Over the weekend I came across the following wonderful Timelapse on New York and thought it was so inspiring that I wanted to share it here on dPS as a little taste of what can be achieved.
It’s by Josh Owens from Mindrelic – Enjoy!
The above video was shot on a Canon EOS 5d Mk II with a variety of lenses: 14mm 2.8L, 24mm 1.4L, 50mm 1.2L and 70-200 2.8L.
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41 Responses to “Inspiring New York Timelapse Video” - Add Yours
January 19th, 2011 at 7:11 am
Wow, that’s so cool! NYC is soooo busy!
January 19th, 2011 at 7:19 am
just amazing!
January 19th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Wow… that is awesome…
January 19th, 2011 at 7:24 am
My World looks more BEAUTIFUL through photography and the wonders of Technology….THANK YOU
January 19th, 2011 at 7:56 am
Wow, really inspiring. Do you think that the photographer used slow shutter speeds in some pictures to enhance the movement effect?
January 19th, 2011 at 7:56 am
Incredible!! Simply amazing. Dear God the amount of time that went into that. And to not only show the same scenes that we are all used to, but also just some interesting looking side spots as well. The editing was superb, and the choice of music was excellent.
January 19th, 2011 at 7:56 am
Wow, the dPS ad that popped up during the video not only scared me but made the video restart from the beginning.
It truly is inspiring though and perfectly done. I wish that I had the time and patience to put something like that together!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:18 am
That is probably the coolest time lapse video I have ever seen. I wasn’t expecting much going into it, but it was really well done, and it had a lot of variety to it.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:28 am
This is really amazing!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:48 am
This is magnificent, truly impressive… I wonder, how did they achieve that motion effect of the camera while shooting timelapse photos? I always thought that camera has to be still for shooting timelapse, yet here it is, the camera is moving…
January 19th, 2011 at 9:10 am
This is incredible! Would love to learn this technique
January 19th, 2011 at 9:44 am
Soooooooo Coooooooooool
Does any one know how the panning was done
January 19th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Igal: I believe the camera is set on a dolly that is moving very slowly.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:33 am
@monica In a number of shots (for instance the sunset overlooking the parkway) he keeps aperture and ISO constant, adjusting shutter for exposure. But he has a variety of techniques being put to superb use. I wonder what rig he is using for movement?
January 19th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Thank you, Unger Photography! Very interesting technique, I’ll surely want to try it some day…
January 19th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Panning can be done by just moving the tripod a little between each shot. I bought a Studiohut RM-S1AM and still working with it. Last session seemed to stop and not take any pictures. Not sure if either the timer timing out and shut down, camera shut down, or if it could have been a focus issue.
January 19th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Great video! I would love to be able to put together a project like that.
January 19th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
This is epic!
January 19th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
wow! New york is my favorite city. I wish to do something like this during summers. Thanks for posting this Darren!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Superb friend
January 19th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Who made the musik?
Bernd
January 19th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Wow that’s very impressive – like others I was wondering how they achieved the panning… there must have been an automated solution to get it so smooth and precise.
I wonder how long it took!
January 20th, 2011 at 1:45 am
This is the technique behind:
http://dynamicperception.com/?main_page=wordpress&cat=4
January 20th, 2011 at 3:49 am
One of the best pieces of video i have ever seen. Bravo !
January 20th, 2011 at 5:41 am
Fantastic in every way! The music was a perfect choice as well! Hats off to the talented person behind this one!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:22 am
Just incredible. I cannot even imagine how many shots went into that, or how much time. Kudos to the creator.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am
How to shoot HDR Timelapse:
http://dynamicperception.com/?main_page=wordpress&cat=4
January 21st, 2011 at 5:03 am
wow… i mean… wow… monumental… inspiring… and i’m going to the nightcity to shoot some pics!
what is the name of the song in the movie (slideshow?
) ?
January 21st, 2011 at 5:32 am
as a musician I’m super inspired by that music the video is set to. Oh my gosh. So beautiful. Amazing. The photography’s pretty good too. hehe.
January 21st, 2011 at 6:25 am
This is superb. Great variety of shots. Love the music by Dredge as well. They’re one of my favs.
January 21st, 2011 at 6:44 am
It’s great, but ‘The Sandpit’, tilt-shift vid gets me everytime…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9EBOOAYiU
January 21st, 2011 at 7:44 am
AWESOME!
January 21st, 2011 at 8:06 am
Wow…how on earth did he shoot the sequence from the hood of the taxicab looking at the windshield. Very impressive. I didn’t This k you could shoot while moving in a car but I guess if your shootat a fast enough speed why not?
January 21st, 2011 at 10:14 am
so impressive
hay guys i got an idea ,
can i do the moving camera from still images with any editing video program ?
just taking time-lapse with full frame camera and on the editing video program make the time-lapse video and again open the new video on editing video program and with little bit zoom about 30% from bottom right corner then moving the entire scene to the top left corner
or just from the left to the right or any where you want the video look like
i hope you got it , i am sure it’s not 100% good idea but it will works OK i think
sorry the English is not my native language
January 21st, 2011 at 10:20 am
Cool, neato… just a tad too looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong……….
January 21st, 2011 at 11:27 pm
That was one of the best time lapse videos I have ever seen! Simply beautiful! It reminded me of koyannisquatsi if anyone one knows what I mean!
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
I first saw this one this afternoon on Chris Corrideno’s blog. It is an awesome piece of work. I guess one would just have to experiment on the time sequence, exposure at sundown ect. I been wanting to try this for a long time now. I’ve got to try it.
January 26th, 2011 at 3:27 am
Awesome! Reminds me a bit of some HDR time lapse I saw of Vancouver, BC — Although not as iconic as NYC, this video is also amazing of the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Be sure to watch in 1080p (youtube starts it out much lower)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4
January 26th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
What’s the typical time between pics on something like this? Anyone know?
February 4th, 2011 at 10:17 am
LOVE it, truly truly beautiful and inspiring!!
October 7th, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Amazing and inspiring timelapse!
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