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1. VOTE

by Michael Marantz

1 year ago

Timelapse taken all over Los Angeles in a day. Hope you all enjoy!

Take a look at my website: michaelmarantz.com

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Stoner Ace 4 months ago

Wow! Unbelievable what skilled people can get out of a D90. Very well done!
Jesús Olmo 4 months ago

very koyaanisqatsian, beautiful, well done
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

thank you very much!
Jon Bryant 4 months ago

Excellent stuff - well done.
Jason Creed Nicht! 4 months ago

i like 1.01 - 1.04min the most ; )
Bobolini 4 months ago

Hey Michael...your email keeps bouncing back...but nice thing... give us a ping!
Grant VK5GR 4 months ago

Excellent! What was the music you picked? (always on the hunt for good instrumental material for videos).
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

The song is buy an artist named "Working for a Nuclear Free City" and the song is called "Asleep at the Wheel"

I am glad you liked!
ryan sheehy 4 months ago

Really really cool!
DaVincicode 4 months ago

One of the best videos I have seen on here. Lots of work went into this I can tell. If only traffic was that fast in L.A.
Bravo!!!
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

wow! thanks for the great complement!
Jack 4 months ago

Love the tilt shift effect you used for the rooftop shots. Bravo.
A boy with glasses 4 months ago

Very very nice.
Samson Loo 4 months ago

That was awesome! I need to figure out how to do that stuff it is so interesting!
c-10 4 months ago

Very Cool!!
Chris Light 4 months ago

loved this. the tilt/shift was a nice surprise.
Frederic Vercammen 4 months ago

it looks like the video of Madonna "Ray of Light"
Hugo Bernatas 4 months ago

amazing !
t ian 4 months ago

love it!
Andrew Cagle 4 months ago

Did you do most of the pan and tilt movements through key framing in post? A lot of the best time lapse I see does this.
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

I do a little combination of both...for the big pan and tilt shots I actually have a rotating tripod head... but for the subtle moves I use after effects to create a move
Corporate Assassin 4 months ago

Man that is fantastic. Great use of music and visuals.
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

thank you much!
Steve Murphy 4 months ago

Outstanding! Loved the beach pan at 1:00!
rickflick 4 months ago

Panning must be tricky. Good stuff.
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

haha, tricky a bit...but totally worth it...and thank you
Sunny Thaper 4 months ago

Pretty badass! Good work.
Biireal 4 months ago

Awesome work!
Timelapses.es 4 months ago

Great!.
genfab 4 months ago

That was amazing. Great work.
Wiland Pinsdorf 4 months ago

Excellent!

What did you use for the pans and tilts?
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

I have a converted telescope mount that I use to get those slow moves needed for the pan and tilts

glad you liked!
Syl Renaud 4 months ago

Awesome...nice selection of music to go along !
faho 4 months ago

cool , now i can say i've seen L.A
Mark Goode 4 months ago

Brilliant! Love the images, the timing, and the music.
AMERICAN DREAMING MAGAZINE 4 months ago

sweeeet
Matthew McAllister 4 months ago

You did this with a D90? I didn't think it had an intervalometer? Did you use the movie mode? If so, weren't some of those clips longer than 5 minutes? I've been trying to figure out how to do something like this with the Nikon SLRs so your input would be greatly appreciated. The shots driving where the center is focused and the trees blur off the side is very cool, how did you achieve that?
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

I did use the d90 and i bought a 3rd party intervalometer to take my shots. I used to do it using Nikon Camera Control on my mac. I also do a lot of different work with 12-stop ND filters to capture some of the stuff during the day. Long exposures during the day time
craig brooks 4 months ago

Really great film. The song choice is perfect for the piece...music can make or break it and you nailed it. I love LA and this really made me smile. Love it.
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

thank you very much!
Andrews Melendez 4 months ago

I love it
Cody Foltz 4 months ago

Very cool, can't wait to go back home now. You used the D90 for this?
Robert Brunton Productions 4 months ago

very wicked stuff!
whistler's snow is better
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

thanks!

hahaha, although whistler is sweet...alta is where it's at
Hans van der Klok 4 months ago

Yes, great stuff! I love the transition from slow to fast edited to the music at 0:33.
hl2run 4 months ago

Talented as hell this guy is, I think (Yoda style :) )
Lex Luthor 4 months ago

nicely done
Matt White 4 months ago

great work! i loved the energy! I can imagine the hours you put in to this, keep it up!
Clint Baker 4 months ago

Great Work! Super Stylish!
Kris Mendoza 4 months ago

Man, you made me miss L.A. That's hard to do.
MEDIAWEST POST 4 months ago

only thing that is moving in LA. now show the gridlock everywhere.
Michael Hoff 4 months ago

nice job...really cool.
Robbie Veldwijk 4 months ago

Very awesome video!
Danny Lee 4 months ago

Very nice time lapse :) You achieved very smooth movements. What Interval Recording/Shutter Settings did you use?
Michael Marantz 4 months ago

on average i did one shot every 3 sec with a 1.5sec exposure
J-tec 4 months ago

Loved the editing with the music, perfect timing

excellent video
givision 4 months ago

Nice, really nice depth look an feel.
Like it.
Adriana de Barros 4 months ago

I like it!
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

That was bad-ass :) wow.
Sally Gitson 3 months ago

love it

beautiful composition of colors and movements

especially liked the pans and tilts, serious talent there
bryan pentecostes 3 months ago

how do you get your panning to go so fluidly. are you doing that all by hand? Its so precise!

also what kind've set up do you have? This is so good!
Christopher San Agustin 3 months ago

what kind of lens did you use at 41 secs? If you have the time man you should blog about the process of this film. I think a lot of people including myself would find it very interesting. Great work.
Marc Ramirez 3 months ago

Great video. I am a beginner, but did a similar thing with my social photos this weekend in LA.

vimeo.com/6041571
Mike Cuffe 3 months ago

Michael,

Great footage and depth of field!

I have a question, how to you do the pan with the time lapse?

Best,
-Michael
Leo Bar PIX IN MOTION 1 month ago

Read above...
kj white 3 months ago

this is oh so well done! bet it took lots of work and patience.
mediencrew 3 months ago

it's awesome!!!
Juneteenth Works 3 months ago

that's a hit!
Bruno Daher 2 months ago

Fantastic, Michael. What kind of tripod did you use in your car?
Leo Bar PIX IN MOTION 1 month ago

Barabeem!
Great clip!
The Daily Three™ 16 days ago

absolutely amazing. 97638561937593/10

did you use a real tilt/shift lens or was the effect added in post production?

...or did you use a lens baby???