"Time-lapse video like this one is about as close as we can come to show what astronauts see in space. Here’s how this came about.
About six weeks before my return to Earth from the International Space Station, I received an Email from Katrina Willoughby, who is one of our photography instructors. She suggested giving time-lapse photography a try. I hadn’t tried time-lapse yet because I overestimated how hard it would be to capture great images, and the time-lapse photography I had seen to date didn’t seem as impressive as the still imagery we had been taking with some of the new equipment onboard."
"A day or two after receiving Katrina’s email, I set up a Nikon D3S camera in the cupola (our windowed observatory onboard the ISS). I took some practice shots, playing with the camera settings until things looked about right. I then set up the camera to take about 500 pictures at 3-second intervals (more details about the camera settings are below). When I saw the results, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep!"
"I quickly loaded the pictures on the computer in my crew quarters and stitched together a time-lapse video. As I was doing this, Peter Gabriel’s song “Down to Earth” popped into my head, and I threw the first part of the audio track on to the video."
「すぐに自分のＰＣに取り込んで映像にしてみました。この作業をしながら、ピーター・ガブリエルの"Down to Earth"が脳内に流れました。だからこの映像にその音楽を使いました。」
"The next morning, I gathered my crewmates together and played the time-lapse video while explaining how simple it was to stitch it all together. All of my crewmates experimented with this medium to capture the space experience, especially Mike Fossum, who has since elevated time-lapse photography from space to an art form. All the sequences for this video were shot by either Mike or me."
"Night sequences were shot exclusively using the Nikon D3s, usually with a wide angle lens. The camera was set up to take pictures, commonly at three second intervals, generally resulting in a fairly “smooth” video."
"Both focus and exposure were set manually. When the camera was allowed to expose automatically, it would change the exposure between shots, resulting in uneven lighting through the video. ISO would be set near 10000 or higher. Shutter speeds were as low as 1 second, but often longer. Aperture was wide open. For the 17-35mm lens this was f/2.8."
"Day sequences were shot with either the D3S or the D2XS. Wide-angle lenses were normally used. The Nikon 17-35mm lens was often used near the wide end, such as 17mm. This showed the curvature of the Earth."
Mike Fossum「まずなにより低照度で撮れる機材のおかげだよ。ニコンのD3は低照度で素晴らしいクオリティを発揮してくれる。そして事前のトレーニングもよかった。JFCにこういう撮影をしたいと伝えたら適切にトレーニングしてくれた。ISSの長いミッションにも合っていた。シャトルだと数枚撮って終わりだけどISSは長時間滞在できるので、こういう撮影ができた。オフのときに練習もたくさんできたしね。夜の間はどういう露出を設定すればいいのかなどテストをいっぱいできた。」
Mike Fossum「オーロラは僕も子供のころカナダへボーイスカウトのキャンプに行ったときしか見たことがなかった。もう一度見たいと思ったけどそれっきりだった。シャトルで宇宙に出たときほんの少し見たけどね。それが見られたのはすごかった。また、地球が月に照らされているのを見るのも素晴らしかったよ。太陽の光だと大陸はよく見えないんだ。でも満月で照らされると、気が付かなかった色彩やディテールが見えて本当にすごかった。」
3rdeye_@goo.jp
こんな特別なタイムラプス映像を見れてとても感動しました。神々しくて泣きそうになりました！
被写体が持つエネルギーの凄まじさももあっての作品ですが、映像の力ってあらためてスゴいなぁ、自分も制作頑張らなくては！とフンドシを締め直しました。
素晴らしい情報ありがとうございました！
すごいっすよね〜 オーロラがこんなにきれいに見えるとは信じられんかったっす。
かぐやの月から見た地球のＨＤ映像もすごかったけど、これは想像以上でした。
僕らの身の回りにもすごいもんがいっぱい転がってるかもしれないですね。気がつかないだけで、、、