No, that's not as typo in the title! I follow a lot of photographers on Google+; it's a great place for them to showcase their work. That includes photographers who make time lapse videos, and one of them is Maik Thomas. Maik posted a still frame from a time lapse he made last year, showing the Moon rising into the view. Mist had condensed onto the lens, giving the picture an odd, well, mystical look! Intrigued, I clicked through to the video, and although it's short, it's really quite lovely.
[embed width="610"]http://vimeo.com/14701213[/embed]
[Make sure it's HD, and make it full screen for the full effect.]
I love how, about ten seconds in, the water condenses on the lens and the stars all get halos. Then the Moon moves into view, and the droplets act like little lenses themselves, creating those tendrils that move and flow as the Moon rises. As ...
