Remains of the 1917 battle of Mesen (Messines) : time lapse video of a well preserved german bunker defending a strategic position

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From here there are excellent views down the valley over  the New Zealand positions before the battle. They demonstrate clearly the strategic nature of the higher ground in Messines.

(WW1 Battelfields)

On June 7, 1917, British forces detonated 19 massive mines beneath German trenches, blasting tons of soil, steel, and bodies into the sky.

(National Geographic)

By 1917, the Allies had ambitious plans to break the costly stalemate at Ypres. The first and most critical part of that plan was to take a portion of the German-held ridgeline near the town of Messines. After that, the Allied forces hoped to push all the way to the coast of the North Sea and destroy Germany’s U-boat bases.

(History)


File names, codec and sizes

mesbun01_fhd

mesbun01_uhd

mesbun01_web

Mov ProRes 422 HQ

Mov ProRes 422 HQ

H264 Mp4

227 Mo

905 Mo

13 Mo

Additional information

Type of shot

Motion time lapse

Resolution

FHD 1920×1080, UHD 3840×2160, WEB 1080×720

Frame rate

25 fps

Season

Spring

Year captured

2015

Year published

2022

License

Commercial use on demand, Editorial use

Contributor

Thierry Provost

Time lapse clips are made of hundreds of still images shot every two or three seconds during a period of at least ten minutes, depending on the wanted length of the clip and the interval of seconds itself. Traffic passing by, clouds bubbling up, sunsets,... will offer the motion that brings life to the landscape as well as emotional and mesmerising impact. Undesired objects might often interfere in this creative proccess. Whether you are focusing a scenery in the city or in the nature, flying birds or insects will render small black dots which can ruin the experience visually. This unpredictible issue might sometimes affect a bench of images, not only one here or an other over there. When so many are concerned, retouching frame by frame will then make the workflow painfull. Remember also : from a photographic point a view, everything is set up manually. So, most of the time the light may change dramatically in short intervalls. Again specific adjusments in postproduction will be achieved in order to decrease the gaps of luminance, or even the change of contrast or color tone. Such variations are softened by the natural perception of your eyes and the interpretation by the brain. However the camera render them in a more brutal way, this is why in-depth editing, with the right tools, will apply. For the same reason, if a sequence is shot with a telelens, or from a bridge, imperceptible shaky moves will be noticable when replaying the clip. The cleaning part of time lapse making process is awaited to raise the value of the work, and to make the final video simply nicer to watch.

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World War One bunker in Messines New Zealand Memorial park - motion time lapse
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