…behind it and the mountains it rains on below. Crepuscular rays through thick cloud cover openings
shifting rapidly on the mountains.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
22 seconds and 17 frames.
Fog, mist, at just the right altitude will create sunbeams, light rays, on trees. The frames pans
downward slowly towards a felled tree trunk. Many fine details from the tree are in the center of the
frame, and this is no coincidence; the object between the sun and camera will cast the shade.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 19 frames.
Mossy stone, frosty moss. Branches with the Spanish mosses and other frosty branches frame the
sunbeams from the shifting fog. The shadows from the trees are cast on the mossy rock at left, and
one tree in particular is two-thirds of the frame, wind-blown slightly over the years, causing it to
lean towards the steep slope, more mossy stones under it, sky-blue in the background.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
10 seconds and 25 frames.
Snowy, frost-kissed branches which create shade. An exemplar of the beginning of winter in Oregon’s
forest. Sopping wet Spanish Moss hangs from several thin branches is illuminated brilliantly in
complex light rays, created from fog moving in and out of the scene. They stretch left-right from the
small tree. More hanging beards of Spanish moss on the right help to create these shadows, and the
sun slowly moves in the bright pale blue-sky that is barely seen behind these evergreen trees in the
forest beyond.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
15 seconds.
A foggy forest as the fog moves just overhead. The sun is nearly centered, and light rays, sunbeams,
pour through the trees because of the fog layer that is breaking right around the POV. Shadows are
created and the glow has a defined depth from the tree shapes. The digital zoom slowly pulls away by
eight percent or so. A two second interval is used.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 19 frames.
The bright, blue-sky is visible behind the trees as the ceiling of fog disburses. While it stays,
vivid and delicate light rays are carved by tree shadows.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 10 frames.
Dual layers of clouds over the Canyonlands, Needle District. Brief crepuscular rays are visible as
one second shows the landscape in the light. The overhead stratus layer darkens the sky.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 2 frames.
A hole in the cloud cover, and one smaller, scudding cloud in between that and the observer is all it
takes for potent light rays to show on the humid air near sunset. The cloud itself creates the shade
on the glow and understanding that makes the crepuscular rays logical to understand. The sunlight has
radiant intensity, and this shows to the observer the details of the landscape below; trees on
vast hills surrounding some countryside and a small pond far away.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
15 seconds and 24 frames.