In June 2021 my wife Liz and I took a two week holiday to Ayrshire in southern Scotland, which has a lot of history, landscapes and coast to enjoy, and we spent most of our time driving around finding new places to explore.
But one place I kept coming back to was the wonderful coastal road running south from Girvan, and giving a fantastic view out over the Irish Sea to the uninhabited island of Ailsa Craig.
With sunset at around 10pm to the northwest, I arranged to be in position in a convenient layby to create a time lapse video of the sun dropping below the horizon just to the right of the island.
But despite four attempts I never did manage to film a 'clean' sunset.
However, I did manage to create four time lapse videos looking out over Ailsa Craig, each with varying degrees of cloud cover and sunlight.
This is the third time lapse sequence I shot from my chosen spot, with some lovely warm sunset colours lighting up the clouds over the island.
Filename - ailsa craig sunset timelapse 01
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens (1st sequence) - 24-105mm zoom @ 55mm
Lens (2nd sequence) - 100-400mm zoom @ 150mm
Exposure (start of shoot) - 1/4000 sec @ f/4, ISO100
Exposure (end of shoot) - 1/250 sec @ f/5, ISO100
Filters - 2 stop neutral density graduated filter used to reduce the brightness of the sky in the first sequence. No filters in the second sequence.
Shooting interval (1st sequence) - 6 seconds
Shooting interval (2nd sequence) - 3 seconds
Location - Ayrshire, Scotland
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 31 seconds
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