An Abstract Time-lapse Experiment

I am currently on a boat… a platform that is wobbly and moving.

So of course one of the first ideas I have is trying to shoot time-lapse.  (I hope you see the foolishness of my ways).

Of course I am stubborn, and I am actually finding that a little stabilization can fix the motion.

Last night I wanted to try an unlikely time-lapse.  Here is the result.

Exposure 10 seconds

Shot Raw at ƒ4.0 and ISO 1600

50mm lens pointed at the skyline of the ocean.  4 AM coming into land.

Import into After Effects as a Camera Raw image sequence

Applied warp stabilzer

Layered with  copy of itself, offset 1 frame and set to 50% opacity and screen blending mode.

Repeat the duplicate and offset technique and set second copy to 25% opacity.

Is this abstract… yep.  But I kinda like it.