October 16th 2017 saw hurricane Ophelia batter the west coast of Ireland, and while here in North Wales we escaped relatively unscathed the hurricane did produce some amazing weather conditions.
One of the strangest was the red sun phenomena, caused by dust dragged up from the south by the wind, together with smoke particles from fires in Spain and Portugal.
Shooting through my office window I recorded twenty minutes or so of the sun and clouds as a series of stills to make this time lapse video showcasing the event.
With the clouds moving so quickly I also filmed a real time video of the sun and clouds once I'd finished shooting the stills for this time lapse, which you can watch at this link.
Filename - sun red timelapse 01.mp4
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/200 sec @ f5.6, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/200 sec @ f5.6, ISO100
Filters - None.
Shooting interval - 3 seconds
Location - North Wales
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps
Clip duration - 13 seconds
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