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A 3 and a half hour timelapse on board a boat going along Lake Michigan and through the gorgeous Chicago canals.

This was on the annual Zacuto boat trip.

Shot with the Canon 60D AV mode, 320iso, 3 second intervals. Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm and a Gorillapod.

Music NiN 14 Ghosts II
Used under Creative Commons

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Kevin Otterness 7 months ago

What a great way to see the city!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

going to see Transformer 3 soon...where are you in it!?
Kevin Otterness 7 months ago

Philip...I had no idea you were a Transformers fan? I'm on screen for only a few seconds. My scene happens right after Shia gets the crap beat out of him by Patrick Dempsey. It's an over view shot in an alleyway and I'm the FBI agent on the right side of the screen. They really cut back the scene. They didn't use any close-ups. Oh well...Was just happy I made the cut! Just to be on set was a great experience! Had no idea you were here in Chicago?
Philipvw 7 months ago

The sound effects are amazing! Look out for it.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

The first one was ok, hated second, heard third is much better!
Travis Guerra 7 months ago

Philip,
I just saw it in a Imax digital 3d! The World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater has the largest 3D digital screen in the southeastern United States. I know you dont like 3d. I did not like it before I saw it here. Now I will not EVER watch a 3d blockbuster anywhere else. It will blow you away!!! It was incredible! No head ache and it was AMAZING!
Daniel Dragon Films 7 months ago

Nice.. this doesn't work as well on a boat with big waves.. I want to try this with a local car ferry. (I think I see Zacuto Sue there... can't miss Steve's glasses..)
Yuttho Arts 7 months ago

this is awesome, a great way to see the city without sea-sickness!
Nice Lady Productions 7 months ago

Love the overpass sound effects and I LOVE Chicago. Great timelapse idea Philip, the Fireworks are awesome.
David J. Buchanan 7 months ago

That was f***ing cool!
Paul Antico 7 months ago

I love Chicago. I need to come back and visit; it's been over a decade.
T R 7 months ago

10 years....man this place has changed!!!!
LJ Lee 7 months ago

0:27 LOL
Kyle Maguire 7 months ago

hahahaha good catch, didn't even see that
Bellographix 7 months ago

Very cool Phil. Wish I was there.
Kat Small 7 months ago

Sic audio!
Ben Hammersley 7 months ago

Really nice stuff! Thanks.
Krs 7 months ago

Rushing under the bridge with a bout in high speed it's always awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Rasmus Lindh 7 months ago

Really inspiring timelapse, liked how you used the stereo soundfx when the boat passed below the bridges. Good to see that you're doing timelapses again, a month since last time :-)
Sebastian TR 7 months ago

Great journey! looks like fun.
That guy in the green shirt sure enjoyed his photography... :P
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

i know. that bloke kept ruining my shots!!!
Bill Totolo 7 months ago

great job on the fireworks.
virdfel 7 months ago

sweet)
Thomas Vecsei 7 months ago

Did you notice the sound when rushing under the bridge?! Great!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

yep all the sound was foley from soundtrack pro.
John Haynes 7 months ago

Don't they ever say, "Phillip, just for once - can't I do the timelapse?"

Great work as always.
Mario Muth 7 months ago

I love the brige sounds effects.....maybe next time you mount the camera on one of these photohigher.co.nz/products1.aspx?id=11 to even out the water movements....
CGFilm 7 months ago

Love how frenetic this is. Great choice of music.
Marcus O'Brien 7 months ago

Great stuff Philip, the bridge moments are super!
Adam 7 months ago

Fireworks ; )
Phil Arntz 7 months ago

Beautiful! Shame I did not move to Chicago, how it was planned in 2005 :D
gabriel borda 7 months ago

Cool... I liket the Sound Design.. and the way you made us feel like having more speed under the bridges.. hehe..

Great video by the master Bloom
Bruno Belcastro 7 months ago

Wow nicely done!

How many shoots did you take? The motion is really fluid
Simon H. 7 months ago

So so nice!
Josh Gooden 7 months ago

Awesome! I love Chicago. We did a ferry tour a few years ago. The sunsets are just incredible out on the water. Nice work!
Steve Weiss 7 months ago

Fun night for all, fun video
John Haynes 7 months ago

Come to the south of England!
Noah Rasheta 7 months ago

Very cool!
Erdenebaatar 7 months ago

Coool
Benjamin Palmer 7 months ago

really cool
Mike Babyak 7 months ago

Love NIN in The Social Network. Works brilliantly for your piece too.
Chris Giordano 7 months ago

