Alpine black tail scouting videos + first attempt at time lapse videos

[shanevg]

Last week I made it up to the alpine to scout for some black tail bucks.  I was able to find 4 bucks and a nice billy mountain goat.  None of the bucks were huge but they all looked like they were getting ready to fork at least one more time.  I've seen a number of lowland bucks that seem to be almost fully developed but I'm hoping since these are alpine bucks maybe they are a bit slow to develop?  What do you guys think, any chance any of these bucks may still grow into a nice 4 point or are these doomed to be a 3 point at best? 

Here is the video of the deer:
Alpine blacktail deer scouting (4 bucks) - 7/11/12 (Mt. Baker Wilderness)

The lone billy:
Lone billy mountain goat feeding through meadow in evening - 7/11/12 (Mount Baker Wilderness)

I also spotted this osprey at about 4300 feet elevation on the way down.  I don't see a ton of osprey's in the alpine and thought he was pretty neat.
Alpine Osprey - 7/12/12 (Mount Baker Wilderness, Washington State)

I also created a time lapse of the sun setting over Mt. Baker.
Mt. Baker Sunset Timelapse

I also got up in the middle of the night to try my luck at a starscape time lapse.
Mount Baker starscape timelapse - 7/12/12 (Mt. Baker Wilderness)

I had to do a lot of post editing work on the starscape time lapse to get it to look any good as I wasn't happy with the night time pictures from my camera.  Does anyone have any advice on the best settings to get those night time pictures that really show all the stars/Milky Way?  I am shooting a Canon 30D with a 50mm lens.  I shot with a 10 second exposure at F1.8 with 800 ISO.  Any advice is appreciated!

[92xj]

That night video is awesome!!

[3nails]

 They're pretty close to all they will be. Had a hunch where you were then the angle of the mountain gave it away.

[Bearhunter]

Now I know were to not go chase Backcountry Blacktails

[Wea300mag]

That steep hillside meadow does look familiar.

Nice vids shane!

[B-Nut]

Awesome videos, thanks for sharing! 

I just got my truck fixed and I am hoping to find myself up around Baker soon. I've been itching to get out there.

[sirfunkeybut]

I love that star vid! And your Colorado hunt vid is great as well 

Ps. Subscribed 

[shanevg]

I also get paid whenever someone clicks the in video ads so click away if you like!   

[sirfunkeybut]

Just curious how you get paid for that? I've hot a few videos on YouTube as well.

[shanevg]

After your channel gets so many hits (for me it was 75k but it may be less than that now) YouTube sends you an email asking if you want to partner with them for advertising. 

[sirfunkeybut]

Very cool, I only have like 4 videos so that probably won't happen for me.

After your channel gets so many hits (for me it was 75k but it may be less than that now) YouTube sends you an email asking if you want to partner with them for advertising.

[david0]

What program did you use to put the time lapse together? I use vegas video. Did you have the camera on auto exposure on the sunset video?

[shanevg]

I use an app on my Mac called "Time Lapse". I accidentally left the camera on aperture priority for the sunset time lapse thus the underwhelming effect overall. Next time it will look better.