From the 1,932 images made over those seven hours, I’ve compressed it down to 27 seconds with video editing software to show the snow blanketing our yard and patio chairs starting at about 1:20 a.m.
The beginning of the video looks relatively dark, but brightens considerably as snow blankets the ground.
Using the same exposure for all the images, shutter speed of 13 seconds and aperture set at f1.8, the video illustrates how much light is reflected between street lights, house lights, traffic, the sky and the snow on the ground.
DRONE VIDEO: Snowy scenes throughout Dayton
If you’re wondering why you don’t see any snowflakes in the video, the shutter of the camera was open for 13 seconds on each exposure, so the snowflakes were blurred to the point that they can’t be seen.
About 8 seconds into this video, deer can be seen for a split second in the center of the frame near the fence line.
Photographic equipment used:
Canon EOS 5D MkIII, Canon EF 35mm f1.4L, A/C battery converter, Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3, tripod. Camera covered and taped with plastic bag.
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