Great view of Chicago, it looks like an awesome adventure; I want to go! Nice choice of song, too.
Are you using evaluative metering when shooting AV?
Dave Cameron 7 months ago

I have to ask as well: what was your total shot count or this fantastic piece? Very nicely done!
Matthew McAllister 7 months ago

Great timelapse! How do you prevent the shutter from staying open longer than your interval?
Alex Tyler 7 months ago

I was wondering this, i would have thought when it got dark the shutter would be well over 3 seconds even at ISO320
Diego Arias 7 months ago

Nice trip!. The night time looks simply amazing. You are a lucky guy jeje.
bob kryzak 7 months ago

Looks easy, but I know it's not especially the editing and choosing the music. Great job. Bob in Dallas
Michael Buffa 7 months ago

I've never been to Chicago, always wanted to go. This looks like a great way to see the city. Loved the timelapse!
Jonathan Fulton 7 months ago

Never been myself, but I have a friend from Chicago that would enjoy this...
A side note: I myself put a video up recently that used a NIN track from ghosts; I was just going to put it on facebook but they actually took it down for copyright violation. WTF?
michael gambino 7 months ago

Wow. Chicago really looks terrific. Wonderful abstractions in the dark, at the end of the piece, too.
Stafford Huyler 7 months ago

great pass through the river :)
Leigh Griffiths 7 months ago

does this video not work for anyone else? i just get an error message saying "Upload Incomplete...".
Greg Taylor 7 months ago

same here man
Niklas Heselius 7 months ago

same for me :/
Milan Ovecka 7 months ago

and same for me too ...
Mike Falconi 7 months ago

I'm getting the same message.
James Skinner 7 months ago

me also.
Joe Moya 7 months ago

upload incomplete... hmmmm........
roemer overdiep 7 months ago

fine here!
Milan Ovecka 7 months ago

OK now it's fine!
Is that you Philip in the green T-shirt?
Christoph 7 months ago

beautiful city.. great footage : )
Tim Kossow 7 months ago

great, as always!
Chuck Reynolds 7 months ago

very cool time-lapse... I've been on an Architecture tour but it wasn't that one lol... thx for the work!
Justin Ho 7 months ago

Beautiful, I want to go to Chicago!!!
matthew lyons 7 months ago

Very nice!
Rudra Banerji 7 months ago

Why is there no LOVE button?
Hans Steinert 7 months ago

I love that song, reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in The Social Network. Looked like the boat ride was a blast! Chicago is beautiful.
. 7 months ago

Brilliant.
Hannes De Block 7 months ago

sweeet
Kemalettin Sert 7 months ago

dont understand why do you always use auto mode on timelapses
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

I don't ALWAYS use auto mode, I assume you are talking about AV here. How else could I do a day to night timelapse? Manual? How?
Kemalettin Sert 7 months ago

have you ever heard little bramper?
AVCHD User 7 months ago

Everyone who likes Chicago should watch "Chicago by boat: the new river tour" by Geoffrey Baer. Too bad they do not sell Blu-ray but DVD only. The original show was broadcast in HD by PBS affiliates.
Malcolm Riordan 7 months ago

great! I live in chicago, and i really do love it. This was an exellent short! Phillip, are you giving a talk here?
trike 7 months ago

So that was cool.
Dara Ly 7 months ago

Amazing...inspirational.
josef novak 7 months ago

Nííííííííííííííííííííííce :)
HighTower Films 6 months ago

So freaking cool!! That's about as bold as artistic video-making gets. Very nice.
benny abolmaali 6 months ago

TOO COOL Philip!! Love that Tokina on the crop cams. How'd you meter this?
oscar herry 6 months ago

hey man..

time lapse is easy to do! hehe.. i do time lapse without any intervalometer or anything! i just connect it to my mac,i open the eos utility software,then i install the auto click,i setting it to click the shutter button in eos utility in every X second! X = up to you! :D :D

this is the result
vimeo.com/24273774

:D
Alex Widener 6 months ago

Nice soundtrack. Love NIN's Ghosts album.
jessewong 5 months ago

Looks cool! I like ti.
by the way, I'm a Transformers fan!
Eric J Anderson 5 months ago

Love it, Love it. Thanks for posting the details Philip. Anything you would do different?
Leif Enger 5 months ago

Like the timelapse. Added to North Coasting at vimeo.com/channels/242467
Zoen Channel 3 months ago

Great video. I added it on my travel blog
zoen-channel-travel.blogspot.com/2011/09/chicago.html
Clearwater Media 3 months ago

sick timelapse
Ryan Howell 3 months ago

very nice.
home sweet home.
empires 1 month ago

Awesome! Love Chicago