I spent much of last winter (and some of the winter before) hanging around cemeteries, working on a little video project:



Since UER peeps hate on vids, I included some photos as well:

The town where I live viewed from the local cemetery at night:


Titanic Victim Washington Augustus Roebling:


Father Time Statue at Mount Moriah:


Mount Moriah Gatehouse:


Woodlands Gatehouse:


Young Henry Young. Died 1794 in "the second year of his age":



There's more on this on my website if you have the time and inclination.

Thanks for watching!

dig it man! nice work - i've been getting into shooting some time lapse lately so i know how much time and effort went into doing this! well done!

Very nice! What did you use for pan/tilt and dolly if you don't mind me asking?

Posted by RevSM Very nice! What did you use for pan/tilt and dolly if you don't mind me asking?

As for the tracking, I bought an "Igus Slider" and outfitted it with a home-made contraption which is basically an electric servocity motor (with speed controller) that pulled the camera down the track with a red piece of string (see below).



If you have a grand to spend, I recommend the Dynamic Perception Dolly. Clearly, I did not have a grand to spend.


Fun Fact: That tall monolithic monument in the background is the grave of Union General George B. McClellan.

Cool, I'm working on building one myself actually. The motor is currently the tricky part.

excellently done Mr. Eggs

Nifty

Thank you for the good words!

Posted by RevSM Cool, I'm working on building one myself actually. The motor is currently the tricky part.

Rev, definitely pay a visit to servocity. Since I built my contraption they have actually come out with a kit for the Igus Slider W16:
http://www.servoci....html#.VCXnGhaONWw

That price is probably comparable or less than what I spent to cobble my rig together.

Another video/stopmotion fan here too ;)
Also love volor flex/chillstep, good choice !
Love the glidetrack shots, escpecially the ones at night ! Great work man

You are good at what you do.
Thanks for sharing.

First photo is creepy. Could you imagine what a little fog would do to that photo? Awesomeness!

Great photos and awesome video! Maybe a bit too much on the grain and vignette but that seems like your style and fits pretty well. The star shots are pretty cool. I REALLY want to do a timelapse of a location one of these days and your pans are so smooth.

I love it!

Maan that video was good, really got the creepy feeling into it! Just when you think you've seen everything, you start bringing in statues, pictures and actual birds! so good!!

Are all of those cemeteries actually abandoned? No relatives visiting, nobody maintaining the place? If so, its pretty weird. You'd think that a big cemetery is one of those things that wouldn't just one day seize to get caring.

Thanks for the good words everybody!

Posted by Dr. Baab Another video/stopmotion fan here too ;) Also love volor flex/chillstep, good choice ! Love the glidetrack shots, escpecially the ones at night ! Great work man

Thank you Dr. Baab! I saw that stopmotion vid you posted here and it it completely blew my mind. One of the best things I've seen on UER!!

Posted by toomas Are all of those cemeteries actually abandoned? No relatives visiting, nobody maintaining the place? If so, its pretty weird. You'd think that a big cemetery is one of those things that wouldn't just one day seize to get caring.

Not all the cemeteries were abandoned, but some of the ones in old urban neighborhoods filled up years ago and no longer have any ties to the current residents of those neighborhoods and have fallen into serious neglect and disrepair. It is worth noting though that after decades of neglect a volunteer group has organized to take over the maintenance of Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery (featured in my video):
http://friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/

I think the mathematics of every person having an 8' x 4' final resting place is catching up with us and the local cemeteries and churchyards are getting full. Burial is inefficient and expensive so the practice of cremation has grown to capture nearly 50% of the current American "death care" market. So it seems that cemeteries themselves are taking a place among the abandoned mills, asylums and coal mines of America: soon-to-be obsolete reminders of our collective yesteryear.

Wow. Great work. Editing with the music was well done. And those Kong exaggerated shaddows are nice.

Nice!

Sweet