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Another tilt-shift time-lapse in summer of 2009. Shot with a Canon A540.

Music by Thievery Corporation - Sweet Tides
thieverycorporation.com

Here is the original version: vimeo.com/8416260

For more time-lapse in China contact me at jrnafis@gmail.com. This footage is for sale on thoughtequity.com.

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  • fiLi 2 years ago
    Very nice work, mate.

    Wish you luck with finding that job.
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    haha thanks fiLi
  • iamkalaniprince plus 2 years ago
    Wow, I love this !.. No Vimeo in China ? Who's regulating ?
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  • Retner 2 years ago
    wow, amazing work!
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • a q 2 years ago
    Nice viewpoints...but maybe give the tilt-shift a rest.
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  • Even Quach plus 2 years ago
    Nicely done!
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • Nicolas Guyon 2 years ago
    simply amazing
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    appreciate the nice comment!
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  • eyi 2 years ago
    I liked...Background music is this?
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks... background music is Sweet Tides by Thievery Corporation.
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  • FAKE FAT 2 years ago
    Amazing work! MAN!
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thank you!
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  • charles chen 2 years ago
    my beautiful hometown~
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  • Adam Joy plus 2 years ago
    amazing work, i love the technique.
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • Salem Buur Nabulsi 2 years ago
    Tilt shift rocks
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  • antonio 2 years ago
    wow!! without doubt one of the best tilt shift videos out here... stunning images, great technique. perfect choice of music. 100%
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thank you very much!
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  • Time Wrangler 2 years ago
    Awesome work.
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks!
  • Time Wrangler 2 years ago
    The day-night scene is particularly nice.
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  • Jordan 2 years ago
    Great work, Shanghai looks like a tilt shifters dream! Thanks for the video
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thanks for the comment
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  • Henry Rolls 2 years ago
    Love it. Radically changing both the dimensional and time scales gives a whole different perspective on human activity.
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    thank you!
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  • Cutaway Ltd plus 2 years ago
    hi, what type of timer do you use, is it the EOS software?
    And how big is the GOP between photos?
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    the timer is software for the Canon Powershot cameras called CHDK. it has many uses including time lapse. the most common frame rate in this video was 1 frame every 2 seconds.
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  • ronald eliassen hole plus 2 years ago
    wow. tilt-shift rocks bigtime
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  • Harbin88 plus 2 years ago
    Miniature? Is it from real Shanghai or from a miniature model? It is amazing work!
  • Joe Nafis plus 2 years ago
    Thanks! And yes this is real footage from the real Shanghai.
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  • Robin Haller 1 year ago
    fantastic!
  • Joe Nafis plus 1 year ago
    thanks!
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  • ObieVIP 1 year ago
    WOW. Beautiful video, very compelling. You are an Artist!
  • Joe Nafis plus 1 year ago
    thank you!
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 1 year ago
    wonderful job
  • Joe Nafis plus 1 year ago
    thank you!
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  • pixmimi 1 year ago
    Nice work !
    I saw your work when I was Saigon last year, and I'm just beginning with tilt shift techniques here in Shanghai.
    I think it will take me months before processing all that amount of pictures !
    Did you use any script to make it faster ?
  • Joe Nafis plus 1 year ago
    haha thanks!! yes, for this video i used CHDK to run an intervalometer script on the powershot. you can download it here: chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
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  • TonyL1sh 1 year ago
    Great job! Touching music
  • Joe Nafis plus 1 year ago
    Thanks!
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  • Dave Marsden 10 months ago
    Great vid! I don't suppose there's a tilt shift script in CHDK?
  • Joe Nafis plus 10 months ago
    thanks! but no, there is not a tilt-shift script for CHDK. you can run the photos through either PS or AE to fake the effect which has been done on this video.
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  • Jenovation 7 months ago
    i enjoyed this, thanks a bunch :)
    I'll be moving to shanghai this summer, can't wait to start shooting there
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  • Beno Saradzic plus 6 months ago
    very well done! Tilt Shift effect is such a perfect match to time lapses!
    It appears to me that you were using genuine T-S lens, am I correct?
  • Joe Nafis plus 6 months ago
    thanks! the camera used was actually a small point and shoot, so the effect is faked using PS and AE.
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  • francesco belotti 6 months ago
    Great job! Shanghai is awesome source for this kind of stuff, unluckily I never had time there to arrange some videos and photos, but you did, and you did it very good, 1:32-1:49 is my favourite part: boats and ships on water are too nice!
  • Joe Nafis plus 6 months ago
    thank you!
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  • Susie Buckley 6 months ago
    I LOVE the night scene
  • Joe Nafis plus 3 months ago
    thanks!
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  • DaBrainkilla 3 months ago
    I want a miniature Shanghai in my bedroom!
    Images and colors are so perfect, Thievery Corporation makes it so peacefully amazing.
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  • Joe Nafis plus 3 months ago
    thank you! thievery does bring it together..
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