As spellbinding as the scenery of New Zealand’s vast landscape are, the night time skies is also just as impressive. Landscape photographer Bevan Percival proves this in his latest time-lapse video, which was filmed in the wilderness of New Zealand. A finalist in the Time-Lapse category of the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year, it certainly showcase the beautiful dark skies while the sweeping mountains and fields serves as a marvelous foreground.
In his Vimeo post, Bevan shared some information regarding the camera and gear he used as well as a few techniques.
(I used) Canon 5D ii and iii, Emotimo TB 3 and Dynamic Perception Stage Zero rigs. (I used the Emotimo TB 3) on scene 1 and the title scene in this, both fairly subtle with just the TB3 on a tripod. Scene 1 was an educated guess where I calculated the move to track at roughly the same speed as the stars and then end framing in the landscape of Mt Ruapehu.
Bevan also offers a worthy advice to travel photography enthusiasts who want to pull off a video as impressive as Bevan’s “Nocturnal 4K”.
A landscape photographer is always ‘chasing the good light’ and forever scouting out new locations, this is a time consuming process and you just can’t go out and ‘invent’ great light you have to wait for it to come along. I am driven by capturing those elusive moments in the highest possible quality and so that they are portrayed as close as can be achieved to what my own eyes saw.
Check out Bevan’s other works in his Official Website and Facebook Page.