16:20:27
VERY impressive! It looks a little bit like the Rotterdam Harbour as I have seen it in a simulator, but that one is more straight....

mrrobertwade (wadey) says :20/May/2008 15:12:51
Amazing and WATCH in full screen.

Ostrosky Photos says :20/May/2008 11:46:58
Fantastic work! Love it!

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