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

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Stoner Ace 2 years ago

Wow! Unbelievable what skilled people can get out of a D90. Very well done!
jesús olmo 2 years ago

very koyaanisqatsian, beautiful, well done
Michael Marantz 2 years ago

thank you very much!
Jon Bryant 2 years ago

Excellent stuff - well done.
Simon H. 2 years ago

i like 1.01 - 1.04min the most ; )
Bobolini 2 years ago

Hey Michael...your email keeps bouncing back...but nice thing... give us a ping!
Grant VK5GR 2 years ago

Excellent! What was the music you picked? (always on the hunt for good instrumental material for videos).
Michael Marantz 2 years 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 2 years ago

Really really cool!
DaVincicode 2 years 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 2 years ago

wow! thanks for the great complement!
Jack Pearkes 2 years ago

Love the tilt shift effect you used for the rooftop shots. Bravo.
A boy with glasses 2 years ago

Very very nice.
Samson Loo 2 years ago

That was awesome! I need to figure out how to do that stuff it is so interesting!
c-10 2 years ago

Very Cool!!
Chris Light 2 years ago

loved this. the tilt/shift was a nice surprise.
Frederic Vercammen 2 years ago

it looks like the video of Madonna "Ray of Light"
Hugo Bernatas 2 years ago

amazing !
Tsering 2 years ago

love it!
Andrew Cagle 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Man that is fantastic. Great use of music and visuals.
Michael Marantz 2 years ago

thank you much!
Steven Murphy 2 years ago

Outstanding! Loved the beach pan at 1:00!
rickflick 2 years ago

Panning must be tricky. Good stuff.
Michael Marantz 2 years ago

haha, tricky a bit...but totally worth it...and thank you
Sunny Thaper 2 years ago

Pretty badass! Good work.
Ryan Blax 2 years ago

Awesome work!
Timelapses.es 2 years ago

Great!.
genfab 2 years ago

That was amazing. Great work.
Wiland Pinsdorf 2 years ago

Excellent!

What did you use for the pans and tilts?
Michael Marantz 2 years 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 2 years ago

Awesome...nice selection of music to go along !
faho 2 years ago

cool , now i can say i've seen L.A
Mark Goode 2 years ago

Brilliant! Love the images, the timing, and the music.
American Dreaming 2 years ago

sweeeet
Matthew McAllister 2 years 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 2 years 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
kontent partners 2 years 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 2 years ago

thank you very much!
Andrews Melendez 2 years ago

I love it
Left Digital Media 2 years ago

Very cool, can't wait to go back home now. You used the D90 for this?
Robert Brunton Productions 2 years ago

very wicked stuff!
whistler's snow is better
Michael Marantz 2 years ago

thanks!

hahaha, although whistler is sweet...alta is where it's at
Hans van der Klok 2 years ago

Yes, great stuff! I love the transition from slow to fast edited to the music at 0:33.
hl2run 2 years ago

Talented as hell this guy is, I think (Yoda style :) )
Lex Luthor 2 years ago

nicely done
Matt White 2 years ago

great work! i loved the energy! I can imagine the hours you put in to this, keep it up!
Clint Baker 2 years ago

Great Work! Super Stylish!
Kris Mendoza 2 years ago

Man, you made me miss L.A. That's hard to do.
MEDIAWEST POST 2 years ago

only thing that is moving in LA. now show the gridlock everywhere.
Michael Hoff 2 years ago

nice job...really cool.
Robbie Veldwijk 2 years ago

Very awesome video!
Danny Linsner 2 years ago

Very nice time lapse :) You achieved very smooth movements. What Interval Recording/Shutter Settings did you use?
Michael Marantz 2 years ago

on average i did one shot every 3 sec with a 1.5sec exposure
J-tec 2 years ago

Loved the editing with the music, perfect timing

excellent video
givision 2 years ago

Nice, really nice depth look an feel.
Like it.
Adriana de Barros 2 years ago

I like it!
mike ambs 2 years ago

That was bad-ass :) wow.
Sally Gitson 2 years ago

love it

beautiful composition of colors and movements

especially liked the pans and tilts, serious talent there
bryan pentecostes 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Michael,

Great footage and depth of field!

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

Best,
-Michael
PIX IN MOTION by Leo Bar 2 years ago

Read above...
kj white 2 years ago

this is oh so well done! bet it took lots of work and patience.
Florian Bøttger 2 years ago

it's awesome!!!
Juneteenth Works 2 years ago

that's a hit!
Bruno Daher 2 years ago

Fantastic, Michael. What kind of tripod did you use in your car?
PIX IN MOTION by Leo Bar 2 years ago

Barabeem!
Great clip!
Alan Vitug 2 years 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???
Gio Arteaga 2 years ago

So awesome! I need to learn how to do this. :)

I share your work in my latest post in flickr. flickr.com/photos/giophotos/4120678101/

Check out my LA photos
flickr.com/photos/giophotos/sets/72157612743813014/
Hachre 2 years ago

very nice :)
Germán Zapata 1 year ago

I love this kind of videos! Awesome!
Maia Coimbra 1 year ago

lindoooooo
3gShutterbug 1 year ago

Love this! Very well done favorite shot is off the ferris wheel really cool stuff!
Stevenson Opoku 1 year ago

quick question, how did you pan during the timelapse? vid was legit btw. i'm guessing it's some motion control whathaveyou.
Susana Raimundo Soares 8 months ago

one of the best videos about LA I've ever seen. Well done!
steoze salvilla 3 months ago

hey nice work. what video editing software did u use for this?

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