Just some of the photos or links to YouTube videos featuring my photography.
This is one of many timelapse photos shot on June 11, 2025. Looking northwest from my backyard. On a mobile device, you can zoom in with the pinch maneuver. The resolution is not the highest, as this is JPG file 1.14 MB in size.
Dimensions: 5502 x 2736 pixels.
Sony ILCE-7RM5
Sigma 50mm ART lens
f/1.6
2.5 second exposure
ISO-100.
Manual focus
Aperture Priority
The transition from very bright daylight to dark night skies is handled smoothly by the Sony in aperture priority. ISO minimium shutter speed is set to 4 seconds. ISO is AUTO with 100 min and 3200 max. Sensitivity is LOW. Interval Priority is ON so the interval takes priority over the shutter speed, as frames could be skipped if shutter speed is longer than the interval.
Above is the same photo, altered in Lightroom Classic to brighten up the foreground while maintaining the house lights and deeper sky. The orange haze is just that–haze that is reflecting the light from the houses, and the camera really magnifies that light.
It would be simpler to just set up for night sky photography, or day photography if I was just shooting single shots, but doing timelapse means allowing for the change in lighting, as I’m shooting one frame every 8 seconds and creating videos from them.
Below, I used a new program called DXO Photo Lab 8 to create this image from the same group of photos above. I’ll not be using Lightroom anymore. I’ll be cancelling and purchasing this great new program after the 30-day free trial is over.
This photo can be zoomed and cropped even more. Also, this is not the best quality image, as I was shooting in the lowest quality JPG setting to reduce image size for hundreds of frames of timelapse.
I’ll have to try this as a single shot in RAW and see what I can achieve using DXO Photo Lab 8.
June 15, 2025 – I’m not sure I want to spend the $$$ on the DXO Photo Lab software. Lightroom Classic may be just fine for what I need.