End of CN Rail in Girouxville

End of CN Rail in Girouxville from Ryan Jackson on Vimeo.

CN Rail has announced that they are canceling service to the village of Girouxville, Alberta located 450KM north-west of Edmonton in the Peace River region. Some residents fear the loss of the train service will kill local businesses and inevitably the town which has a rich French Canadian heritage. Video by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Ernest Johnson owns Merlot Agriculture Services Ltd., a producer car loading station in Girouxville, Alberta. Johnson must re-locate his business to the nearby town of Falher which may kill his home town. CN Rail has announced that they are canceling service to the village of Girouxville, located 450KM north-west of Edmonton in the Peace River region. Some residents fear the loss of the train service will kill local businesses and inevitably the town which has a rich French Canadian heritage. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Lifetime Girouxville residents Armand Boisvert and wife Rollande.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Alain Johnson with Merlot Agriculture Services Ltd. directs grain into a producer car.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

BLU-U

Journal columnist Todd Babiak receives a BLU-U blue light acne treatment at CosMedics, 11526 Jasper Ave. on May 21, 2009. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Murlark Rally – Go 500kms in 2 minutes!

Murlark Rally – Go 500kms in 2 minutes! from Ryan Jackson on Vimeo.

Driver Brian Birch and his navigator Bill Bakelaar start a new section during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Driver Ian Seda checks his wheel for damage near Rockyford after miscalculating a turn and going into the ditch during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

A view from Journal photographer Ryan Jackson’s rooftop camera during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight from May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Here is how I mounted my Canon 1D-Mark III for the time lapse video. I build the bracket from scrap wood and two giant suction cups from Princess Auto. I then used a tie-down strap wrapped around the inside to keep the mount and cups squeezed down. I used a Canon 24mm f1.4 lens and kept it at f1.4 most of the time. I ran a 10-ft USB cable from the camera to my laptop so I could control it with my laptop.

At night I set the camera to ISO6400, f1.4 in Av mode with -1EV exposure compensation. This gave me around 1/200 sec which was surprisingly fast for night shots. As the sun came up I lowered the ISO more and more until I was at ISO100, f1.4. I set the Canon software to take one picture every five seconds. In total 5315 frames were taken. I put them into a video using Final Cut Pro. For some of the parts in the video I play at 60fps. Most of it is at 30 fps.

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