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den ([personal profile] den) wrote2008-08-20 08:24 pm
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The long way home

I blu-tacked the little camera to the dash of my car, set the exposure to 1 frame per second, then took the long way home. The sun set at about 5.30pm, and it was cloudy.

(Anonymous) 2008-08-20 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That's very cool! I want to do something like this.

[identity profile] purrzah.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude! You're driving on the wrong side! ;)

Now we know where you live. ;)

Seriously, very neat.

[identity profile] amazingadrian.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
This is neat. I think I would get lost easily in Australia. You guys have lots of open road without very many distinguishing features. Wide open spaces.

[identity profile] swarm32.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I forgot you live where they drive on the wrong side of the road. :) Nice little time lapse video though.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Open roads, without many intersections. You're looking at one of the busy roads in this area. Further into the Bush it gets very quiet.

[identity profile] goodluckfox.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been meaning to do something like this.

Lessee... 1fps at 24 frames per second of video... so a standard 10 minute YouTube video lasts 600 seconds, which means that you could video a drive at 1fps whose maximum duration was 14400 seconds, or 4 hours. That's enough time to go 200 or 300 miles, depending on how you drive. Hmmm....

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I could do the drive to Sydney in 2 x 10 minute videos

[identity profile] torakiyoshi.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I need to get a hand on one of those cameras... I could do the drive to Seattle that way, or put several together for a cross-the-US adventure.

-=TK

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
What? no! There's lots of hills! They're just very... low.

[identity profile] lowen-kind.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Very cool.

Now I have to see if I can do the same to my camera.

The drive from work to my house should be interesting, especially along I-76, the Schuylkill (mispronounced, intentionally, as Sure Kill) Expressway, and the North/South Freeway. :=3

The drive normaally takes 45 minutes or so.

[identity profile] torakiyoshi.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Your drive home would be a beautiful video.

-=TK

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
In the cab of the engine would look cool. 8)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/ 2008-08-20 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Your area looks very much like parts of the rural southcentral US.

Very cool video. :)

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The old place isn't all Sydney and desert. 8)
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[personal profile] chezmax 2008-08-20 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's see, at the same rate, my video home would last maybe 15 seconds. :) And would be pretty boring, as it's almost entirely one street. :)

[identity profile] torakiyoshi.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Look out! You're driving on the wrong side of the road, yer gonna get hit! *Chuckles*

Nice photography. And it looks like it was a lovely day.

-=TK

Everybody Sing! XD

[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
~So when the time comes to settle down
Who's to blame if you're not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home.........

ooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Long way home
Long way home
Long way home.......~
:D

[identity profile] grinning-fox.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
you win the Niftiest Person of the Day Award!!

[identity profile] oceansedge.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I love this... and even recognized a bit of it..

Tanks for the memories :)

[identity profile] lowen-kind.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
What camera did you use?

My Canon SureShot will not do 1fps. I can slow it to 15fps, but that's it.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Canon IXUS80S. It has two times lapse settings: 1fps and 1fp2s.

TRAIN RIDE!

[identity profile] trede.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
That video makes me nostalgic for living in the country. The city's great but sometimes I miss rural NSW. Can't wait to go on my geology excursion out to Orange.

[identity profile] hopeforyou.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the trip! Some of that looked familiar...

y'know what it needs?

[identity profile] raie.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
The Benny Hill theme music laid over it.

[identity profile] steve3.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
I followed your journey home. But was confused until i realized they had installed a roundabout on the junction of Cobbora road and Wheelers lane. It is good to drive home a different way from time to time.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The roundabout is so new they are still building it.