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5. Timelapse of Vivid Sydney 2011
8 months ago
I made a 40 second preview a few days ago and here is the full version (assuming I don't go out one more night)... I am quite tempted to go out one more time and get even more content, but for now here is. Enjoy!

Vivid Sydney is a relatively new attraction to Sydney-siders, involving various light shows on iconic buildings and objects. The festival has a duration of about 2 weeks each year and is a great time for local and visiting photographers to enjoy the unique designs.

From memory this is the 3rd year Vivid has existed. In the past, I've taken some interesting shots of the various lighting designs, but this year, I had to do a timelapse. I will be going out again in the coming week for more, but here is a preview of what I've collected so far.

I am stoked to have received so many time lapse job offers from viewers of this video. If you are looking to have a custom timelapse made, I'd love to discuss further. I can be contacted via my website jameszhao.com

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  • Ben 8 months ago
    Beautiful lightshow and beautiful captured!
  • HDtimelapse.net 7 months ago
    Really nice!
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  • Kris Evered plus 8 months ago
    awsome
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  • edvard brun 8 months ago
    Lively and interesting - the music really goes well with it
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  • trevor connell plus 8 months ago
    nice work - what did you shoot on?
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  • James Zhao 8 months ago
    Thanks everyone! I'm amazed by how many hit's I've received for this so far. Now I've raised for the bar for myself!

    Hi Trevor (you don't happen to be an rm in wbc?) - I shot this using a canon 5d2 with a combo of 17-40mm f4L, 24-70 f2.8L and 70-200 f4. The settings varied and had to be changed quickly during the sunset, but most of the night shots were taken at 500-800 ISO with around 3 seconds of exposure. I kept the exposures short to capture more of the motion of the designs.
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  • Hume Winzar 8 months ago
    Fantastic work James. Thank you for sharing.
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  • MASSES//MASSES plus 8 months ago
    Nice one James, I had a great time at the festival and I'm really glad you captured this!

    We've posted the video up on our site:
    massesmasses.com/2011/06/20/vivid-sydney-timelapse/
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  • Daniel Linnet 8 months ago
    Great stuff James! We posted a link on our Facebook page and it's getting some great feedback.

    facebook.com/spwfans?ref=sgm
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  • matze-man.de 8 months ago
    Amazing Video!
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  • storyful plus 8 months ago
    Really nice! We've curated it into a story here:

    storyful.com/stories/1000004854
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  • S&T Videos plus 7 months ago
    Great video. Thanks for sharing!
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  • Zack McGowan 7 months ago
    when going from day to night what were your settings?
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  • James Zhao 7 months ago
    Hey, thanks everyone for taking the time to view the clip! Zack, spot on question - that's the hardest bit in my experience when timelapsing a sunset. There's probably technology out there that can calculate this for you, but I run the numbers manually. So when the sun is going down and the light is changing, i reduce my f value and compensate one complete stop by adjusting back some shutter speed and sometimes ISO. Read up on the relationship between shutter speed and aperture and have a play. It's hard because the light is changing quickly and you need to make these adjustments frequently and as subtle as you can.
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  • Rochelle Wang 3 months ago
    Can't believe I only came across this til now. Needless to say, it's extremely stunning, and you captured it wonderfully! Though I have to question about the music choice.
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  • Leonardo de Paula 3 months ago
    Very Good Timelapse!
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