Snowpocalypse / Snowmaggedon / Snowfall Timelapse = Snowlapse

Many people have referred to the winter storm that hit the U.S. just a week ago as “Snowmaggedon” / “Snowpocalypse” etc… The local news stations mentioned that it will be a storm that will be talked about for years to come… the Winter Blizzard of 2011…

My backyard reached 9″ (in Kansas City), and being that I was snowed in, thought this would be a great time to test out my new intervalometer…

I set up my Canon EOS 5D Mark II, on my Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod set in low mode, lensed with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II, and using a PocketWizard MultiMAX tethered to the camera acting as the intervalometer.

The camera snapped a shot every 30 seconds for 12.5 hours… and slowed to a shot every 2 minutes for the last 2 hours. It was slowed down because the snow had stopped falling, but was still drifting / being blown around.

My main tools of measurement were empty bottles of Boulevard Beer… a local Kansas City Brewery that makes some very very tasty stuff (disclaimer: I am a volunteer tour guide at the brewery. ) I started with their smaller Unfiltered Wheat bottle, but soon realized the snow would overcome it, and added a Smokestack Series Rye on Rye bottle (large format Champagne style bottle). As the snow kept falling, I was concerned it may very well overtake that bottle as well, so I took out a Pale Ale 6-pack (with empty bottles), buried it in the snow, and placed a ruler down one side to help keep measure… Of course it was soon after that the snow stopped falling… So it goes.